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Cal · 10-24-2011, 10:13 AM

Someone please show me where the Bible puts right and wrong in opposition to life.

The two trees in the garden? This is a example of Lee's error. The tree of the knowledge of good and evil is representative of independence from God, not of doing good and rejecting evil.

The Bible never indicts focusing on what is right and wrong, only on determining what is right and wrong apart from God. There is a big difference.

If "life" is in opposition to good and evil, it is only that mistaken idea of what is good and evil borne of being independent of God. But the Bible never indicts the essential idea of good and evil the way the LRC has done. And it never indicts genuine acts of goodness which were not borne of "life." Jesus regularly praised people who did the right thing, but those people didn't have access to zoe life. They were simply following God commandments. I.e. doing good.

10-24-2011, 10:13 AM	#15
Cal Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: USA Posts: 4,333	Re: Transformation: Did Lee Miss the Point? Someone please show me where the Bible puts right and wrong in opposition to life. The two trees in the garden? This is a example of Lee's error. The tree of the knowledge of good and evil is representative of independence from God, not of doing good and rejecting evil. The Bible never indicts focusing on what is right and wrong, only on determining what is right and wrong apart from God. There is a big difference. If "life" is in opposition to good and evil, it is only that mistaken idea of what is good and evil borne of being independent of God. But the Bible never indicts the essential idea of good and evil the way the LRC has done. And it never indicts genuine acts of goodness which were not borne of "life." Jesus regularly praised people who did the right thing, but those people didn't have access to zoe life. They were simply following God commandments. I.e. doing good.