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I believe in standards. I live standards.
But I don't believe in the laying out of do's & dont's for people. Wear this... do that...
I believe in teaching biblical principles such as modest, holiness, meekness, respect etc coupled with instruction on how to search the mind of God for these things and allowing people to work out their own salvation with fear & trembling.
A thought came to me while typing this and I not only found the though to be interesting but one particular portion really stood out.
First the point...
It is like animals that are raised in captivity. Their meals are prepared for them...they are caged up... they never have an opportunity to learn to eek a living out on their own and are, therefore, unable to cope in the real world they were meant to live in.
The second thing I found intersting...
In the example above... living where standards are laid out for you rather than searching it out on your own....is tantamount to being raised in..... captivity.
Go figure.
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