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Originally Posted by Timmy
Is it morally wrong to walk away from what you've been taught all your life? You've always been respectful and obedient to your parents, including what they taught you about God. You believed them! But when you are grown, what if you read about other ways, talk with people who see things differently, think things out maybe a little "too much"? Is it wrong to change?
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No, in my opinion it is not
"morally wrong to walk away from what you've been taught all your life." As one's knowledge or understanding of things increases, and in that process they should discover that some, or perhaps even many of the things which they have accepted and embraced as truth are, in fact, not true, then their previous understanding of the matter must be discarded. In essence, I believe it absolutely imperative that we always stand ready to
"change," for to do so is to
"grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ."
I've discovered that there have been many beliefs which I once held to be true were, in fact, quite the opposite. And when I came to an understanding of what the truth about the matter was, I felt compelled to
"change" my beliefs regarding it. You know, a lie is never identified as such when it is first aired, rather it is always broadcast as being true. Only by taking the time to closely examine everything the Scriptures disclose about that matter are we enabled to make that critical distinction between what is truth and what is not, and when that happens it becomes crucially important we discard the lies which we have been persuaded to embrace and replace them with the truth. This means that we must always be willing to pause and expend a few moments in re-examining all of the things which we initially accepted and embraced as truth, for in so doing we will often discover that we just might have been believing some things which are anything but truth.
Today, as I sit here typing these words, I can say that most (get that, most?) of the things which I now embrace as truth, are quite different than those things which I once held as truth (including those things which were taught me by loving parents). In other words, as my understanding of things concerning the fundamental teachings of the Bible has increased, it has necessitated a
"change" from those things which were initially instilled in me during my youth. And thank God for it!