[streetpreacher]

It wasn’t a deep theological mystery that needed unraveling. It was an inane analogy to the working of the Holy Spirit with an old Ralph Macchio flick that these hyper-charismatics all too often employ.

[skeptoid]

. . . . .It was an inane analogy to the working of the Holy Spirit with an old Ralph Macchio flick that these hyper-charismatics all too often employ. . . .

You are suggesting I ought to keep informed about feelgood movies targeted at teenyboppers of the '80's??

Without having watched the Karate Kid, AC's posts were nonsensical gibberish. I knew nothing about the Karate Kid or Pat Morita (after Happy Days and Sanford and Son), and I still know nothing about Ralph Macchio beyond the Karate Kid stuff I found on Wiki today. So while I NOW READILY UNDERSTAND the analogy, it was gobbledygook without knowing about the Karate Kid plot (and I make no apology for not knowing this particular sack of tripe).

And then there's the Danuelson/Daniel-san Meoggie/Miyagi issue, but life is short and priorities must be assigned, eh?

Dare I say it - credibility is a serious criteria in things both literary and theological, not to mention scientific, philosophical, governmental, animal, mineral, and of course, vegetable (if you get my meaning).

Dedicated to eliminating inanity,
I remain,
skeptoid

[American Constitutionalist]

" It was an inane analogy to the working of the Holy Spirit with an old Ralph Macchio flick that these hyper-charismatics all too often employ "

The point I was making was ?
We do not always see, what GOD is doing in our lives....
Perhaps ? I should have use the analogy of refining GOLD ? or a butterfly ?
Besides ? who ? ordained you to speak with authority of GOD's word ? did you just get up one day and thought that you would go to bible collage ?
By who's authority do you speak when you preach ?
Do you pray in public for people to see who spiritual you are ? how " HOLY " you are ? because, if you do STREET PREACHER , that is you only reward.
Do you say you give tithes to GOD and broad cast is to the public to let them know how " HOLY " you are ? how " spiritual you are ?
Yeah, what a name, street preacher, maybe you choose to be a street preacher because you wanted people to see you, and not CHRIST and HIM CRICIFIED !!
When you do preach ? who's gospel ? Christ's or yours in your own vain imagination ?

You white washed sepulchre .... pretending to be spiritual, but, still corrupt inside...
Pretending to be Godly and Holy, but, deny GOD's own power..