People who are in fact wrong tend to express their wrong views loudly, confidently, and boldly. But make no mistake: they are, indeed, WRONG. And they often strongly defend their right....to be WRONG!
Now when people who are in fact right express their RIGHT views just as loudly, confidently, and boldly, the people who are in fact wrong feel "offended," accusing the people who are in boldly right of being arrogant or intolerant. Please don't forget that those who are in fact wrong are also intolerant and offensive to those who are right, AND EVEN SOMETIMES TO THOSE WHO ARE ALSO WRONG.
Question: How is it prideful to be right and know that you are right, but humble to be wrong and not know that you are wrong? Or worse still, is it humble to be wrong and to care nothing about right and wrong at all? One of the most successful deceptions of Satan is this: To make us believe that those who are wrong MUST be heard, while those who are right MUST be silenced.
What do you think? Am I wrong?
Or do you "respectfully disagree?"
Or do you simply not care AT ALL, one way or another?
Or better still, do you think I am "entitled" to my "opinion" or "perspective?"
Well what if I said, "The Lord Jesus Christ is the standard by which we measure all reality and beauty, by which we measure right and wrong, by which we measure good and bad; if one accepts and obeys the Lord Jesus, this one is indeed right, and if one rejects and deliberately disobeys the Lord Jesus, this one is indeed and in fact, wrong. This is not my opinion or perspective, but truest and most real reality, whether I believed it or not?" What if I said that? In America, surely I have the "right" to believe AND BOLDLY EXPRESS this, do I not? Even if you think I'm wrong--in America don't I have the right to be boldly wrong?
Many commonly say things like, "Well, as long as your views/opinions/perspectives/actions based upon your opinions don't cause me harm or infringe upon my freedoms."
Says who? Who says that one's views/opinions/perspectives shouldn't impose upon the freedoms of others? How or why is freedom an ABSOLUTE STANDARD?
Because that's what we believe ABSOLUTELY as Americans:
That everybody is free...except God.
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