[Thankful Jane]

Originally Posted by Ohio

Since when has "fair and balanced" become scriptural?
There are hundreds of verses I could quote. Read your Bible. Here's a good one: Phil. 4.5 Forbearance is "fair and balanced."

Sorry for so many posts in a row. I'm taking advantage of some time I have today to answer past posts. This is the last one.

Forbearance does not mean fair and balanced.

Forbearance means patient, tolerant, self controlled, not responding to provocation. Fair and balanced refers to the fair presentation of facts without any bias; presenting facts in an even-handed manner, taking in account all sides without prejudice or favoritism; objective. (Not many can do this; not even Fox news.)

That definition rules out the majority of us on this thread. Bias is clearly here on both sides of this discussion. The Bible’s standard is not fair and balanced. The Bible’s standard is truth. I choose not to use fair and balanced as a standard for communicating, but the Bible’s.

What are some more of those hundreds of verses that you say show "fair and balanced?" The ones you gave so far show that truth was the standard Jesus used. He very frequently started his statements with "I tell you the truth (truly, truly; verily, verily)."

So the question is what is true? Some here believe that there are some in the LCs who are not guilty of practicing idolatry. Some here believe that all are to some degree. What do the facts show?

If a believer habitually obeys the words of someone other than God and does things that God Word says are wrong, is not this to serve another other than God, and is not this idolatry? If people are aware that brothers in Christ like John I, Bill M, and Titus C have been cut off or quarantined by the dictates of leadership and they have not investigated this and have just gone along with the dictates to cut off fellowship with these brothers in Christ by silently assenting to something that can be proven to be against the words of the Bible, isn't this idolatry? Their silence is assent. I will agree that there may be some in the LC that are new and have yet to hear of the quarantines, etc. So, I would agree at least in this case that it is possible that not "all" are guilty. When someone who is new, however, is presented with the opportunity to agree with quarantining and if they don't question this but just go along, they become guilty.


If people in the LCs don’t realize or understand the seriousness of what they are doing, then shouldn’t someone tell them so they can repent and say that they disagree with this practice? Even those in the LCs who have stopped obeying the Blendeds in the present, have obeyed them and Lee in the past. Shouldn’t they repent and state that what they did in the past was wrong because they submitted to someone other than God? If they don’t, aren’t they still guilty?

Thankful Jane