That's true. The Spirit we have received is of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. Still, one can be deceived. Coot's problem wasn't his lack of education.
I agree with this with one caveat, the Scriptures teach us to listen to preachers and teachers, which also means reading their books. But one would not need other books to avoid Coot's trap, because the Scriptures clearly teach us not to put God to the test.
If I were simple-minded enough to think that Mark 16 could be read even on its face the way Luke thinks it reads without re-education, the story of Christ's temptation to throw Himself from a pinnacle of the temple would be enough to teach me that snake-handling ain't what it's about.
That is very true. If I read Luke's posts, correctly, someone told him the text of Mark was corrupted and is somewhat dubious, and THAT is why he isn't snake-handling.
What killed snake handler Coots
Discussion in 'General Baptist Discussions' started by Luke2427, Feb 18, 2014.
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As sometimes. seminary and more learning made one 'mad", see reverend pike, Rudoplh Bultmann, Bishop Spong, etc! -
Yes, all have the Holy Spirit that will guide them into all truth.
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That is most certainly true.
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Would not touch snakes, especially if they are poisonous. But really not really scared of them. As long as I am far and away from them LOL!
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You get the POINTS
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2. But if they attended a good seminary they'd know how to interpret it. They may miss the meaning but its not because they don't know basic hermeneutical laws.
3. Yes, I do know. I watched the show. He was very uneducated.
4. Yes. He said as much.
“To me,” Coots says in the video below, “it’s much a commandment of God, when he said ‘thou shalt take up serpents,’ as it was when He said, ‘thou shalt not commit adultery.’” - See more at: http://lauraturner.religionnews.com...s-death-dont-understand/#sthash.9Mq3qKCM.dpuf
5. I'll tell you whatever I WANT to tell you whenever I want to tell it to you. How about that? An idiot, by definition, is one who is not educated (whether formally or some other way). The world is full of hundreds of millions of idiots handling the Scripture JUST that way. If they all went to a good seminary, that would solve that dilemma.
6. Most people do stupid and dangerous things every year of their lives. Millions of people die every year doing stupid dangerous things from handling snakes to eating too many hot dogs.
People are largely idiots. Common sense is stupidity. You come into this world a moron and most people remain that way. The last thing Christians ought to want is to have common sense. They ought to seek UNCOMMON sense. -
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No. Neither was Coots IF Coots was right about the command to handle snakes. His problem was not that he was tempting God (though he was). His problem was that he did not have a proper understanding of how to interpret scripture. No one ever taught him (read 'educate him').
That was what killed Coots. His lack of being taught properly.
It is probable that the last verses in Mark were not in the original. But that is not the MAIN reason one should not handle snakes according to those verses. There are numerous other hermeneutical rules that would have saved his life. -
People, by and large, are morons. That's biblical. Common sense is stupidity. Common means the way the majority thinks and does things. Well, the majority gave this country Barack Obama as president. The majority of Germans gave the world Hitler.
Any Christian who wants to be led by common sense in a world where most people are idiots is, well, pretty common.
That's the problem.
Christians ought to be led by UNCOMMON sense.
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