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Originally Posted by Nell
There's the doctrine, and then there's the practice. That is, the practice of living a life of "not caring for right and wrong." ...and calling it the "church life."
What scenario are we talking about? It's probably not when you have heard truth spoken, or you obeyed the Lord's speaking, etc. More likely, you "don't care for right and wrong," when your conscience is bothered and you have a sneaky feeling something is not right. Your conscience waves red flags, blows a whistle, screams "nooooooooo" !!!!! Your conscience cares for right and wrong. That's what it does. You need a way to shut it up with the "ministry" hence, "we don't care for....".
It could be as simple as hearing something in the meeting that doesn't sound right. You make a choice to ignore the warning. You might venture out on the forum and read something that so obviously is true, or "right", but it's against "the ministry" so you can't go there. You would get yourself into so much trouble, so you have to ignore that nagging voice.
Not "caring for right and wrong" is the way to sear your conscience. The way to close your eyes, cover your ears, shake your head saying "la la la la la la."
It's the way to rationalize practices you have nagging questions about. If you do this long enough, you may begin to "call evil good and good evil."
Nell
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Very good Nell. There's the doctrine and then there's the practices. Quite often the practices are "not caring for right and wrong" as a means to excuse bad behavior. Those having their conscience affected and rise up are met with a paraphrased "you're on the wrong tree".
After decades of hearing "not caring for right or wrong", one my become cynical towards the Local Churches. As long as you speak positively for the ministry, everything under the sun is okay.