Heresy poll: Theology

[Gold Dragon]

This poll is a series associated with this post about the fundamentals of our faith.

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Not believing in which of the above would be heretical:

 

[JamesL]

You've used the phrase "believe in" in a way that scripture wouldn't support. "believe in" means to rely upon, find hope in, trust, have confidence in

Scripture demands that we "believe in" Jesus Christ. So if you're believing in doctrines, you are a heretic

 

[Gold Dragon]

You've used the phrase "believe in" in a way that scripture wouldn't support. "believe in" means to rely upon, find hope in, trust, have confidence in

Scripture demands that we "believe in" Jesus Christ. So if you're believing in doctrines, you are a heretic

If you would prefer the phrase "assent to", you can use that instead.

 

[evangelist6589]

This poll is a series associated with this post about the fundamentals of our faith.

Theology poll
Christology poll
Soteriology poll
Baptist theology poll
Fundamental vs Liberal poll
Other issues poll

Not believing in which of the above would be heretical:

Sadly Bruce Lee held to another gospel. But none the less his movies are cool. This picture is from Game of Death I believe.

 

[JonC]

I've weighed in on my votes...but I should have asked beforehand:

What exactly do you mean by "heresy." Do you mean unorthodox or a belief that cannot coexist with a belief in Christ (towards salvation)? In other words, do those who hold those heresies simply have misconceptions and error that separate them from a larger group or are these beliefs taken to mean that they are not saved?

I will give an example, I believe that one cannot deny the resurrection of Christ and be a Christian. In other words, this is fundamental to our faith (Paul says it is its foundation) to the point that it is essential to the gospel. But there are other issues that are essential, but not necessarily to salvation. (For example, Adam being a historical figure rather than symbolism is essential, but one doesn't necessarily have to believe this in order to be saved. That person would be inconsistent because of the error. This certainly would be considered heretical, but it does not make that person "lost").

 

[Gold Dragon]

What exactly do you mean by "heresy."

I leave that up to the voter. One of the purposes of this exercise is to encourage thinking about that very question and how we use that word to describe teachings we disagree with and the impact that has.

 

[Yeshua1]

I've weighed in on my votes...but I should have asked beforehand:

What exactly do you mean by "heresy." Do you mean unorthodox or a belief that cannot coexist with a belief in Christ (towards salvation)? In other words, do those who hold those heresies simply have misconceptions and error that separate them from a larger group or are these beliefs taken to mean that they are not saved?

I will give an example, I believe that one cannot deny the resurrection of Christ and be a Christian. In other words, this is fundamental to our faith (Paul says it is its foundation) to the point that it is essential to the gospel. But there are other issues that are essential, but not necessarily to salvation. (For example, Adam being a historical figure rather than symbolism is essential, but one doesn't necessarily have to believe this in order to be saved. That person would be inconsistent because of the error. This certainly would be considered heretical, but it does not make that person "lost").

The most obvious tension would be the person that states they hold to the Gospel message, believe in trinity, Jesus died for their sins, was bodily resurrected etc, yet also see no conflict with asserting that the Bible does contain errors and mistakes within it,,,

Are they saved? Yes, but really inconsistent in their thinking, for how we know if what we hold the Bible teaching is actually one of the error frre inspired places?