Children love the "Little Red Riding Hood" story. They thrill at the very real and imminent danger:Yet they can cuddle up with the warm assurance that they know something nobody else knows.: Everything is going to turn out O.K. This will all end well!
This assurance is entrenched by the many times they've heard the story before. They have rehearsed over and over exactly what the final outcome will be. To them this is an exciting and safe no-brainer!
If you try and deviate from the set formula you're in big trouble! Believe me! I've been there! A five year old can be very insistent. Kids of all ages, want a predictable, consistent pattern of events.This story provides just that:
The characters never change in "Little Red Riding Hood": The kindly and loving old lady is always kind and loving: The little darling going to visit her granny remains totally innocent and pure: The dark dangerous woods are never less than foreboding, The strong powerful woodcutter is our white Knight and of course the ugly evil bad wolf is forever ferocious.Don't rock the boat ! Just give me the comfort of a familiar lullaby and I'll get good nights sleep!
This story has everything! And because of that even the crazy undertones are sanitised and appear normal. This is not O.K for adults!
Christians at times have their own "Little Red Riding Hood" approach to scripture and don't like it when anyone as much as looks at or questions doctrines held as sacred cows for centuries. When one points out to them that some of these doctrines not only contradict scripture but blaspheme the name, and nature of God then you have deviated from the script! You are not mainstream! Persona non grata!
Despite what Acts17:11 proclaims about searching the scriptures to verify matters, no scripture check is deemed necessary. Instead they search their favourite 17th and 18th century parcels of clay from the past, humans in all their frailty, and feel comfort in following historical idols rather than "testing all things" by the plumb line of scripture:
Despite what Acts17:11 proclaims about searching the scriptures to verify matters, no scripture check is deemed necessary. Instead they search their favourite 17th and 18th century parcels of clay from the past, humans in all their frailty, and feel comfort in following historical idols rather than "testing all things" by the plumb line of scripture:
The result of centuries of this "leave your brain at the door" policy is sadly evident today. There are elephants in the room evident to all except believers. Many today vehemently contend for beliefs that are very unscriptural! I want to challenge those people, as gently and as lovingly as i know how .. to get back to the original scriptures and discard mans' traditions, no matter how long they have been in place.Challenge 1/10
There is one word (Aidios .. Rom 1:16) in the New testament that could be construed as eternity but it is used only twice in the 27 books, In 99% of cases where translators used the word Eternity they were looking at the word Eon which means a period of time of unknown length but having a beginning and an end. Eternity is a totally wrong translation! If Eon was translated correctly and understood, every statement of faith of all mainstream denominations would change beyond recognition: God has divided Time into 5 segments called Eons. This is Eon number 3!
(The wicked Eon of Gal 1:1-3)
When you read what I have just written above you can take one of two options. Number one is to berate and belittle me and say"rubbish".(Little Red Riding Hood option) The other option of course is to say"I must look into that" and follow the link given above:
Challenge 2/10
Are believers reading somebody else's mail?
Who was Jesus speaking to in the 4 Gospels? (Matt 15:22-26)
Does 2 Cor 5:16 make any more sense now?
Until next week: Vincent
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