Bible Vendor

[BibleVendor]

Welcome! I hope you enjoy the discussions.

May I ask your credentials as a Bible scholar?

Let me add some clarification. I sincerely believe that anyone, that can read can be a Bible scholar, but everyone that can read is not a Bible scholar, because everyone that can read, does not study the Bible and study it seriously.
l am very proud to be a self-taught scholar and the proof of my scholarship is that I was very able to stand my ground, against those with credentials, and who many times offered weak responses or just kept repeating themselves, in the debate that erupted after I posted ‘Lord’s Prayer Updated’, which sadly the moderators decided to end prematurely.
I was enjoying the exchange and I really wish we could continue.
Blessings to everyone that contributed to the debate and those who just followed it.

 

[Salty]

Let me add some clarification. I sincerely believe that anyone, that can read can be a Bible scholar, but everyone that can read is not a Bible scholar, because everyone that can read, does not study the Bible and study it seriously.
l am very proud to be a self-taught scholar and the proof of my scholarship is that I was very able to stand my ground, against those with credentials, and who many times offered weak responses or just kept repeating themselves, in the debate that erupted after I posted ‘Lord’s Prayer Updated’, which sadly the moderators decided to end prematurely.
I was enjoying the exchange and I really wish we could continue.
Blessings to everyone that contributed to the debate and those who just followed it.

So, what you are saying is that you do not have any normally accepted credentials.
Have you ever attended a Bible College?

I do have additional questions from post # 33 on page 2 of this thread

 

[BibleVendor]

So, what you are saying is that you do not have any normally accepted credentials.
Have you ever attended a Bible College?

I do have additional questions from post # 33 on page 2 of this thread

Never did and never will. Even though I am self taught, in any exchange against those, who studied the Bible in some institution II always prevail.

 

[Salty]

Why would you never attend a Bible college?

 

[Armchair Apologist]

l am very proud to be a self-taught scholar and the proof of my scholarship is that I was very able to stand my ground, against those with credentials, and who many times offered weak responses or just kept repeating themselves, in the debate that erupted after I posted ‘Lord’s Prayer Updated’, which sadly the moderators decided to end prematurely.

What's to be proud of? As many have stated: even those who are legitimate "Scholars" usually do not refer to themselves as such. If you truly are a scholar, let it be others who would call you such! As for myself, I am a STUDENT of the scriptures as I am always learning and the more I learn, the more I realize I do not know!

I never got to see your "Lord's Prayer Updated" so I am unable to comment or make my own judgment. I am a "Big Boy" though (not a scholar) and am able to exercise my own discernment. I am highly suspicious of anyone thinking they have some "angle" on the scriptures that everyone else seems to have overlooked throughout the history of the Church!

As I said in a prior post here, one is usually not "self-taught" by choice but through lack of opportunity or circumstances beyond their control, being "self-taught" was their only option. I am sensing a little pride here that ought not to be.