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Originally Posted by zeek
These are good questions Ohio. C.S. Lewis made a couple of points that I think are relevant. 1)human beings, all over the earth, have this curious idea that they ought to behave in a certain way, and cannot really get rid of it. 2) they do not in fact behave in that way. They know the Law of Nature; they break it. Lewis said that these two facts are the foundation of all clear thinking about ourselves and the universe we live in.
The first fact shows that we have the yardstick within us. The poster must critique The Recovery, and it's leaders and chart his way by that inner law. Even the Bible itself must be judged by that yardstick.
The second fact is that we all fall short of by the criterion of that yardstick, the law that is within us. So we are not in a position to throw stones at WL, the LC, the others here etcetera ad infinitum. May we not lose sight of the inner law or our standing with respect to it.
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I agree that man is created with an "inner compass" called our conscience. Ecclesiastes says God has placed eternity in our heart. I understand that to mean that man has an existence after death, and that man exists due to a creator. In a similar thought, Paul told the Romans that the invisible things of God can be apprehended by the creation. (Rm 1.20)
Hence, the "yardstick" within is not for us to "judge the Bible," but for us to know there is a God, and that we are accountable to Him in the after life. I have to disagree that "the Bible must be judged by that yardstick." Our compass within leads us to God, but cannot be used to evaluate His every dealing with man. Actually, it is our yardstick which needs calibration by the word of God.
Paul addressed this idea (Romans 3.3-4) using a quote from the Psalm (51.4) of David's own repentance, when he wrote:
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For what if some do not believe?
Shall their unbelief make God unfaithful?
Absolutely not! Even if every man is a liar, God is still true, as the scripture says:
You will be justified by Your words. You will win Your case in court.
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