As a teacher, I’m used to asking question designed to be answered by my audience. Here, I’m asking questions to which I don’t want you giving me answers. I want you to answer these questions for yourselves – in your own hearts and minds – and then you determine what you will do with your answers.
Also, “because the Bible says so” is not really an answer. First, that answer doesn’t reflect any thinking on your part. Also, the Bible is open to so much interpretation, this answer would seem to imply “because that’s what someone has told me that that’s what the Bible means to say, I guess”.
So, I’m asking you to think, to draw your own conclusions, and then to act on those conclusions.
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