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Originally Posted by Cassidy
Igzy,
Okay, but here's a problem. Once you generally undermine the book of James, you may undermine some things he taught that God doesn't want us to lose sight of, that are top shelf stuff.
I understand that concern but it is manageable.
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I don't understand how this is "manageable". You referred to a verse you didn't understand, fair enough, you don't understand it, you put it on the back burner, you ask for fellowship, etc. If you or WL did not understand the Book of James don't give a training on it.
To my understanding once you decide that some books are more in line with the "vision" than other books you have crossed a major line. Like Igzy said, the book is in the Bible for a reason. One of those reasons is that James clearly had a burden for Jewish saints who were having trouble making the transition to the New Testament. You might think that burden doesn't apply to you, yet way too much of what James speaks seems to be directed squarely at the errors of the LRC. It may very well be that the cure for the errors in the LRC were in James all this time, had they received this book and not to doubtful disputations, then perhaps things would have been different. To me it is like the human body. Which parts of your body could you cut off and do without? It seems incredibly foolish to treat the Bible that way.