But the bible Doesnt Say we have to Do That

Anyone have different thoughts,or two cents on this topic?

From Sunday. Rob triggered me to pondering about this phrase today..."But the bible doesnt say we have to do that" No, Rob wasnt saying it to me.

If seems if you start applying Gods word in a manner that affects how you live, many believers, rather than trying to show from the word how maybe a different way of living life, or showing a different application, is also biblical. They will instead shoot that phrase back as a responce. Or a defense?

More times than not it appears it is used to protect the status quo as much as anything. We can rub that phrase on as a topical ointment to keep from changing or having to wrestle through the implications of Gods word. The status qou, the accepted dogma(1. see below), the way we have always done things always seems to be behind the curtain labled... "But the bible doesnt say we have to do that"

Like its not polite to lift up the curtain and say "why do we do this?" How rude!

You dont even have to ask. You become suspect just because what your doing is different than other believers?

Today Wilson kind of had a column that sort of touches, "certain aspects", on this subject. Sort of. Its part of the mix I think.

(1.) today Gary north had this comment on the word Dogma. Really he was commenting on central banking but his use of the word and his observations fit nicely with the soup we have on the table.

There is no more widely believed dogma in Western universities business and economics programs then faith in the central bank. No criticism of central banking is tolerated in American universities. You can always find the central dogma of any institution by looking for that idea or institution that is never criticized. Central banking in Western universities is never criticized.

I would add "what cultural institutions are just accepted or left alone?" Would you people sit down your rocking the boat!!!