People Think Differently


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People think differently and that is a good thing. If you have two people that think alike on everything one of them is not doing their own thinking. It's okay that people think differently. Cultists check their brains at the door and allow the guru to do their thinking for them. "Group think" is generally "stinkin thinkin". I am all about biblical submission to God ordained authority, but I refuse to stop doing my own thinking.

When it comes to the coronavirus people have all sorts of ideas and opinions. That's okay! If you have not had the virus you perhaps think one way, but if you have had a loved one die from it you think another way. If you are at high risk you think one way, but if you are not you may think another way. If you put stock in the media you think one way, if you think there is a lot of "fake news" you think another way. As one of my professors in Bible College use to say: "Everyone is entitled to their own stupid opinion". Hey, I've got my stupid opinions and you've got yours. That's okay. Freedom of opinion is a beautiful thing.

Costi Hinn has written an article titled, "Navigating Different COVID-19 Recovery Convictions". He points out three typical responses.

Cautious: Those who primarily work from home, follow every aspect of CDC regulations, and prefer to stay conservative about their re-assimilation plan.

Confident: Those who don’t wear a mask, spend greater amounts of time with people outside their home and don't mind tight proximity, obey the law but don’t necessarily worry much about going the extra-mile with precautions, lean towards re-assimilation now regardless of the news, and some think this crisis may be blown way out of proportion.

“Cauti-dent”: Those who find themselves doing and feeling a little bit of everything in both the cautious and the confident profile.

Costi goes on to emphasize "It's okay to be different". This is an area where Christian GRACE allows for differences of thinking. But you say, "The FACTS are on my side". See my old professor's comment that everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

There are many things in life where love says "we agree to disagree". In terms of "the faith" we must earnestly contend (Jude 3). But even then we must always endeavor to speak the "truth in love" (Eph. 4:15). A few weeks before Ravi Zacharias died he and his wife celebrated their 48th wedding anniversary. He wrote: "Our 48th wedding anniversary looked different than the others, but three things remain the same: our love for each other, the gift of family and friends who shower us with kindness, and the abiding faithfulness of our great God." And then he signed off with, “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” —1 Corinthians 13:13 Often the issue is not who is right or wrong, the enduring issue is who is the most CHRIST-LIKE.

“In Essentials Unity, In Non-essentials Liberty, in all Things Love.”

1 Corinthians 13:4–7 (NKJV)
4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;
5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;
6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.