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Check and Recheck Your Sources
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07/28/02 10:20 PM
07/28/02 10:20 PM
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Earlier today I sat down at my computer intending to post a poll that asked the following:
"What Christian writer, well known in Adventist circles, made the following statement after becomming a Christian: 'Now the story of Christ is simply a myth. . ."
I then was going to ask another question as to what people thought was going on with that person. I would have had some fun with it, and illlustrated a point that I wanted to make.
But, as I sat at my computer, I checked my source again, and this is what that Christian writer actually said: "Now the story of Christ is simply a true myth. . ."
You know, that addition of that one word "true" makes all of the difference in the world. So, I have not posted my poll and begun my discussion.
The lesson I relearned: Check your sources, and re-check.
Also, let me now quote a longer part of that sentence: "Now the story of Christ is simply a true myth: a myth working on us in the same ways as the others, but with this tremendous difference that it really happened. . ."
As the above illustarates, isolated, brief quotations, taken out of the larger material in which they are said can be totally misunderstood. This is why I often take someone elses quotes with a grain of salt.
NOTE: The word "myth" is used by some disciplines in a manner that does not deny the truth of the story.
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Re: Check and Recheck Your Sources
#48915
08/17/02 12:32 AM
08/17/02 12:32 AM
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The same can be done with the Bible which some wrestle to their own destruction.
In other words, how many of us here something quoted by somebody from the Bible to prove a point, and we accept it as the gospel truth without going to the source to check it out for ourself?
Remember, the Apostle Paul commended the Bereans for going to the source to see if what Paul said was true.
Therefore, should we accept anything as gospel truth without going to the source?
Shouldn't we also check the source for ourselves before repeating anything here in any of these forums as the gospel truth?
Thank you, Pastor Gregory, for creating this topic, even before another topic was created that shows that we should do just that.
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