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To: Cincinatus' Wife; metmom; boatbums; caww; presently no screen name; redleghunter; ...
The Quakers’ experiment revealed that the consultation of one’s inner self without outside reference or constraints, with nothing to measure one’s self against, could produce distorted human beings who became certifiably mad. Self-proclaimed gods can turn out to be a Caligula or a Jim Jones.

Just as bad as the fact consulting the inner light can result in the exhibition of mad or corrupt behavior is the fact that the newly minted gods believe themselves to be entitled to demand obeisance from us mere mortals. - http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/06/the_gods_among_us.html

Both presuming yourself to be enlightened without any submission to Scripture, or to be uniquely protected from error, and requiring implicit obedience is to presume Divinity and is contrary to Scripture. And when souls do so then both the bodies and souls of men are in danger.

12 posted on 06/21/2015 9:39:56 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
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When the proud and arrogant (exemplified by Obama & Hillary) disregard the Bible, they have no restraints on their behavior. There is no authority that can say that they are wrong. They are free to “do what is right in their own eyes.” Things depend on what the definition of “is” is. Any criticism of them is just another person’s opinion, and since they are probably not as smart or enlightened, they can be disregarded.

Without the Bible, there is no objective truth and so once God and the Bible are “dead”, it is simply a matter of who among us should establish what should be done. We then enter the world of Nietzsche where only “the will to power” determines who are the ones who are destined to rule and the ends justify the means. The arrogant, who see themselves as our superiors, have the right to be dictators and censor any opposition, at any cost. There are no more inalienable rights or “rule of Law”. After all, they are the enlightened ones among us. That is the mindset of Hillary and Obama, and the many other Leftists who are like them.


13 posted on 06/21/2015 10:50:18 AM PDT by DeweyCA
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