<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: CoeburnCane</div><div class="ubbcode-body">You stay about as confused as a former poster that was banned a short time ago. Interesting.

I'm saying that religion and the Bible are all fine and well as a guideline by which to have a belief structure, but the beliefs and faith in them themselves is what separates sheeple and people who can think for themselves. That's what really matters--exploring it for yourself and believing based off what you've learned, not what Reverend X has proclaimed or the 52nd bastardization of God's word known as our modern bibles.

Sheeple = people who believe just because they're told to believe, or they're told a certain thing is true so they believe w/o any first-hand knowledge. I'm not a sheeple. I don't think any of us should be, but I think there's quite a few on here and in this area who are. </div></div>



This is the first time I have ever used the word "confused". Why do you compare me with a former poster. YOu just failed to effectively explain yourself so that is why I asked.Yes, I believe also that we should explore for ourselves and see what God would have us to do. At the same time just because one holds that belief, does that mean that we can shunn teachers of the word because we are unable to take instruction from them based on this belief? What is the 52nd bastardization of God's Word? Can it be dangerous to spread that assumption or belief to people? Because what it could do is turn people away from Reading the Bible because they become fixated in the believe that it all has been changed, so there is no use in reading it. Where do you get the information that it has been changed? Just curious.