I have seen in more than one place the assertion that my statements concerning the unavoidable and foundational necessity of individual discernment in Christianity (and that Christians must be honest about this fact) - here-and-now - is instead an assertion that Christianity is 100% personal discernment...
This is a rather obvious straw man argument being used against me, I would have thought!
Thus my supposed opinions are as easily demolished as a metaphorical straw man. And therefore the core of my real argument need not be confronted - which is the point of constructing a straw man.
It is surely bizarre to suggest that I am saying, or arguing, or advocating; that everything a traditionalist, orthodox, church-obedient Christian believes comes from his personal choice.
I would suppose that such a situation was simply impossible, aside from anything else.
What I am saying is instead that personal choice is factually inevitable, and that this choosing affects the very core and foundation of traditionalist, orthodox, church-obedient, church-defined and church-led Christianity.
Because this is an Inevitable Fact; Christians absolutely need to be honest about their choosing, and take individual responsibility for their choices - otherwise they are living a lie, which is a state of unrepentant sin.
Is that clear enough?
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"I have seen in more than one place..."
I hope you are not alluding to anything I've said, as I understood you to be saying what you've reiterated here. I do appreciate this clarification, which is more clearly stated (at least from my perspective) than what you've said before.
@Derek - No - I didn't mean you!
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