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Originally Posted by Thankful Jane
The Bible’s standard is truth. I choose not to use fair and balanced as a standard for communicating, but the Bible’s.
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I don't agree with this way of putting it. Otherwise the implication is that the Bible is unfair and unbalanced.
Anyone who presents Truth (not just facts) is automatically fair and balanced. Fair means just; balanced means giving everything its just due. The truth by its very nature does that, otherwise it wouldn't be truth.
The meaning of "fair and balanced" can be twisted, and has been in our time. News commentators are expected to shy away from making moral judgments, and so sometimes ridiculously ascribe moral ambiguity where no normal person would. For example, calling terrorists "freedom fighters," or banning the word "terrorist" because it is judgmental. This isn't fair and balanced, it's disengagement from reality.
I don't think people here are alluding to that kind of "fair and balanced." So I think it's safe to say God, therefore God's word, is fair and balanced.
That said, I think
Jane makes a strong point in arguing that undiscerning obedience to leaders can issue in a kind of idolatry.
This is why I said idolatry is a symptom not a cause. No one joins the LC to be an idolator, and few if any would remain in idolatry if they thought they had a choice.
The whole problem with LSM/LCers is they don't think they have a choice.
The root cause of it all is the inappropriate mandate of obedience and oneness that necessarily leads people to place leadership above the Word, their consciences and even the Holy Spirit. That's the reason for the moral ambivalence.
This is the local church's chief flaw.