What makes a doctrine false?

[St. SteVen]

You are partially correct about something .
You said every false doctrine that you are familar with is backed up by scriptures .
ONLY YOU FORGET and forgot or perhaps never knew .
OH its backed up with scriptures all right , TWISTED ScRIPS , t aken out of text . Hello st steven .

Who decides what is twisted and what isn't?
Who is the arbiter of truth?

 

[St. SteVen]

They will know we are Christians by our love, not by our debate victories.

Well said.

 

[Raccoon1010]

That's the common thoughtless response.

There is no consensus on Christian doctrine.
So, who decides which is true and which is false?

Would you surrender your own doctrines in the cause of doctrinal unity?

"Surrender my doctrine"?

I'm not actually sure what you are saying to people on the forum.

The Bible spells out God's doctrine. We as Christians accept it is the written word of God thru his prophets and servants as received from God.

The thing I find most puzzling sometimes during online discussions is how the Bible is worded as to be easily understood even at a child level. Yet many dispute the plain understanding contained within.

I guess that's why God said you had to become as a little child to be saved.

 

[Anchorite]

"Surrender my doctrine"?

I'm not actually sure what you are saying to people on the forum.

The Bible spells out God's doctrine. We as Christians accept it is the written word of God thru his prophets and servants as received from God.

The thing I find most puzzling sometimes during online discussions is how the Bible is worded as to be easily understood even at a child level. Yet many dispute the plain understanding contained within.

I guess that's why God said you had to become as a little child to be saved.

Exactly. People get so tangled up in theological concept debates, they needlessly muddy the streams of living water that child-like faith drinks from freely.

Instead of being stressed out by individuals mocking their theological positions, they could simply contemplate Psalm 23, the Sermon on the Mount, or the Lord’s Prayer.

“Am I hungering and thirsting for righteousness to prevail in myself and in the world?” is a more edifying inquiry than “How can free will exist along with predestination?”

We endeavor to understand the Bible the best we can, then get busy applying it to our lives. Head knowledge is a start, but it does no good unless it gets into our heart and manifests as attitudes and behavior.

 

[Justified]

I agree, but...
Many is not all. Which seems to be your assumption in your previous post.

I know many is not all, hence why I said it. You need to be clear in what you mean, since this thread is titled, What makes a doctrine false, and I was addressing your statement, “There is no consensus on Christian doctrine.”

 

[St. SteVen]

I know many is not all, hence why I said it. You need to be clear in what you mean, since this thread is titled, What makes a doctrine false, and I was addressing your statement, “There is no consensus on Christian doctrine.”

Most people don't notice that all the choices in the OP list are bad choices.
Note the parentheticals. We are so quick to judge doctrines, and for bad reasons.

What makes a doctrine false?

Please quote what you would like to respond to. Thanks.

1. You've never heard it before. (knee-jerk defensive response)

2. You have heard of it before, but assume it's false. (haven't looked into it)

3. Doesn't align with your church's doctrine (your church would say it is false)

4. Doesn't align with your personal doctrine (your views differ)

5. YOUR "Bible" says it is false. (other biblical opinions don't matter)

6. It makes you uncomfortable. (therefore it must be wrong)

7. Everyone knows it's false. (except those who believe it)

 

[amigo de christo]

Who decides what is twisted and what isn't?
Who is the arbiter of truth?

Deconstruction SURE DONT . Its the PROBLEM not the answer or any solution .
GOD , HIS CHRIST , HIS SPIRIT IS T RUTH and His words are TRUTH .
YOU heed men my friend . Men who convinced you the problem was reading the bible for yourself .
WHEN in T RUTH that was never the p roblem.
The heart of man IS the pr oblem . And sadly many who were led of the flesh
Twisted the bible into whatever they desired it to say .
The problem is never WITH T RUTH . The bible , the reading of it , NOT the PROBLEM .
The heart of man IS the problem .
FOR GOD is with THE SHEEP . but not so with the hirelings who only created a religoin
that best suited THEM .
Hear that . And Get thine nose into the Bible for to see and to learn .
Praying always TO GOD .

 

[Raccoon1010]

Exactly. People get so tangled up in theological concept debates, they needlessly muddy the streams of living water that child-like faith drinks from freely.

Instead of being stressed out by individuals mocking their theological positions, they could simply contemplate Psalm 23, the Sermon on the Mount, or the Lord’s Prayer.

“Am I hungering and thirsting for righteousness to prevail in myself and in the world?” is a more edifying inquiry than “How can free will exist along with predestination?”

We endeavor to understand the Bible the best we can, then get busy applying it to our lives. Head knowledge is a start, but it does no good unless it gets into our heart and manifests as attitudes and behavior.

I wonder if @St. SteVen is coming up with reasoning someone with the thread opening list.

And perhaps some people need to reason things out to decide to be Christian. But only God's spirit can convince us he lives, loves and shows us the way where he walks. Christ is God's blessing to us.

The heart of the matter is most important than our ideas. The mind is important sure.

I think for the most part, reading the sheep and goats parable, that the heart of kind loving concern for others and care for them is at the heart of Christianity. Christ demonstrated that throughout the Bible.

I like 1 Corinthians 13:

1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal...

:)