earl40
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Not wanting to hijack further on another post I offer this.
My point is our life is based on the scriptures alone and to allow the continuation of the gifts allows all kinds of heresy into the church. I say this with certainty in that the perfect has come and as scripture says these gifts will pass. This is my "epistemology".
Not wanting to hijack further on another post I offer this.
For starters I believe when Paul wrote to the Thessalonians he was speaking to them before the cannon was closed. In no way would this apply to today. Also if God Spoke to a person today, and gave someone a prophecy, you would be obligated to believe it. Now your problem is that if you believe in the continuation of the gifts today, your obligation to believe such prophecy may be based on a lucky guess that prophet gave. In other words, let us say a "prophet" says a certain event will take place and it does. Do you start believing every prophesy that person utters like, Jesus and the biblical prophets, which were totally trustworthy? If you answer "no" and they latter utter a false prophesy do you stone them?BayouHuguenot said:
I don't see how it would be morally binding. You haven't given any reason why there would be some deontic operator within the belief system. Paul told the Thessalonians to test and evaluate prophecies. That meant they weren't automatically false or correct.
And that isn't really how epistemology works. Whether I have satisfied all epistemic duties for a personal belief is irrelevant whether I believe someone else is morally obligated in believing what I believe.
I believe I have a wallet in my back pocket. I have reasonably good evidence for the belief. I don't see how the man in the street is morally obligated to also believe I have a wallet in my back pocket.
Now, if I have because x miracle, you are obligated to change your life, that is a completely different claim. But no one is making that claim.
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My point is our life is based on the scriptures alone and to allow the continuation of the gifts allows all kinds of heresy into the church. I say this with certainty in that the perfect has come and as scripture says these gifts will pass. This is my "epistemology".