It is excellent to have very strong Faith, and to defend that Faith against any critics.这是极好的具有很强的信念,捍卫信仰对任何批评。 Fine!美好的! It is excellent to Testify or Witness to others.这是极好的证人作证或给他人。 But there should be a recognition regarding the limitations of our human brains and minds! And a consideration that Jesus tried to Teach us Humility, Tolerance and many other such things.但是,应该承认我们的关于人类大脑和思想的限制!和考虑,试图耶稣教会我们谦卑,宽容和许多其他的事情。
Many modern Christians, especially a lot of Fundamental Christians, are amazingly aggressive and arrogant regarding claiming that every single detail of whatever they believe is absolutely right and cannot be questioned under any circumstances.许多现代基督徒,尤其是大批信徒的基础,是令人惊讶的侵略和傲慢的每一个方面声称,他们认为不论是绝对正确的,不能在任何情况下提出质疑一个细节。 NO ONE better dare even question any aspect of whatever they believe. Again, having deep Faith SHOULD mean that you really believe what you believe. But when it goes too far, it becomes a sort of Arrogance, something that Jesus and the Bible Taught us to be cautious about.没人胆敢甚至更好的问题上,任何方面的任何他们认为。 同样,具有深刻的信仰应该意味着你真的相信你相信。但当过犹不及,它成为一个傲慢,那种东西耶稣和圣经教导我们以审慎态度。
Several Scriptural Passages directly address the issue of Arrogance, including 1Samuel 2:3; Psalms 12:4; Proverbs 8:13; Isaiah 13:11. These (and other) Scriptures warn against become arrogant in any regard.几个圣经通道直接解决问题,包括傲慢撒母耳记上2:3;诗篇12:4;箴言8点13分,以赛亚书13:11。这些(和其他)圣经告诫成为任何方面的傲慢。 This includes our Faith.这包括我们的信心。
It has become common that modern Christians, especially in America, have come to believe that they have absolute and total understanding of every possible aspect of Christian Faith, including every detail. IF any person could actually ever have such absolute and complete knowledge, that means that person either has or believes he/she has an entire and perfect understanding of the Plan of God for man. 它已成为共同的 , 现代的基督徒 , 特别是美国,已经开始相信他们有绝对的 , 总的每一个基督徒的信仰,包括可能的每一个细节方面的了解。如任何人其实可以过有这样的绝对的和全面的了解,这意味着该人或者已经或相信他/她是上帝的整个计划和完善对人的理解。 Such an attitude indicates a belief that the person is as smart as the Lord is, to so completely understand a Plan that has eluded billions of Christians before them, including many who spent their entire lives attempting to understand it. That is essentially the very definition of Arrogance, of an absolute smugness in one's own perfection that no one is allowed to ever question any aspect of it!这种态度表明相信该人是聪明的主是,如此完全理解一个计划,他们面前未能实现十亿美元的基督徒,包括许多谁用他们的整个生命试图去了解它。这是本质上的定义傲慢的,是绝对沾沾自喜在自己的完美,任何人不得以任何问题的任何一个方面!
The central concept where this seems to be most totally demonstrated is regarding the absolute insistence of those Christians that THEY are ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED of Salvation and entry into Heaven. Again, this would be a wonderful situation to be in! 中央的概念 , 这似乎是最完全证明是关于那些基督徒绝对坚持认为 , 他们完全是拯救并进入天堂保证。同样,这将是一个美妙的形势对! It would also make being a Pastor a LOT easier if it was so extremely easy to achieve as to simply have selected the correct church to attend!这也将使作为一个牧师容易得多,如果是这样非常容易,以实现简单选择了正确的教堂去!
The fact that THIS presentation suggests that such an ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE may not be as absolute as they assume, has resulted in incredibly vicious attacks on me (a Christian Pastor) by those (alleged) Christians! Many simply say (these are NOT Theologians, but normal attenders of Churches, remember) that I am absolutely NOT a Pastor or Minister at all, and they sometimes use four-letter words in expressing that I am not even a Christian, for saying such a thing!事实上,这种提法表明,这种绝对的保证可能没有绝对的,因为他们假定,在令人难以置信的恶毒攻击我的那些(指控(一基督教牧师)造成)基督徒!很多简单的说(这是不是神学家,但正常求诊教会,记得),我绝对不是一项牧师或部长,他们有时使用表达四个字母组成的单词,我也不是说这样的事情基督徒,!
These people must not read their Bibles, or actually study them! The Bible does NOT provide ANY statement of any ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE of either Salvation or entry into Heaven!这些人不能阅读他们的圣经,或实际学习他们!圣经没有提供任何可以拯救或进入到天堂绝对保证任何声明! It repeatedly says something that seems similar, and THAT expression has been twisted into the ABSOLUTE GUARANTEES that seem to be announced by many modern Churches. You might note, however, that virtually always, that ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE ONLY applies to Members of "this" Church, and very definitely NOT the Churches down the road!她经常说的东西似乎相似,而该词语已成为绝对的保障,这似乎被许多现代教会宣布扭曲。您可能注意到,但是,几乎总是绝对的保证,只适用于会员“这个”教堂,非常肯定不是教会在路上! So the claim in itself has to bring on some question as to why the Lord's Bible's Teachings would not equally apply to the 330,000 other Churches in America!因此,本身就要求有一些问题,以使为什么上帝圣经的教导不会同样适用于在美国的330,000其他教会! But the problem is actually far more basic than that.但问题是更为基本的,其实比。
Here are the most direct references to the fact that a person's Faith in Christ secures Salvation: John 3:16; 3:36; 5:24; 6:40; 11:25; 20:31; Acts 8:37; 10:43; 13:39; 16:31; Romans 9:33; 10:9; 2 Tim 3:15; 1John 5:1 .以下是最直接提到一个事实,即一个人在基督信仰作保拯救: 约翰福音3:16,3:36,5:24; 18:40:00,11:25,20:31,行为8点37分,10: 43; 13时39分,16时31分,罗马9时33分,10:9 2添3:15,约翰一书5:1。 These essentially all use the exact same Original Greek word, pisteuo , (Strongs 4100).这些基本上都使用完全相同的原始希腊字,pisteuo,(斯特朗斯4100)。 (Only the Timothy Verse is not centered on that specific word, and its wording is actually quite interesting in that regard.) The word is generally translated as "believeth" in the King James, and as "believe" otherwise. (只有提摩太诗歌不集中于具体的词,它的措辞,其实颇为有趣在这方面。)一词一般译为“believeth的国王詹姆斯”,并“相信”,否则。
John 3:16 is the most commonly cited wording: For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Begotten Son, that whoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.约翰福音3:16是最常提到的字眼:神爱世人,甚至将他给了他唯一的独生子,照他的,不至灭亡believeth,反得永生。 (KJAV). (KJAV)。 Is THIS an absolute guarantee?这是绝对的保证? It is certainly understood to be so by those attacking Christians!这当然明白这就是所谓的攻击基督徒的! And why isn't it?又为何不是吗? Because it contains a REQUIREMENT on the individual, regarding some standard of whatever "believeth" means.因为它包含了对个人的要求,对一些不论“believeth”是指标准。
When a Church decides it can define precisely what is required regarding "believing", then, yes, it appears to then be an absolute guarantee.当教会认定它可以精确的定义是什么要求的关于“相信”,那么,是的,这似乎是那么绝对保证。
Well, countless thousands of Christian Theologians over the past two thousand years have tried to figure out PRECISELY what is required "to believe".那么,基督教神学家无数,在过去两千年来试图找出所需要的正是“相信”。 Each has attempted to meet the standards that he felt applied, but virtually all also realized that they were destined to fall short!每个试图达到的标准,他认为适用,但几乎所有也认识到,他们注定要低于! So, thousands of lives of Monks and Saints were lived, with incredibly strict personal vows of compliance to things that were felt required to meet the standards of Salvation.所以,成千上万人的生命的僧侣和圣人的生活,以难以置信的严格个人表示将遵守那些认为必须符合该标准的拯救的东西。 Many spent lives of never speaking, and of chastity, and of poverty, and many other things, and STILL they were never absolutely sure that "it was good enough" because of the basic unavoidable fact that we each happen to be humans and we regularly mess up.许多人花了生命从来没有说,和贞操,贫困,和许多其他的东西,他们还是从来没有绝对的把握,“这是足够好”,因为基本不可避免的事实,我们每个人恰巧是人类和我们经常搞乱。
We DO have an excellent example to study!我们是有一个很好的例子来研究! We know that Abraham believed so absolutely in the Lord that he was about to sacrifice his own dear son, simply because he believed that God wanted him to do that.我们知道,亚伯拉罕相信这样绝对主说,他对牺牲自己亲爱的儿子,因为他相信上帝希望他这样做。 Yes, we can all agree that Abraham was certainly "guaranteed" of Salvation with that depth of belief.是的,我们都同意,亚伯拉罕肯定“保证拯救”与该信仰的深度。
Is that a level of belief that applies to you?那是信仰的水平适用于你?
There are other Scriptures that relate to the main concept.有迹象显示,涉及到的主要概念其他圣经。 Some resemble Hebrews 5:9 "eternal Salvation to all them that obey Him." This Verse (and others) are centered on "obey" or the Greek word hupakouo .有些类似于希伯来书5:9“永远得救所有他们听从了他。”这诗(和其他)是围绕“服从”或希腊语中hupakouo。 We have the exact same situation as above. Exactly what is the standard to have to meet to be able to say one "obeys"?我们已与上述完全相同的情况。究竟是什么标准,必须符合能够说的是“服从”? Strongs (5219) says "to listen, to harken".斯特朗斯(5219)说:“听,已经转向”。 So, would it be enough to observe that "I know I am not SUPPOSED to cheat on my wife" and then still do it? Of course not. The Lord expects us each to SHOW Him that by our behaviors and thoughts, that we Devoutly believe everything about Him.因此,是否足以观察到,“我知道我不该欺骗我的妻子”之后,还做的,当然它?不是。 主希望我们每个人向他介绍 , 通过我们的行为和想法,我们虔诚地尽信他。
OK.行。 Fast forward to the modern world.快进到现代世界。 A person who might be unfaithful to a spouse, or who might lie and intentionally deceive others regularly, or who might intentionally mislead and lie in business dealings to achieve some sale of some product, goes to Church, lists off for the Lord (some of) these various Sins, and is then "wiped clean" (tabula rasa) for another week to do it all over again.一个人谁可能是忠于配偶,或谁的可能是故意欺骗他人,并定期,或者谁可能故意误导,在商业交易中的一些谎言,实现部分产品销售,去教会,列出了主(部分关闭)这些不同的罪孽,然后“擦干净”(白板)一个星期做一遍。 THIS person thinks he/she has some sort of ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE of Salvation and entry to Heaven???这个人认为他/她有一些绝对的拯救和进入天堂保证排序???
These people seem to try to apply an extremely legalistic definition of the words that are important, and then attempt to do that absolute minimum possible to comply with those defined rules.这些人似乎尝试应用了的话,那是非常重要的法律性的定义,然后尝试这样做,绝对最低可能遵守这些定义的规则。 It is almost like they think they are playing some sort of game with the Lord, that He will not notice as they do everything they can to bend every rule they can!这几乎就像他们认为他们是玩主的一些游戏类,即他不会注意到,因为他们尽一切所能,弯曲每一条规则,他们可以! They seem to assume that the Lord ONLY can see them when they happen to visit His House on Sunday mornings, when they are on their best behaviors!他们似乎假定只有上帝可以看到它们时,发生访问星期日早上,当他们在最好的行为是他的房子! Do they really believe that the Lord does not or can not see the business trickery they do to make sales and profits, or the times they lie and cheat friends and neighbors and relatives? That seems to be yet another variation of Arrogance, where they seem to believe that they can get away with such things from the Lord!他们是否真的相信上帝不会或不能看到他们的商业诡计,使销售和利润,或有时他们的谎言和欺骗的朋友和邻居和亲戚?这似乎是又一个傲慢,他们似乎变化相信他们能侥幸从上帝的事情!
Look at the Strong's definitions for that Greek word pisteuo. There are quite a few.看看该希腊语pisteuo强的定义。还有不少。 "to think to be true" happens to be the first listed. “想成为真正的”恰好是第一家上市。 " to place confidence in" is also in there. “把信心”也是在那里。
WELL, IF my job as a Pastor was simply to try to get people to accept that there was a person named Jesus 2000 years ago, wouldn't that mean that they "believe" in Jesus?那么,如果我的工作作为一个牧师只是试图让人们接受,有被命名为耶稣2000年前的人,那不是意味着他们“相信耶稣”? Is that enough?够不够呢? There are some Christians who actually think it is!有些基督徒究竟是谁认为这是! They are sure that they are guaranteed Salvation simply because they are willing to accept that there had been someone named Jesus alive 2000 years ago!他们相信,他们将保证救国仅仅因为他们是愿意接受,并未有被命名为耶稣活着2000年前的人! Wow!哇!
Other people, and most Churches, add in additional requirements. One must not only accept that a Jesus Lived, but that He was "Special".其他人,也是最教会,添加额外的要求。不仅要接受1耶稣曾经生活过,但他是“特别”。 Most specifically, if a person makes a very simple statement, ONCE, regarding Jesus being a Personal Savior, THAT is considered to be the sum total of what is required to PROVE the "believeth" part!具体地说,如果有人提出一个非常简单的语句,有一次,耶稣是一个关于个人的救主,被认为是对需要什么来证明“believeth”部分的总和! THIS makes Christianity incredibly easy and convenient!这使得基督教难以置信地容易和方便! No matter what you have ever done, and no matter what a jerk you might be now, just say a simple sentence, ONCE, and instantly be forgiven everything in the past and simultaneously receive an absolute guarantee of Salvation!没有你所做过的事情,无论什么挺举你对现在,只要说一个简单的句子,一次,并立即被宽恕过去,同时收到拯救绝对保证一切! Who could pass on THAT?谁能够传递呢?
That IS a description of ONE TINY PART of Salvation, what is called Justification.这是一小部分的拯救,什么是所谓的理由说明。 Yes, Justification proceeds exactly in that way. HOWEVER, that is NOT all there is to Salvation! You might think of YOUR part of Justification as being a Letter of Intent to the Lord. But at that instant, you have not (yet) SHOWN the Lord anything!是的,理由收益正是在这样的。 不过,这还不是全部有得救!你或许会认为你的理由的一部分,是一个意向书上主。但就在这一瞬间,你没有(至今)所示主呢!
Beginning at the instant of Justification, the person is REQUIRED to then spend the remaining LIFETIME in something called Sanctification. 开始在瞬间理由,该人须再花一个名为成圣的东西剩余寿命。 Every minute, every day. I sometimes describe it as somewhat analogous to Finishing School. If someone received an Invitation from the Queen of England to some enormous Ball (the Invitation being like Justification, the RIGHT to attend), the person then would need to "refine one's manners and behaviors" in order to actually BELONG in the presence of the Queen of England, by attending some Finishing School. 每一分钟,每一天。有时我形容,有点类似于精修学校。如果有人收到了英国女王的邀请,一些巨大的球(在被邀请的理由一样,有权参加),当时的人需要“完善一个人的举止和行为”,以实际在英国女王的存在属于,出席一些精修学校。 If a Christian thinks that simply by casually stating a simple sentence, that he/she is then fully prepared to be in the Presence of the Lord Jesus, I might remind them of all those Sins that they feel free to keep repeating now!如果一个基督徒认为,只要随便说一个简单的句子,他/她,然后做好充分准备,在主耶稣的存在,我可以提醒所有那些罪过,他们随时来去现在他们! The entire purpose of Sanctification is to gradually get each Christian to Sin less often, and eventually, hardly ever, in order to be more suitable for being in the Presence of the Lord. (I have a suspicion that using foul four-letter words in insulting a Christian Pastor might not be what the Lord is looking for!)在神圣的全部目的是逐步让每一个基督徒的单较少,最终,几乎没有,为了更加适合于主的存在是合适的。(我有一个怀疑,采用犯规四个字母的字侮辱基督教牧师可能不是什么主寻求!)
SO!因此! You people who insist on absolutely believing your own Minister's assurance that you are GUARANTEED SALVATION because of his own interpretation of that Greek word, fine, you can believe whatever you wish.你们这些人,绝对相信谁自己官保证,你保证,因为他这个希腊字,优良的解释救世军坚持,你可以相信,不管你的愿望。 You can even consider me worthless pond-scum (because I will not repeat the actual words used to describe me) and a total failure as a Christian Pastor.你甚至可以认为我没有价值池塘败类(因为我不会重复用来形容我的原话)和作为基督教牧师彻底失败。 However, I would guess that you could probably use some "Finishing School" that is, an actual effort at IMPROVING one's Christian Walk.不过,我猜想,你也许可以使用一些“精修学校”,也就是一个提高自己的基督教城的实际努力。
It is quite sad today that there seem to be millions of people who call themselves Christians who see absolutely no reason to even consider trying to improve themselves in any way!这是很可悲的今天,似乎有谁的人自称基督徒谁看绝对没有理由甚至考虑设法改善自己以任何方式百万! Since they ALREADY have their ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE into Heaven, they see no reason to "waste time" on such things.由于他们已经进入天堂的绝对保证,他们认为没有理由“浪费时间在这些事情”。 I guess that IF they are actually correct about that guarantee, maybe that sort of behavior would get by!我想,如果他们实际上是保证正确的信息,也许这样的行为会得到的! But if Jesus is anywhere like what we Ministry keep claiming that He is, then how could He be Pleased with "lazy Christians"?但是,如果耶稣是在任何地方像我们部口口声声说他是,他又怎能与“懒惰基督徒”满意吗? Among Catholics, they are called Non-Practicing Catholics, which means that they CLAIM all the benefits but do not want to bother with the chores or responsibilities. Of course, many similar Protestants make a big point of always attending Sunday Church Services, and even mostly listening! And then they (arrogantly) go off feeling that they have done EVERYTHING REQUIRED.在天主教徒,他们被称为非执业天主教徒,这意味着他们声称的所有好处,但不想打扰或与家务的责任。当然,很多类似的新教徒作出的总是参加周日礼拜的大点,甚至主要是听!然后他们(傲慢)引爆感到他们所做的一切问题。 Did they?是吗? Does Jesus run Heaven where a legalistic set of rules of entry apply, and as long as you got a C - grade in loyally attending Church, then you really do have a GUARANTEED TICKET IN?耶稣是否运行天国,进入一个法律性规定适用规则,只要你有一个C -在忠实地参加教会级,那么你真的有保障的票证? In all the Bibles I read, Jesus does not seem remotely like that!在所有的圣经,我读了,耶稣似乎并不远程这样!
Our tiny Church likes to think that we have some idea about that subject, since our official name is A Christ Walk Church . And in case you didn't notice it, we are not named THE Christ Walk Church because we realized that would be very Arrogant to claim some implied monopoly on Teaching a Christian Walk!我们的小教堂喜欢认为我们的正式名称,因为我们对这个问题的一些想法, 是一个基督教教堂步行 。而且如果你没有注意到它,我们不走命名基督堂 ,因为我们意识到这将是非常傲慢教学要求基督徒走一些暗示的专利! We are merely "A" Church that attempts to have a focus on Sanctification, that is, lifelong Christian behavior, and constant effort at improvement.我们只是“A”的教会,尝试对成圣的重点,即终身基督教的行为,并在不断努力改善。
In any case, this results in our having extremely strong confidence that our Teachings of Christian concepts contribute to our Members being Saved and being welcomed into Heaven. Does it include any absolute guarantee? 在任何情况下,我们有极强的信心 , 基督教的概念有助于我们教我们的议员被保存 , 并且正在成为天堂欢迎这一结果。是否包含任何绝对保证? No. I guess we wish that we COULD do such a miraculous job of Ministry that we were able to offer such a guarantee.不,我想我们希望我们可以做这样的神奇部工作,我们能够提供这样的保证。 But we think it would be incredibly self-righteous of us to even CLAIM that we could offer any absolute guarantee of it.但我们认为这将是令人难以置信的自以为是的我们甚至声称,我们可以向其中的任何绝对保证。 THAT is the difference, as we see it, in this apparently violently emotional issue!那是不同的,因为我们看到在这个问题上显然是情绪激烈,!
IF the concept of Faith involved ABSOLUTE GUARANTEES, then that is not Faith at all, and is rather a clinical and legal guarantee.中频的信仰概念是绝对的保障,那么这并非在所有信仰,以及相当的临床和法律保障。
This attitude of Arrogance of many modern Christians spills over into another related Sinful behavior, Self-Righteousness. The Bible has a lot to say about that, too, including Deut.这对许多现代基督徒的傲慢态度,波及到其他相关有罪的行为,自以为是。圣经有有很多话要说,这也包括申命记。 9:4; Job 9:20; 35:2; Proverbs 12:15; 16:12; 20:6; 21:2; 30:12; Jer 2:35; 2 Cor 10:12: Rev 3:17. 9时04; 就业9:20,35:2,箴言12时15分,16时12分,20点06,21时02分,30:12,耶2时35分, 林后10点12分:冯 3:17。
It seems to be a tremendous incentive for such people to then "talk down" to anyone else who does not possess that perfection of absolutely total knowledge and understanding!这似乎是一个极大的鼓励,这样的人向当时的“说低”给任何人谁不具备绝对的总的认识和了解完美! I have seen many Christians talk in amazingly disgusting ways, often to other Christians (always from some other Church, which apparently Teaches badly!).我见过很多基督徒在谈话令人惊讶的恶劣的方式,往往是其他基督徒(总是从其他教会,这显然教不好!)。 Dozens of Christians have even "talked down" like that to me, knowing that I am a Christian Pastor!数十名基督徒,甚至“谈下来”,这样对我,知道我是一个基督教牧师! It is almost as though they wished they could spit in my face but are limited to words in e-mails! It is not that I deserve any special treatment, because I don't.这几乎就像他们希望他们能在我的脸上吐口水,但只限于在电子商务的话邮件!这不是我应该得到任何特殊待遇,因为我不。 But when some Christian starts lecturing me on a laundry list of many errors and flaws they attribute to me, (generally in a remarkably short period of knowing me!) the main thing I see is that they clearly completely missed an important part of what Christianity is supposed to be!可是,有些基督徒开始讲授了许多错误和缺点,他们对我的属性中列出一长串我,(通常在一个认识我很短的时间!)主要是我看到的是,他们清楚地完全忽略了一个重要的部分内容,基督教应该是! Jesus was Humble.耶稣谦卑。 He was Compassionate.他是慈悲。 He was Considerate. He was Tolerant.他体贴。他是宽容。 He tried to Teach us such behaviors.他试图教我们这样的行为。 He never went around saying "I am smart and you are not!"他从来没有到处说:“我聪明,你不是!” When a Christian starts to decide that he/she has the right to "lecture" anyone, he/she really better have really solid ground for anything they might say.当一个基督徒开始决定他/她的权利“教训”的人,他/她真的真的好坚实的东西,他们可能会说,地面。 Specifically, the equivalent to a Degree in Theology, at least regarding the subject they choose to lecture about!具体来说,在神学相当于学位,至少对于这个问题,他们选择讲解!
Such people seem to forget that they are intrinsically flawed, and imperfect.这些人似乎忘记了他们内在的缺陷,不完善的。 That is a basic assumption of our Christianity, that we are all affected by Original Sin and incapable of being anywhere close to "perfect".这是我们基督教的基本假设,我们都受到原罪和不能被任何接近“完美”。 As soon as they start lecturing others, especially other Christians who attend other Churches, regarding their flaws (and their own perfection), they are forgetting that casting stones is not advisable as they also live in glass houses!当他们开始讲课人,特别是其他基督徒谁参加其他教会,对于他们的缺点(和自己的完美),他们忘记了铸造石头是不可取的,因为他们还住在玻璃房子里!
But the reality is that many Christians whose knowledge and understanding of Christianity virtually entirely came from some single Minister in their own Church, (and their own individual attempts at understanding the Bible, based on Sermons by that Minister) now commonly feel free, and even expected and encouraged, to lecture (and often also insult) nearly everyone else!但现实是,许多基督徒的知识和对基督教的理解来几乎完全在自己的教会从一些单个部长,(和他们自己的个人试图在理解圣经,布道的基础上由该部部长)现在普遍欢迎,甚至期望和鼓励,讲学(通常也侮辱),几乎每个人! They see themselves as perfect experts!他们认为自己完美的专家!
That is a very misguided effort at fulfilling the Bible's guidance toward Witnessing (John 15:27; Acts 1:8, many more). Witnessing, as a humble Christian, is one thing, quite admirable, and even required. Lecturing as though one is an absolute and perfect expert, is something entirely different!这是在履行圣经对眼见的指导(约翰15时27;使徒行传1:8,更多)非常错误的努力。 眼见,作为一个普通人的基督徒,是一回事,很可爱,甚至要求。讲授,仿佛一是一个绝对的和完善的专家,是完全不同的东西! Witnessing is a wonderful thing.看到的是最美好的事。 Jesus would clearly want all Witnessing to demonstrate the Humility He tried to Teach us.耶稣显然希望所有见证表现出谦逊,他试图教我们。 He clearly would NOT condone any arrogant action of claiming superiority to those being lectured to!他显然不会宽恕任何声称优势,正在讲课的狂妄行动! As soon as any Christian starts to "ANNOUNCE" the Truth, that person is unintentionally demonstrating an enormous gap in his/her Christianity.只要任何基督教开始“宣布”的真相,这个人是在无意中表现出他/她的基督教的巨大差距。 It should quickly be repaired before further attempts are made at Witnessing.它应尽快进行维修,然后再进一步的尝试是在见证了。
I would point out that Jesus NEVER spoke or acted with the intention of making anyone else feel "small".我想指出的是,耶稣没有说话,目的是让其他人感觉“的意图行事小”。 It seems to be a grand desire of many Christians today!这似乎是一个宏伟的愿望许多基督徒今天!
In fact, if anyone should even bring up any tiny criticism regarding any possibility of their non-perfection (such as a Minister from a different Church, such as me), their response seems to be virtually universal.事实上,如果有人甚至提出任何从一个不同的教会,小批评,如我的关于他们的任何不可能性完美(如部长),他们的反应似乎是几乎普遍。 The response is to entirely ignore the comments, and smile broadly (in their Pride), and then go into a personal attack on me, often telling me that Satan is leading me, because no Christian would ever criticize them!该反应是完全忽视了意见,并广泛地微笑(在他们的骄傲),然后进入对我的人身攻击,常常告诉我,领导我是撒旦, 因为没有基督教会都批评他们!
It seems to me that for anyone to LEARN anything, a TEACHER is often beneficial.在我看来,对任何人都可以学到什么东西,教师往往是有益的。 As a Pastor, a main function of mine is to be a Teacher. It seems to me that my job description REQUIRES me to speak up! My intention has never been to "criticize" such people, as I don't think it's my place to do so.作为一个牧师,我的一个主要功能是当一名教师。在我看来,我的工作描述要求我说出我了!我的意图从来没有来“批判”这样的人,我不认为这是我的位置这样做的。 Instead, I feel a responsibility, as a Christian and as a Pastor, to attempt to "plant a seed" regarding possibly improving one's Christian Walk.相反,我觉得有责任,作为一名基督徒,作为一个牧师,企图“植物种子”就可能提高一个人的基督教城。 But it appears that such people feel that they have ALREADY completed their Christian Walk, that they are already "perfect in their understanding of God's Plan and everything about it".但似乎这些人觉得他们已经完成了他们的基督教城,他们已经“在上帝的计划以及有关的所有内容的理解完美”。 They don't need no stinkin' seeds!他们不需要任何stinkin'种子! I do not claim to be the smartest person on Earth, but I still find it very sad that they see exactly zero value in my comments which are intended to try to be of benefit specifically for them.我不说自己是地球上最聪明的人,但我仍然感到非常难过,他们清楚地看到我的评论零价值的目的是尽量为他们的具体利益。
After a number of such tirades (all before any food was even ordered!), I finally said something, which was the gentlest possible approach to the matter of this text.经过这样长篇大论数(所有提交任何食物,甚至下令!),我终于说了一些,这是平缓的可行办法,这个文本的问题。 Of course, I did not use any terms that were harsh, and I tried to be as diplomatic as a quiet Pastor can be!当然,我没有使用任何条款是残酷的,我试图像一个安静的牧师外交可以! Once she realized that I was trying to suggest CHANGES in her words, she said something that is really terrifying!当她意识到,我是想建议用她的话说变化,她说的话是很惊人! She said "MY Salvation is guaranteed! YOU are the one who has a lot of doubt about getting to Heaven!"她说:“我的救恩是保证你是一个谁拥有约前往天堂很多疑问!” In just two sentences, she managed to demonstrate nearly everything that Jesus Taught against!在短短的两句话,她设法证明几乎所有的耶稣教导反对! She was extremely arrogant in her claim, as well as denigrating and insulting to me! She implied that I was a truly ignorant and stupid Christian Pastor! We had just met for lunch at a restaurant, and I told her that I was about to get up to leave.她极其嚣张,在她的申诉,以及污蔑和侮辱我!她暗示我是一个真正的无知和愚蠢的基督教牧师!我们刚刚在一家饭店举行的午餐,我告诉她我马上就要走了。 And she had no clue why!她为什么没有线索! In her mind, she was just expressing "absolute facts"!在她的心中,她只是表示“绝对的事实”!
Wow!哇! My understanding is that even people like Saint Augustine and Saint Thomas Aquinas and all the other famous Christian Fathers, still felt an uncertainty regarding their Salvation. That has always been my understanding, that you did your best at becoming the best Christian you can during your life, and then Jesus would evaluate how well you did! Yes, it is tempting to think that a Billy Graham or a Mother Teresa probably had a real good chance of getting into Heaven!我的理解是,像圣奥古斯丁和圣托马斯阿奎那和所有其他著名的基督教神父甚至人,仍感到一种不确定性,他们拯救。 这一直是我的理解是,你没有在基督教成为最好的 , 您可以在您最好的你生活,然后耶稣会如何评价你没有!是的,人们很容易认为一个葛培理或修女可能有真正进入天堂得到很好的机会! But when a Christian simply says that she is GUARANTEED in, I tend to suspect that there is something wrong!但是,当一个基督徒只是说她是保证,我倾向于怀疑有问题!
I had hoped to possibly simply plant a seed regarding her possibly doing some introspection regarding that issue, enhancing her Christianity.我本来希望在可能只是对植物的种子,她可能做了一些关于这个问题的反思,提高她的基督教。 But the response was amazing and vicious, including references to Satan leading me!但得到的反应是惊人的和恶毒的,包括撒旦参考领先我! And it was quite clear that she truly believes that she has no NEED for introspection!而且,很显然,她真的相信,她已经没有反省所需要的! She even tried to turn it around, in telling me that she was feeling sorry for me that I was so much under the influence of Satan!她甚至试图扭转局势,在告诉我,她却觉得我对不起我这么多下撒旦的影响! Really amazing!真是太神奇了! It was a very, very sad experience. I can only Pray that she figures this out before the day when she might have the opportunity to meet Jesus.这是一个非常,非常的不幸经历。我只能祈祷,她的数字前一天这件事时,她可能有机会见到耶稣。
I guess it must be quite convenient to ASSUME that you know absolutely every detail, combined with the easy response of always claiming that anyone who disagrees with them in the least is Satan leading you! That takes care of every possibility, doesn't it?我猜想这一定是很方便假设你知道绝对每一个细节,同任何人都声称他们不同意谁是最不容易的反应结合是撒旦领导你!这需要照顾的每一种可能性,不是吗?
By the way, I am NOT claiming that I have any brilliance or advantage here!顺便说一句,我不是说我有什么辉煌或利益这里! Not at all.当然不是。 I am merely a simple Pastor, whose function it is to be a Tool of the Holy Spirit.我只是一个简单的牧师,其职能将是一个圣灵的工具。 In addition to my education in becoming a Pastor, the 16 years I have spent in assembling the BELIEVE web-site has provided me with a LOT of information to read! My understanding is that in my function as Pastor, I am supposed to attempt to spread seeds when I think that there might be a need.除了在成为牧师,16我在装配BELIEVE相信网页花费数年时间对我的教育提供了很多资料,我读!我的理解是,在我充当牧师,我应该尝试传播种子的时候,我认为可能有必要。 It does NOT mean I am always right, regarding when, how or even if!这并不意味着我永远是对的,就何时,如何或即使! I believe that He expects me to just do the best I am capable of!我相信,他希望我只是尽我我能够!
It is terrifying that many modern Churches Teach that THAT is the whole show!这是可怕的是,许多现代教会的教导,这是整个节目! Once you make that statement, your Salvation and your ticket to Heaven are absolute and guaranteed!一旦你作出这项声明的,你和你的机票拯救天堂是绝对的和有保证! Wow!哇!
If that were so, we could really throw away nearly all of the Bible, and just keep the few pages that refer to that!如果是这样,我们可真的要放弃几乎所有的圣经,保持公正指向该几页!
That might be really convenient, but that is NOT what the Bible nor Christianity Teaches!这可能是真正方便,但这并不是什么圣经或基督教教! First, that sentence is ONLY supposed to be valid IF the person is extremely Devout and fully understands what he/she is committing to.首先,这句话只应该是有效如果该人是非常虔诚,充分理解他/她正致力于。 Second, it is only the "flashy" part of being a Christian, generally referred to as Justification, and soon followed by a public water Baptism.第二,这仅仅是“华而不实”的是一个基督徒,一般称为理由,很快由公共水洗礼后的一部分。
The critically important part that seems to often be left out today is that Justification is actually only a transition, into a state where Sanctification can occur.极其重要的组成部分,这似乎往往被排除在今天的理由其实只是一个过渡到一个国家,它的成圣可能发生。 This Sanctification is actually a far more significant part of what Christianity is supposed to be, a life-long PROCESS of continual learning and growth.这成圣实际上是一个基督教的东西应该是,终身不断学习和成长的漫长过程更为重要组成部分。
We sometimes describe this as Justification being akin to your parents signing you up for school, while Sanctification is the 12 years you spent actually doing the learning.我们有时被描述为类似的理由签署学校,你到你的父母,而我们的成圣是你花了12年,实际上做的学习。 Not a lot was really accomplished by them just signing you up, it really depended on YOU and whether you paid attention and learned, whether the entire process of "education" worked very well for you!不是很多确实是他们刚刚完成签约你,真的取决于您和您是否重视和教训,是否“教育”工作的整个过程为您得很好!
Look at this another way.看看这个另一种方式。 If YOU say a specific sentence, and therefore receive an absolute guaranteed Salvation and entry to Heaven, doesn't that sound extremely "legalistic". It would really be saying that the Lord would never again have any say in whether you are Saved or get to Heaven, no matter what you might ever do or say or think.如果你说一个特定的句子,因此获得绝对保证救世军和进入天堂,那岂不是很非常“墨守成规”。这真的是说,阁下会不会再有任何发言权,不管你是保存或得到天堂,无论你可能永远做或者说,或认为。 Didn't He show a displeasure regarding the Jews being legalistic about applying the Old Testament Law?并没有显示出他对犹太人的不满是对适用法律墨守成规的旧约?
Now, I suppose it would really simplify things if all Christians really are absolutely guaranteed of Salvation and entry to Heaven. As a Pastor, my job would be far simpler, just having to get people to recite a sentence!现在,我想这真的会简化,如果所有的基督徒真的是绝对的拯救和进入天堂保证事情作为一个牧师。,我的工作就简单得多,只是不得不让人们背诵句子! I have never thought of my job as that simple! The understanding of our Church is what we think was nearly the universal attitude prior to maybe 50 years ago.我从来没有想过我就是这么简单!我们的教会的理解是我们认为几乎是普遍的态度之前,也许50年前的工作。 We study, get Saved, get Baptized, and constantly try to learn and grow from things we hear in Church.我们的研究,得到保存,得到洗礼,不断努力学习和成长的事物,我们在教会听到。 Then, when our Earthly time is done, we show up at the Gates of Heaven.然后,当我们的地支的时间做,我们出现在天门。 Our understanding is that, AT THAT MOMENT, the "status of our heart" is evaluated by the Lord.我们的理解是,在那一刻,我们的心“,”状态是由主评价。 IF the Lord is Pleased with that status, we feel that person is welcomed in. IF the Lord is not Pleased with that status, we believe that He sends that person to the other place.中频主与这种地位感到满意,我们认为人是欢迎的主英寸中频不具有这种地位感到满意,我们认为他发送该人的其他地方。
It seems unimaginable to our small Church that there could be people in line with "guaranteed tickets" where they might as well just push everyone ahead out of their way "Step aside! Step aside! Guaranteed ticket here!".这似乎不可思议我们的小教堂,有可能与“保证票”,他们可能也仅仅把每个人都从他们前进道路“让路!让路!保票的人在这里行!”。 I guess it would be hoped that they don't knock Jesus down as they barge into Heaven!我猜想这是希望他们不要敲下来,因为耶稣升天驳船!
Wow!哇! If THAT is the way the Lord runs Heaven, it sure doesn't sound like the Heaven I have always envisioned from the Bible! Our Church sort of assumes that only people who behave and talk and think properly would get in (based on that status of the heart business).如果这是上帝的方式运行的天堂,它肯定不喜欢我一直设想的圣经!我们的教会样的天籁之声假定只有人的行为和谁交谈,并认为将获得适当的(在此基础地位心脏业务)。 In any case, we really do NOT see any basis for ANYONE to brag about having a guaranteed Salvation or guaranteed entry to Heaven.在任何情况下,我们实在看不到任何人的基础上吹嘘有保证的拯救或保证进入天堂。 It sure doesn't seem to be the Bible we use (King James).它似乎不知道是我们使用的圣经(国王詹姆斯)。
In fact, I personally wonder if people who carry such self-centered attitudes are EVER even allowed inside Heaven.其实,我个人不知道谁的人携带这种以自我为中心是不断即使在老天爷让的态度。 Would Jesus want to be around people who thought and spoke so self-centeredly?耶稣会想成为周围的人谁的思想和说得自我centeredly?
But, if they are right, and there is no evaluation necessary, I guess they are right to be arrogant and self-righteous.但是,如果他们是正确的,而且没有必要的评估,我想他们是有道理的傲慢和自以为是。 And I suppose they also therefore know more than this Pastor does about what Christianity involves!我想他们也因此知道比这更不牧师基督教涉及什么! However, I still intend to keep Teaching the Christianity that our Church believes the Bible presents, and we have not found any Scripture that talks about guarantees.不过,我仍打算继续教学的基督教教堂,我们相信圣经的礼物,我们也没有发现任何圣经的谈保证。
I would welcome finding that the Bible DID forbid abortions, but the Scriptures in our King James Bible do not seem to express but the most vague and indirect reference to the concept.我欢迎发现圣经没有禁止堕胎,但我们的国王詹姆斯圣经圣经似乎并没有表示,但最含糊和间接提及的概念。 And even those indirect references seem only to be in the English translations and not in the Original Greek or Hebrew.即使是那些间接引用,似乎只是在英文翻译和原始希腊或希伯来语没有。
It might also be true that the correct interpretation of some Scripture might establish the valid basis for it.这可能也是如此,有些圣经正确的解释可能会为它建立了有效的基础。 In any case, given the responses I have gotten from this essay, where Christians who believe they have absolute guarantees think they are allowed to do anything, I start to see how and why some would decide to bomb clinics and kill doctors and nurses.在任何情况下,鉴于我从这篇文章,在基督徒的反应变得谁相信他们有绝对的保证,认为他们是可以做任何事情,我开始看如何以及为什么有些人会决定轰炸诊所和杀死医生和护士。 They actually think they are doing such things FOR CHRISTIAN REASONS!他们还以为他们是基督徒原因做的事情! (and out of the other side of their mouth, they express vicious revulsion regarding Muslims who do the very same things!) They actually feel that their Salvation cannot be endangered! (进出其口的另一边,他们表示对穆斯林的恶性反感谁做同样的事情!)其实他们觉得他们不能拯救濒临灭绝! I can only say, Wow!我只能说,哇!
Again, our Church is aggressively against the casual sex that is everywhere in society today, and strongly against the casual attitudes that seem to exist regarding women getting abortions.同样,我们的教会是积极反对滥交是在社会上的今天,似乎对存在的有关妇女堕胎休闲的态度越来越强烈。 However, we cannot see that Jesus would have ever expressed any ABSOLUTE rule regarding such a subject.但是,我们看不到耶稣会曾经表示过的绝对统治就这样一个问题。 Read the Bible.阅读圣经。 Get a sense of Who Jesus was! Didn't He ALWAYS show Personal and individual attention to each unique situation which He confronted?谁得到了耶稣的感受!难道他总是显示个人和个人关注每一个独特的情况,他面对? And then He chose a response that was amazingly insightful?然后他选择了一个反应是惊人的洞察力? So, imagine that the Bible might have mentioned some incident where Jesus met some young girl who had just been raped, by some criminal.因此,设想圣经可能也提到,有些事件耶稣遇到一些年轻姑娘谁刚刚被强奸的一些犯罪。 Jesus would certainly have asked her to sit down and describe to Him the situation, and He would not have interrupted her.耶稣一定会请她坐下来形容他的情况,他也不会打断她。 And once she was done describing what had happened, Jesus would have offered His amazing insight.一旦她这样做,说明发生了什么事,耶稣会提供了他的惊人的洞察力。 If He sensed that the girl was suicidal, would He have really ordered her to have and raise that baby?如果他感觉到这个女孩是自杀,难道他真的下令她要和提高的婴儿? Such that for nine months, AND for the rest of her life, she would have the most vivid possible reminder of being raped? Doesn't it seem at least POSSIBLE that Jesus might have concluded that such a life for her would be totally worthless?例如,在9个月,为她的余生,她将有最生动的被强奸?可能不提醒它似乎至少可以耶稣可能认为这样的生活,她将是完全不值钱吗? That even if she would somehow avoid committing suicide, she would not likely ever have her remaining life amount to anything?即使她会在一定程度避免自杀,她绝不可能有她的任何剩余寿命是多少? Would Jesus really force her to have a clearly worthless and empty life?将耶稣真的强迫她有明确毫无价值和空的生活? I am not sure.我不知道。 In other words, even though we know that Jesus would not be enthusiastic regarding that raped girl having an abortion, we think that MAYBE He might Decide that she could be so much more productive in her future life if He suggested that course to her?换言之,即使我们知道耶稣的热情不会就这个强奸少女堕胎后,我们认为,也许他可能会决定她能如此更为她今后的生活生产,如果他建议,当然她? In terms that might be more understandable to the right-to-life proponents, would Jesus see that there would be NO chance that this girl would ever have any happiness, or marriage, or future children?在条件可能更容易理解的权利,对生活的倡导者,将耶稣看到,将不会有机会,这个姑娘都将无法任何幸福,或结婚,或未来的孩子? What decision would Jesus have made if He knew that she had the potential of raising four healthy and happy babies later in life OR in never raising any other children other than the one that would always represent pain and suffering to her?什么决定将耶稣已如果他知道她有没有提高,在提高以外的任何一个,将始终代表痛苦和磨难,她以外的其他四个孩子的健康,快乐的孩子以后的生活中的或潜在的? I cannot answer that question, as I am not Jesus.我不能回答这个问题,因为我不是耶稣。 I merely note that He MIGHT have considered such things.我只是指出,他可能会考虑这样的事情。 But the modern view is ALWAYS simply for the short-term implications regarding whether a tiny fetus actually represents a human yet or not.但是现代视图始终是只为短期对于胎儿是否有微小的影响,实际上是一个人,也可能不是。 Doesn't it seem at least POSSIBLE that Jesus might evaluate a "bigger picture" including the girl's entire future life, where He might have seen some "best of many undesirable courses?"它似乎没有,至少很有可能是耶稣会评估“大照片”,包括女孩的整个未来的生活,在那里他可能已经看到了很多不好的一些课程“最好的?”
? It actually seems somewhat surprising that the right-to-life advocates do not find flaw in the fact that each month, an unfertilized egg is lost (wasted) from each woman! ?它实际上似乎有点惊讶的是从右到生活的主张没有找到每一个月,未受精的卵子损失(浪费每个女人)其实漏洞! Isn't that egg essentially 99% of the start of a fetus?难道这不是鸡蛋本质的99%胎儿开始? What is the difference?有什么区别?
It seems to me that many Christians might have supported a possibly wrong viewpoint in a related situation several years ago.在我看来,许多基督徒可能支持的有关情况也许是错的,几年前的观点。 There had been a (young) woman in Florida who had been in a serious traffic accident around 1990 (Terry Shaivo), whom medical doctors had needed to attach to a lot of equipment to maintain heartbeat and breathing. The doctors had all agreed that her brain had been so damaged as to functionally be dead from the start.那里曾是(年轻)在佛罗里达州谁曾在1990年左右(特里Shaivo),其中医生有需要重视的许多设备,以维持心跳,呼吸严重交通意外,被女子。医生们都认为她的大脑已遭到极大破坏,以功能是从一开始就死了。 After FIFTEEN YEARS on that equipment, some of her family had decided that it was time to disconnect that equipment, as she had shown no improvement and no indication of awareness during those 15 years.时隔15年的设备上,她的家庭的一些决定,是时候断开的设备,因为她没有表现出改善和不认识的15年期间,这些迹象。 Millions of American Christians became violently opposed to that, even including the American Congress (which passed a Law specifically about her situation) and President Bush (who made a special trip from Texas to Washington, DC, just to sign it).数以百万计的美国基督徒成为激烈反对,甚至包括美国国会(特别是通过对她的情况一法)和美国总统布什(谁作出了华盛顿,专程从得克萨斯州只是签署)。
The Christians who so aggressively support right-to-life may or may not be right about many things, I do not know.这样的基督徒积极支持谁有权对生命可能不正确的很多事情,我不知道。 But in this one, it seems to me that they may have been extremely wrong! IMHO, As a Christian, the young lady SHOULD have had the opportunity to be WITH JESUS as early as 1990.但是,在这一年,在我看来,他们可能是极其错误的!恕我直言,作为一个基督徒,那年轻的太太应该有机会能与耶稣早在1990年。 But the right-to-life advocates would have forced her to NOT be able to be in Heaven with the Lord for another thirty or forty years.但正确的贴近生活的倡导者将迫使她不能应与主在另一个30天或40年。 Doesn't that seem that they were DENYING her the most valuable of all things? I am not saying that their GENERAL attitude is wrong, but just that SOMETIMES it might be short-sighted.似乎没有他们否认她的一切事物的最有价值?我不是说他们的一般态度是错误的,只是,有时可能是短视的。 The fact that they became rather fanatical about this one woman's heartbeat continuing seemed to be a clear example (to me, at least!) that they had entirely lost sight of the POINT of what they were trying to argue for!事实上,他们变得相当关注这一个女人的心跳持续狂热似乎是一个明显的例子(对我来说,至少!),他们完全失去了什么,他们正在争论的点看! Since medical science keeps improving, and the woman was so young to start with, it does not seem impossible that medical science might have been able to keep her heart beating for a thousand years!由于医学科学的不断改善,该名女子是如此年轻,开始时,似乎没有不可能的医学会已经能够保持1000年她的心跳! And right-to-life advocates would certainly have bragged that they had accomplished that for her. But I truly suspect that IF they had been able to ask the young woman's opinion, she would certainly have told them "Let me go so I can be with the Lord!"和从右到生活的倡导者一定会吹嘘说他们已经做到了她。不过我真的怀疑,如果他们已经能够要求年轻女子的意见,她一定会告诉他们:“让我再这样我就可以与上帝!“
Again, nothing wrong with right-to-life, but people need to realize that WE are merely humans and that we sometimes become illogical or fanatical about subjects that we feel emotionally about, and that there probably are exceptions to every rule.同样,没有错,从右到生命,但人们需要认识到,我们只是人类的,我们有时成为不合逻辑或有关科目,我们认为情绪有关,并有可能是每一个例外狂热。 Many modern (American) Christians seem to assume that ABSOLUTE rules must apply to many subjects, where there can be no exceptions allowed ever.许多现代(美国)基督徒似乎认为绝对的规则必须适用于许多学科那里可以永远不允许任何例外。 If Jesus were here today, He would certainly describe that as Legalistic, which He was very much against when trying to apply God's Laws.如果耶稣是今天在这里,他一定会说那墨守成规,这对他非常想申请当上帝的法律了。 It is as though we have not really learned very much in 2,000 years!这是因为,虽然我们还没有真正学到了两千多年的很!
I can already see that additional thousands of people will be irate at me regarding this, and will be adding to my hate-mail from this essay! Rather than citing references to Scriptures, I would ask that the ACTUAL WORDING of the Bible be included in such attacks on me, from either the NIV or the KJAV.我已经看到,成千上万的人将增加在这方面,我愤怒,并会增加我的恨,从这篇文章的邮件,而不是引用的圣经引用!,我要求将圣经的实际措辞被列入这种攻击对我来说,无论从证或KJAV。 If you then want to rip into me, do it on the basis of THOSE WORDS from the Bible and not from some rhetoric that some Christian writer has said.如果您然后想撕毁了我,做从圣经的话的基础上,并从一些言论不是有些基督徒作家说。
It is really disappointing, but virtually all Christians seem to have absolutely no clue regarding what actual science is! Of course, they all THINK they do, and therefore they feel free to express pretty much unlimited OPINIONS.实在令人失望,但几乎所有的基督徒似乎完全没有线索,说明哪些实际的科学,是当然!,他们都认为,他们这样做,因此他们感到可以自由地表达几乎无限的意见。 They are actually probably MORE capable of expressing their personal opinions regarding different procedures of brain surgery, but they do not seem interested in trying to convince anyone of their view in that field!它们实际上可能更能够表达他们关于脑外科手术不同的程序个人意见,但他们似乎没有试图说服他们在这一领域的看法感兴趣的任何人!
There is a MASSIVE difference between what most Christians think is science and what really is science.之间有什么最基督徒认为很大的不同是科学,什么才是真正的科学。 It might be seen easiest by an example.也许是看到最简单的一个例子。
A Christian FIRST decides on some statement he wants to claim as true. Then he SELECTIVELY finds data and logic which appear to support whatever it is that he intends to "prove"!基督徒首次决定在一些声明,他希望作为真正的要求。然后,他有选择地发现数据和逻辑,似乎支持不管它是什么,他打算“证明”! Christians do not even seem to be aware that DIFFERENT Christians often claim exact opposite positions, and base all their claims on the Bible! Around 1840, nearly all major American Churches split in half, because some insisted that they had proven that the Bible is against slavery, and others insisted that they had proven that the Bible is for slavery.基督徒甚至不似乎知道,不同的基督徒经常声称完全相反的立场,所有的基础上圣经索赔!1840年前后,几乎所有主要的美国教会分裂了一半,因为有些坚持说,他们已经证明了圣经是对奴役,以及其他一些方面认为他们已经证明,圣经的奴隶制。 Several of those giant Churches existed at two identical Churches for over 100 years, only joining back together fairly recently.这些巨头存在的几个教堂的两个100多年教会相同,只是加入比较最近重新走到一起。 The point here is that the two groups STARTED OFF with the conclusion they intended to prove, and clearly, both groups felt that their side had convincingly proved their case.这里的关键是,这两个集团开始与结束,他们想证明,并明确关闭,两组觉得他们方令人信服地证明,他们的情况。
Regarding virtually every social issue today, there are Christian groups which cite Biblical Scripture to allegedly prove both sides of the argument!对于几乎所有的社会问题,有基督教团体中引用圣经经文所称证明正反双方的论点!
The problem is centered on the fact that it is DECIDED what the results will be before they even start, and in that way, the various claims by alleged Christian scientists ALWAYS turn out to be true!但问题是,它决定什么结果将提交他们甚至开始,并以这种方式实际上为中心,被指控的基督徒科学家各项索赔一定不属实!
REAL science could not be much more different from that!真正的科学不能更从不同! True, a researcher usually begins with a hypothesis.诚然,研究人员通常从一个假设。 However, the reality is that MOST scientific experiments have the result of proving that the hypothesis was WRONG!然而,现实是,大多数有科学实验证明这一假设是错误的结果! It is relatively rare when experiments directly prove an initial hypothesis to be correct!这是较为罕见的实验,直接证明了最初的假设是正确的!
However, in science, that is NOT seen as a bad thing!然而,在科学,并不被认为是一件坏事! It is well publicized that Thomas Edison spent years attempting thousands of different ideas regarding a light bulb, all of which failed! But THAT was actually a good thing!这是广为宣传,托马斯爱迪生花了数年就尝试不同的一个灯泡的思想,所有这些失败的数千!,但实际上是一件好事! Each failure told Edison that some possibilities were not useful, and each failure narrowed down the remaining number of possibilities.每次失败告诉爱迪生,一些可能性不是有益的,每次失败收窄的可能性剩余数量。 Eventually, Edison came upon one approach that actually worked, and we now have billions of light bulbs!最后,爱迪生来到一人的做法,实际工作,和我们现在有几十亿的灯泡!
The great difference was that Edison NEVER knew how an experiment would turn out.伟大不同的是,爱迪生永不知道如何实验将变成。 I have done a large number of rigidly scientific experiments during my life, and a lot of them turned out to prove my initial thoughts to have been wrong.我做了我的生活在严格的科学实验的大量,而其中有很多结果来证明我的初步想法已是错误的。 So the difference is that actual science DOES NOT absolutely insist on what the results would turn out to be, but it also involves the scientists always examining ALL data and all logic, and not just the parts which might seem to support what he might have hoped for.因此,不同的是,实际的科学并不完全坚持这个结果会变成如何,但它也涉及科学家一直研究的所有数据和所有的逻辑,而不仅仅是部分,似乎支持他可能希望为了。
Christians never seem to understand this distinction!基督徒似乎从未认识到这一点! They see claims made by Christian scientists regarding the Earth being formed 6,000 years ago, and think that such claims are as valid as the claims of actual science.他们看到了基督教关于地球科学家所提出的要求是6000年前形成的,并认为这样的索赔如实际的科学有效的索赔。 They are not, usually because of that selective use of data and logic, in proving a specific expectation.他们不是,通常是因为这种逻辑的数据和有选择地使用,在证明一个特定的期望。
Christians generally assume that the true scientists simply cannot handle the competition, and they don't see any difference in quality of the claims made by Christian scientists and actual scientists. In contrast, the actual scientists see the difference to be HUGE! Bigger than huge!基督徒们普遍认为,真正的科学家们根本无法处理的竞争,他们看不到任何的基督教科学家和实际的科学家所提出的要求的质量差异。相反,科学家们看到实际的差别是巨大的!比巨大的更大! Because the logical sloppiness is usually really obvious in such efforts by Christian scientists, the true scientists do not even bother to pay attention.由于逻辑草率通常是真正的基督徒科学家这种努力显然,真正的科学家们甚至懒得注意。 I find it rather amusing that Christians seem to think that scientists HATE Christianity.所以我觉得很有趣的是,基督徒似乎认为,科学家恨基督教。 I have never known any scientist who has had such strong emotions for Christianity or any other religion, because instead, they simply consider religions to be illogical, and therefore irrelevant.我从来不知道谁的科学家已经具备了基督教或其他任何宗教,而是因为如此强烈的情绪,他们只是认为宗教是不合逻辑的,因此无关。
The most publicized subject, of course is regarding Creation and Natural Selection (which is popularly called evolution).最广为人知的主题,当然是关于创造和自然选择(即俗称的演变)。 Christians seem to think that it is not actually necessary to understand such subjects, but are quickly willing to express opinions on all the things that are wrong with science!基督徒似乎认为,它实际上不是要了解这样的题材,但很快愿意表达的所有事情是错误的意见与科学! IF such a Christian critic would actually ever learn enough about true science to understand what it is, THEN they would be in an excellent position to express criticism.如果这样的基督徒批评实际上都掌握足够了解真正的科学理解它是什么,那么他们将可以很好地表达批评。 But none ever do that.但是,从来没有想过这样做。 It is most peculiar.这是最特殊的。 They insist on not knowing or learning about such an important subject, but still aggressively announce that they are right!他们坚持不知道或对这种学习的一个重要课题,但仍然积极地宣布,它们是正确的! (the Arrogance part!) (这种傲慢的一部分!)
Many Christians have the most bizarre ideas of what evolution is! Whether they personally dreamed it up or whether it was their Minister that dreamed it up, many are really, really funny in being so poorly thought out!许多基督徒有什么进化是最离奇的想法!不管他们个人梦想它还是这是他们的部长,梦想它,许多人都非常,非常有趣的是这样考虑不周全的! Most seem to be in either of two categories. One is where a LIVING creature somehow mutated spectacularly into becoming some different creature.大多数似乎是在以下两种类别。之一就是活生生的某种变异成为一些不同的动物成为引人注目。 The other is where a creature such as a dog has a litter and they turn out to be goats or cats or chickens.另一种是在一个生物,如犬也有垃圾,他们将变成山羊或猫或鸡。 People have seen far too many science fiction movies!人们已经看到太多的科幻电影!
ACTUAL Natural Selection is so slow that it is extremely hard to even detect in many species.实际的自然选择是如此缓慢,这是非常困难的,甚至在许多物种的发现。 But YOU are likely to be taller than your grandparents and great-grandparents.但您可能比你的祖父母和曾祖父母更高。 Good food is part of the reason, but the result is that you might be one inch taller than three generations ago.良好的食品是部分原因,但结果是,你可能一英寸身高超过三代前。 Imagine that good food continues to be available for the NEXT 100 generations of your descendants.想象一下,良好的食物仍然是在接下来的100你的子孙可用。 If the height effect would continue, then those people of 2,000 years from now might be around 33 inches taller than we are!如果高度的影响将继续下去,那么从现在的两千年的人可能是围绕33英寸身高比我们! Note that we hardly even notice that we are much different than our parents or grandparents, but if even very small effects kept repeating for a long time, big changes can occur.请注意,我们很难察觉,我们比我们的父母或祖父母不同,但即使非常小的影响,长期保持时间重复,可能会发生巨大的变化。
THAT is the sort of thing that is ACTUALLY what Natural Selection is. Each generation might be a tiny bit different in some way from its parents, but if those differences were the same for many generations, then really large changes can eventually be seen.这就是事情其实这是自然选择的排序。每一代人都可能是一丁点的一些父母的方式不同,但如果这些差异是许多代相同,那么真正大的变化最终可以看到。
Did you know that there were only a handful of breeds of dogs just 500 years ago?您是否知道有只有极少数品种的狗只有500年前? But breeders have intentionally given preference (of survival) of certain puppies, and we now have over 400 official breeds of dogs, after only around a hundred generations of dogs. No one calls that Evolution, but it really is the same exact thing, but with artificially chosen advantages and disadvantages.但是,育种家有意优先考虑(生存)的某些小狗,我们现在有超过400个品种的狗官员,大约只有狗百代之后。没有人调用的演变,但它确实是完全相同的事情,但与人工选择的优点和缺点。
In any case, it will some day require some Christians to dismiss their sense of perfection and arrogance before actual scientists would even be willing to listen to them.在任何情况下,有一天会需要一些基督徒辞退实际科学家的完善和傲慢的感觉甚至愿意听取他们的意见。 I personally believe that BOTH groups will greatly benefit when such conversations become possible.我个人认为这两个组织将大大受益时,这样的谈话成为可能。 I don't see it happening any time soon, because the people who call themselves Christian scientists are too arrogant about themselves, the methods and their results, for them to give any of that up any time soon.我不认为它在短期内发生,因为人们谁自称基督徒科学家们对自己过于傲慢,方法和结果对他们来说,在提供这方面的任何时候任何增长很快。
C Johnson,
Pastor, A Christ Walk Church荤约翰逊,牧师,教会的基督漫步
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