Are the majority usually right?
Does this verse; “Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat” speak to this question?
My thoughts are that this verse can be applied to many things but when applied to living and beliefs of any kind, I believe this can remind us to think twice about associating a large number of people who flock to an idea, doctrine, pastor, teaching or video or anything else as indication of its truthfulness or correctness.
So whenever I see a lot of people like something, advocate something does this mean I think they are wrong? No not necessarily – for instance most people agree that apple juice tastes nice because apple juice is nice. However when you want to poison someone what do you do? You don’t give them pure poison as the person taking it would know isntanty. You give them apple juice with a drop of poison mixed in so they are not aware of the apple juice’s now deadly nature. This is always the way of the enemy – take the truth and mix a little lies that permiate and change the whole nature of the thing.
So we must be on guard. You could say; so then Christinity must be wrong if half the world are Christians? No. I would argue that Christianity certainly one exception to this idea. Reason; because no one making up a religion would make up Christinaity – it’s simply too hard and does not appeal to our fallen nature. It also requires and promises suffering and a life of ‘taking up your cross’. the fact that so many people take up this ‘strange’ (as the Bible says) walk – only attests to it having something special – a real power. A power so strong that people will take it up without the promise of earthly rewards, and without worldy rewards in heaven.
This is how I know Christianity is likely the true religion since other religions all appeal to our fallen nature and our fleshly desires, ie reincarnation = living forever without proper accountability on earth (Pergatory same thing). Isla m promises virgins in heaven and many other promises that appeal to our desire to be like gods. My understanding is that in Christianity, in heaven we will still all work and serve just as we do now – and this seems right since real fulfilment in God’s economy is in serving – even if there are some souls that receive greater or less rewards in heaven, and even if there exists some kind of Godly order and heriachy in heaven unlike the ungodly heriachies of earth in which men rule cruely over each other.
So my conclusion is that the majority are most definitely NOT always right! We know that; ‘men will heap up to themselves people who say what their itching ears want to hear.’ So test everything, every teacher, preacher, idea, youtube video, this article, every thought, yours and others real motives and intentions. Take care:)
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