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Old 11-27-2008, 09:36 PM
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I have noticed that those who object to/do not use "titles" very soon create "titles" out of "non-titles".

Those who object to "Rev." become "Brother", Those who object to "Dr" become "Pastor", those who object to "titles" become "shepherds".

It is a part of the human condition, we must call people *something*, so we use titles, honorifics, pre-nominals, xn names, patronymics, etc. IMO what Christ was warning against was people who REVELED in these particular titles.
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