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Originally Posted by aron
I speculate and hypothesize because it interests me, engages me, explains a lot of scripture and human history (and celestial history!) to me, and it sometimes even informs my daily behaviors in meaningful ways. But when I am engaging in more-or-less novel propositions that cover "blank spots" in scripture, and do not have much traction in the church, I am aware of that fact. I remain at heart a 'fundamentalist' and don't pretend that I can subvert the scripture, or render it of none or little effect. On the contrary, unless it makes the gospel narrative come alive to me then it really has no value at all.
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This describes me as well. I think God makes some of us curious for a reason. The problem comes in when we start majoring in our speculation or thinking that, as the LC has, that there is some hidden, crucial message in the Bible that everyone else has missed.
This "hidden message" view is what drives LC exclusivity and its cart-before-the-horse, tail-wagging-the-dog error.
The central lane of the NT and the Bible was spoken by Jesus, and it is (drum roll please) Love God, love people. If you love people, he said, you fulfill the law and the prophets. If you fail at that, take heart, God send his Son to die for us so that he might empower us by His Holy Spirit to fulfill his purpose, which is to love God and love people.
The rest is detail. Interesting and often helpful detail I can testify, but detail still. There is no hidden message. Jesus told us plainly what the purpose is. Don't get caught in the trap of complicating it.