Set apart from the general population by certain clothes and called rabbi, father, decon, or revrened.
Wouldn't those titles be condemed by God? Bringing honor to a human? Or in the case of clerics asking us to do something we feel god wouldn't want us to do. Can they have the power to do that or should they?
2007-02-04 09:34:18 · 3 answers · asked by Ruth 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
a rabbi is just a teacher...jesus was a rabbi.. there is nothing wrong with sharing what you know...
rev 2:15 condemns the practice of the nicolaitans, as something jesus says he "hates.". these were people who set themselves in rulership over others...(elder rule)..jesus meant for all believers to be equal...
2007-02-04 09:55:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your preacher asks you to do something you feel isn't right, call him on it. They only have power if YOU let them. In most cases, its a good thing to have a clergy who have actually been trained to help with religious questions, butonly if they've actually gone to university and taken the correct courses, not like some of the 'preachers' that are talking today, with absolutely no formal learning at all, other than they attended a so-called bible college.
2007-02-04 17:40:56 · answer #2 · answered by judy_r8 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess if you believe that God condemns clergy that would make sense. But God condemns no one so my minister is safe :)
2007-02-04 17:37:50 · answer #3 · answered by Sun: supporting gay rights 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋