Comments on: Christian Inflexibility http://zamagazine.org/topic/christian-inflexibility/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:50:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Brendan Berkley http://zamagazine.org/topic/christian-inflexibility/comment-page-1/#comment-93 Brendan Berkley Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:01:10 +0000 http://zamagazine.org/?p=120#comment-93 Pride. Good! That adds a whole new level of depth to the article. They were inflexible, but why were they inflexible? I think pride would certainly be a correct answer. I know I've argued stuff well after I knew I was wrong, just because I wanted to be right. Also, when we think we have all the answers, we won't look further, even if we're wrong. 1 Cor 8:2 has something to say about that. Sweet, dude! Pride. Good! That adds a whole new level of depth to the article. They were inflexible, but why were they inflexible? I think pride would certainly be a correct answer. I know I’ve argued stuff well after I knew I was wrong, just because I wanted to be right. Also, when we think we have all the answers, we won’t look further, even if we’re wrong. 1 Cor 8:2 has something to say about that.

Sweet, dude!

]]> By: Buzz Schellhammer http://zamagazine.org/topic/christian-inflexibility/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Buzz Schellhammer Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:03:16 +0000 http://zamagazine.org/?p=120#comment-92 "Pharisaical" Good word. Awesome message too! I like near the end: "There are times for close-mindedness, but close-mindedness can be a poison to Christianity. A brick wall tends to divide one side from another." Just like inflexibility during the reformation, and in the hundreds of years since. People get so set in their idea of absolute truth that they forget to consult God. They refuse to understand that some answers are a mystery to us, and new answers are being given to those who seek God righteously. This message also touches on pride..."I must be right, because I'm never wrong. I know things." This even goes along with your concealing knowledge article. “Pharisaical”

Good word. Awesome message too! I like near the end:

“There are times for close-mindedness, but close-mindedness can be a poison to Christianity. A brick wall tends to divide one side from another.”

Just like inflexibility during the reformation, and in the hundreds of years since. People get so set in their idea of absolute truth that they forget to consult God. They refuse to understand that some answers are a mystery to us, and new answers are being given to those who seek God righteously.
This message also touches on pride…”I must be right, because I’m never wrong. I know things.” This even goes along with your concealing knowledge article.

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