My Sediments Exactly

One may accept a teaching early in life; then reassess what they had formally believed was absolute truth, after their understanding improves. Another doesn’t put all that much importance into believing beyond what he has come to be theologically comfortable with. After awhile, one can even know something well enough that he endeavors to make it his life’s mission to convince us all of the importance of it. He imagines that he has a superior insight and we’re all lacking critical information until he explains it. If we are not careful we might be tempted to sign on without even a modest background check. This conviction imposing process, especially over nonessential Bible passages, has given many a spurious educator the ability to condition a potential proselyte until they too acquiesce to all the moving parts of any given opinion. A new disciple may be slow to adjust or agree but after the consistency of many words, the new initiate can be systematically worn down until he is conformed to the image of his misguided mentor. In this case what a person believes will merely be picked up second hand. Over time and with the constant recycling of superstitious recreational eschatology, religious philosophy and historical revisionism a person could, in theory, easily adapt to most popular views. Unless the scripture is allowed to dominate a person thinking, pseudo entertainment styled theology and popular opinion will by its very nature, harden the unsuspecting seeker’s thinking into an impenetrable concrete buttress. Am I getting through here?