Faithful Acceptance v. Intellectual Honesty

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An old friend, Tim Landry, wrote a quote on Facebook from an LSU student concerning praise for a history professor. "I had been taught to view the world with faithful acceptance, and he challenged me to look instead with unflinching intellectual honesty."

The more I thought about it, the more I realized that the Apostolic heritage that was handed to me relied on "faithful acceptance". Just submit and do and believe exactly how your pastor teaches. Don't question anything because then you are rebelling against authority and that will send you to Hell!

AFF and it's predecessors were the first opportunity for me to be honest with my feelings on Apostolic beliefs without the pressure of being labeled "rebellious"!

I think that there is a level of faithful acceptance that is healthy for you, but we must also rightly divide the word that is presented to us. We have a right to question things, especially things that aren't clear in the bible.

Which is more important? Faithful acceptance or intellectual research and honesty?