TEST EVERYTHING
Or its okay to be a
critic but not a fool.
Πάντα
δοκιμάζετε Test or examine everything.
The
verb Paul uses in Thessalonicians 5.21 is one that means you should
be looking for proof and evidence the dokima or marks of genuineness
like a metal assayer testing the purity of metals.
Paul
also advises Timothy and Titus not to allow their congregations to be
caught up in endless vain discussions of myths genealogies and
speculations that lead to foolish strife quarrels and controversies.
Note that he does not ban speculation or discussion but he wants it
to be instructive not divisive or destructive. Note also he's talking
about church doctrines not practical science.
Πάντα
δοκιμάζετε Test or examine everything.
A
good motto for a scholar whatever their beliefs?
