Protestantism

» pink101 - An Indictment

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There is an attitude expressed by some who participate here that can be seen as boasting in so far as a condemnation is laid down against all those who have not got in line and confessed the points of certain fundamental doctrines.
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The context of Romans 3:23 deals with the idea of a person in a court of law claiming or boasting of right standing in some way or another.
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The point, as I see it, is that persons do not create their own righteousness in court; but, that the rights involved are established by a higher authority--and in the case of Romans, chapter 3, that authority is God. [He] is the one that bestows the righteousness that justifies the individual being charged. Reading, in particular, verse 21 and to the end of the chapter--those two paragraphs seem to express the point quite clearly. The righteousness on which a person stands justified come from God and not from anything a person says or does. It kinda blows organized religion--as we know it--out of the water.
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It seems like the Glory of God is that [He] is the supreme being that bestows justice on all existence. I think the chapter is an indictment against the priesthood. I know my position is very unpopular--why wouldn't it be?
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Are we talking about unalienable rights here?
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-- posted by pink101