Public Dissent

[Beetow]

"I disapprove of what you say,
But I will defend to the death your right to say it."

The above was at one time a popular motto in the USA; but it's rapidly losing
ground to what's coming to be known as a "cancel culture" wherein opposing voices
are suppressed in broadcast media, print media, digital media, and social media
rather than given liberty to be heard, thus insuring that the public is influenced by
only one side of the coin.

I believe every point of view, and every opinion, should be afforded the right to be
heard and each of us decide for his/her own self what's true and what's not, rather
than leave it up to truth police and special interests to decide for us like they do in
North Korea.
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[Brother Paul]

"I disapprove of what you say,
But I will defend to the death your right to say it."

The above was at one time a popular motto in the USA; but it's rapidly losing
ground to what's coming to be known as a "cancel culture" wherein opposing voices
are suppressed in broadcast media, print media, digital media, and social media
rather than given liberty to be heard, thus insuring that the public is influenced by
only one side of the coin.

I believe every point of view, and every opinion, should be afforded the right to be
heard and each of us decide for his/her own self what's true and what's not, rather
than leave it up to truth police and special interests to decide for us like they do in
North Korea.
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I so agree....Christians should never support authoritarianism. Only Christ is the head and we are the body.

 

[Beetow]

• Titus 1:10-11 . .There are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially
they of the circumcision: whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole
houses, teaching things which they ought not, etc.

According to the entirety of Titus 1:5-16, "stopping mouths" consists of sensible,
well informed rebuttals rather than censoring and/or suppression.

Also; the task is not assigned to rank and file pew warmers, rather, to the senior
members of your church known to be competent enough with the Bible to do a
good job of refuting error; and they are not allowed to become militant in this
endeavor, but must do so in a civil manner.

• Titus 1:7-8 . . Since an overseer is entrusted with God's work, he must be
blameless-- not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not violent . . . rather; he must
be hospitable, self controlled, and disciplined.

Note: In our day, "they of the circumcision" (a.k.a. Jews) are not as serious a
threat to Christianity that they were back in Paul's time. In our day, it's
missionaries like the Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses that are going about the
business of subverting whole households. If your church offers special classes for
defending your beliefs against those people, I strongly suggest taking it.
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