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Post by lokidreaming on Jun 19, 2012 22:34:45 GMT -6
DO YOU THINK... doctrine can ever be subject to question? Or is questioning a sign of disobedience?
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Post by Ankor on Jun 19, 2012 23:56:39 GMT -6
Our religion is based on wakefulness, one can never awake if they act like sheep. Of course, I'm pretty sure our doctrine is right on, but if anything comes up, I'll ask about it
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Post by sin on Jun 20, 2012 7:42:44 GMT -6
You should always question. Never follow with blind obedience to any master. Challenge it. It is this necessary friction that serves as a modality for finding your own truth. The more you challenge, the more you discover and evolve your sense of self.
CS
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Post by Kai'zen on Jun 21, 2012 0:02:59 GMT -6
[teal]It depends on your approach to "doctrine", is it fixed, or evolutionary? And for that matter, are disobedience and doctrine exclusive of one another? It sounds like a third angle needs to unfold here.[/teal]
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Post by sin on Jun 21, 2012 20:41:57 GMT -6
An astute observation.
One should consider for themselves what doctrine represents.
One could say that doctrine is beliefs codified in a set of teachings.
Context example:
If I were taught to tie my shoes a certain way, but found the method by which I was taught too difficult (or unappealing to my own way of doing things) I will question the instruction and find a way to achieve the same goal, by other methods. If my instructor 'believed' their way was more effective than my own way, one must take into account the individual.
As a person who instructs on various subjects, I do not consider my student to be disobedient to my 'doctrine', if it is called to question.
Questioning the instruction is not disobedience. In my point of view.
The old saying 'The student surpasses the master' is relevant here. Even as an instructor, we learn new ways to teach, through teaching. When a student calls our methods to question, we may re-evaluate our 'doctrine' and make adjustments, or account for variables in individuality.
Beliefs often change with the introduction of new information, experience, and natural evolution.
CS
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