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Originally Posted by Davidius  Some things are just hard to understand. As much as our pragmatic, sophistic, anti-intellectual cultural would like it to be so, not everything can be reduced to a child's level. Quote: |
Originally Posted by Peter re: Paul He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction. | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Paul If they want to inquire [ask a question about something they didn't understand] about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; | I know what you'll say: "I'm not talking about that. I'm referring to ministers who are always talking over everyone's head." Okay, I agree with you there. My main point is that I disagree with those who say nice-sounding things like "anyone who has mastered a subject can explain it to a five year old." | Can you provide and example of a theological topic that cannot be explained to a five year old while maintaining the truth of that topic?
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