Tarheel Baptist said:
Walt said:
TheRealJonStewart said:
Walt said:
TheRealJonStewart said:
Tarheel Baptist said:
FSSL said:
Tarheel Baptist said:
I'm not sure they seek to redefine or lead an IFB movement. I've never read they intended such. They have simply rejected the tenets of the other 2 groups and have gone their own way.
Ahhh.... now I understand. I thought, by your title, that was the case.
Sorry.
They self identify as IFB, but aren't actively seeking to redefine the terms. I know what (little) I know from my acquaintance with one of the men who helps organize the idea days.
So they're IFB? Meaning they are independent from one another, so why are we concerned? It's their choice.
Independent doesn't mean that we don't care if they are right or wrong; it means that we acknowledge that we don't have the authority to make them act as we wish.
but the problem is this isnt a right or wrong issue, its preference
But what one group calls preference, another sees as mandated by Scripture.
I think that we should have liberty to wear colored shirts; nothing in Scripture talks about a white shirt being more holy than a colored shirt. But some will preach against this... (I'm trying to start with a topic that most will agree is purely preference).
But then there is, say, the matter of what women should wear. Certain groups insist, based upon passages in Deut that a woman wearing slacks is wearing men's apparel, and thus believe that it is wrong. Others just call this a preference, but it doesn't make it a preference.
Tithing is another good one; many people (especially here) believe that the New Testament teaches giving, not tithing - but lots of people believe that tithing is a command and that to not tithe is to be disobedient to God.
Music is another hot button; some firmly believe that certain styles are inherently worldly and bad and should not be used in by Christians. Others just call it a preference.
A poor or non existent hermeneutic doesn't make a preference a doctrine. To an intellectually and hermeneutically honest person, KJVO and no pants on women have all the proof of a flat earth position.
Deuteronomy 22:5 says: ?A woman shall not wear anything that pertains to a man, nor shall a man put on a woman?s garment, for all who do so are an abomination to the Lord your God.?
Side one, against pants will say:
1. Pants throughout modern history (1000 BC to 1940) were identified as a man?s garment in most societies.
Deuteronomy 22:5
2. They will say pants on women are immodest because they show off a women?s curves and shape. Most will
say an improper dress or skirt can be immodest as well. 1 Timothy 2:8-10
3. They will say men girded up their loins (in robes) for work (like pants), but women did not. Job 38:3 & Job
40:7
4. They may reference Exodus 28:42 and say, showing the thigh is always immodest.
Side 2, Pro pants will say:
1. Men should dress in an appropriately masculine manner and women should dress in an appropriately
feminine manner.
2. They will say pants are worn by both genders and do not pertain to just men.
3. They will say the prohibition in Deuteronomy 22 pertained to customs of heather worship in pagan temples
and not ordinary dress.
4. Some will say Deuteronomy 22:5 pertains to appropriateness and modesty, and what is appropriate for
women may change from society to society and time period to time period.
Issue 2 KJV only
1.
Matthew 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God. They take that to mean only one Bible in any given language can be
Gods word.
2.
1 Corinthians 14:33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
They take this to mean 30 different Bibles with very different word and very different meanings can not all be the
KJV.
3. Most believe their can be only one true Word of God. They believe it's the KJV in English.
I respect a persons right to take either side of these issues, but I disagree that those who take the opposite side of Tarheel are unintelligent, ignorant and buffoons. They interpret the verses differently and strongly believe they are interpreting them correctly just as you do.