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Originally Posted by tasteslikegold
I'm sorry, but I just don't see any correlation between diversities in various plant, and animal species and diversities of opinion in the church. The fact that God created a number of plant and animal species does not necessitate His blessing upon any number of varying opinions in the Body of Christ which tend to cause divisions. Paul, did, after all, exhort the Corinthian believers that they should be of the same opinion (1 Cor. 1:10, that which is rendered "judgment, thought" in some translations being the GreeK "gnōmē" which is given by Strong's to mean "the faculty of knowledge, mind, reason...view, judgment, opinion) , and I have yet personally to see in the New Testament where varying opinions are desirable.
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TLG:
Howdy. We haven't interacted before. I appreciate your enagement and thoughtfulness here (as much as I've read).
I hope I'm not too terse to respond to your above quote with this:
It is true that Paul exhorted the Corinthians to be of the same opinion.
But doesn't that just beg the question: what opinion?
One centralizing opinion could, very well, be "love the diversity in the Body."
Paul writes his share of appreciating and exhorting "each one" and "every member". (the extent to which Paul, or the rest of the scripture, does this, is a great discussion itself- we should have it).
So, just because Paul exhorts believer to be of the same opinion is not really a retort to someone saying the Bible advocates or appreciates diversity in the Body.
I could simultaneously believe that God desires diversity in the Body as well as desires uniformity of opinion on the most important aspects of the Body. They are not mutually exclusive. So, I think your response to
Igzy's well made point needs to be more extensive - that is, if you disagree with him. In short, your response didn't really respond on the central issue: that is, what "opinion" should be shared among the members of the Body?
Just some food and questions for thought.
In Love,
Peter