Truthseeker

How true it is that one who raises questions can be considered a troublemaker, no matter how respectfully the questions are put forth.  I think this is one of the benefits of doing ‘church’ the way it sounds like they did when the church was an infant.  Everyone brought a hymn, etc., and in a format where each could freely share, it would also follow that anyone could freely question, and ALL present would hear both the concern and the responses.  In our present mode, where a single person (pastor) speaks in front of a group, I only once was in a congregation where the pastor took questions afterwards-sometimes.  The church of my husband, which I currently attend sporadically, does indeed welcome challenges, but they welcome them in private.  I think that is dangerous because it means that no one else hears the concern or the response.  How easy it is to sway or influence the masses along a particular line of thinking when the masses are so controlled.