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Some of this responses to this post show us alot about how #religiouslanguage words.
We use religious language to evoke authority, tradition, mystery. It marks something as special (whether positively or negatively), set aside, sacred.
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We use religious language to evoke authority, tradition, mystery. It marks something as special (whether positively or negatively), set aside, sacred.
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If Christians with recognised authority call something "Biblical" (Biblical manhood, Biblical counseling, Biblical patriarchy),
& if this is repeated often enough,
The sacred meaning attached to that concept (of manhood or whatever) becomes *very difficult* to question/detach
If Christians with recognised authority call something "Biblical" (Biblical manhood, Biblical counseling, Biblical patriarchy),
& if this is repeated often enough,
The sacred meaning attached to that concept (of manhood or whatever) becomes *very difficult* to question/detach
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If you question this concept that has been *branded* as Biblical,
You aren't just questioning the concept of manhood or counseling, etc.
You aren't just questioning the authority figures who designed that brand.
You are now questioning the Bible. You are questioning God.
If you question this concept that has been *branded* as Biblical,
You aren't just questioning the concept of manhood or counseling, etc.
You aren't just questioning the authority figures who designed that brand.
You are now questioning the Bible. You are questioning God.
