At Bible Study tonight we had a kick off question to discuss. I am going to put the discussion here to see what everybody thinks. If you want to know which part of the Bible we were studying it was 1 Peter 13-18.

What we are discussing is the following statement: "I'm worried that this whole mission thing will turn me into a Bible Basher."
Before we discuss that statement we first need to define "Bible Basher." Here is what the dictionary says.
Bible Basher: A person of excessive religious, evangelical, zeal often relying much on narrow biblical interpretations.

Again the point we are discussing is: "I'm worried that this whole mission thing will turn me into a Bible Basher."

Do you agree/disagree?
Anyway let's discuss.

the bible has many answers. imho the Bible doesn't have answers to new modern questions like: Is the Internet the devil's work ? I mean cmon, we play diablo2 on the Internet

I agree to your statement cause the Bible doesn't seem to have the new answers required by our modern society. Myself I need more than the Bible.

This post was edited by the_rest on Oct 23 2012 07:55am

I checked in the Bible: "Can I play diablo2 and diablo3" ? no reference to diablo2 and diablo3 there.

I think that there is a fine line you walk with being a bible basher. When you get in the mind set that "it's for their own good to believe" that's when you've crossed the line and are a bible basher.

People need to come to God on their own terms - the best thing missionaries can do is show what a life of Jesus is like.

Jesus was saying that in incisor:
blind faith is dangerous.
faith without works is dead.
we should not hold much in the details of the scriptures, but in its moral content:
benevolence toward all
forgiveness the offenses
indulgence towards the imperfections of others

word!