Ante_Christa wrote:
Tycho, you are getting it inside out and outside in.
Who says mindset cannot change? For it to change there must be a reference point, the authority - the bible.
The message of the bible is not specific to geography or culture or individuals.
How can you accuse that learning and knowledge would be impossible if the the mind sets on the greatest source of knowledge?
Mindset is not necessarily bad nay, it is extremely good, if it rests solely on the bible.
But how can it rest on the bible if an exposition of the bible is stonewalled?
I mean, aren't bible studies done? How do they do it then? By reading other books that talk about the bible?
Are we then supposed to go buy those books, read them and suppose the holy spirit will give us understanding?
If it is exchange of words that is feared, then one is falling far short of the service exemplified by Paul the apostle when he reasoned with the Jews, Epicureans and Stoicks out of the scriptures daily at such a time as this.
Dionysius and Damaris of today are waiting to hear the gospel.
The story is in Acts 17.
Mindsets do change, and are in fact, part of human nature. And the presence of a frame of reference implies that there exists something which is not mindset, and which can be accessed without mindset.
I believe this is important in our present discussion, for if we stick to our Mindsets, love will be put aside and we will have empty talk.
Government, is a reflection of a people's consciousness through time, and if we were to give a name we would necessarily have to search within ourselves and come up with a new name. Apropos, it is worth looking at how Government has evolved in the Bible. Prophets and Judges then Kings to Elders and God on the throne.
But if Man can be aware of the laws of nature, his identity and relationship with God, then he'd see how elements of Government systems can work together and harmoniously.