Ah, that's the trick I'm referring to political and social presuppositions that spill over into our religious thinking. This usually affects ecclesiology, but also has an impact on how we think about issues of biblical interpretation, and in general makes us susceptible to bad theological arguments that appeal to commonly held social and political values.

Or the short answer, read it and see....

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Philip A - Member, High Desert United Reformed Church, Apple Valley, CA.

"Reason also is choice" - Milton, Paradise Lost
"And then shall every word also seem consistent to him, if he for his part diligently read the Scriptures in company with those who are presbyters in the Church, among whom is the apostolic doctrine, as I have pointed out." - Irenaeus, Against Heresies, IV:XXXII.
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