[HarleyD]

I suppose we can all go to our professional apologists and find anecdotal skeletons in each other’s closets or some eccentric aunt locked in the attic.

Now, now. In fairness there seems to be much listed here that can be verified. There are certainly names and dates.

What's interesting is that the 1800s were a kooky time in Christianity with all sorts of people saying all sorts of things (JW, Mormons, Finney). There must have been something in the water or food source. Fortunately we have indoor plumbing and refrigeration now.

[blue-duncan]

Here are some of your eccentric aunts and the folly they wrought.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1831993/posts

[Marysecretary]

And what’s wrong with Finney? He was one of the true greats. Many good things happened in our area because of Finney.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

What's interesting is that the 1800s were a kooky time in Christianity with all sorts of people saying all sorts of things

Is that ever the truth. Christianity was being assailed from all sides, a heavy assault coming from a variety of weird occult influences and mindless spiritualism which included Margaret McDonald's fever visions, Westcott & Hort's Ghost Society, Darby's "two people of God," Charles Finney's Arminian revivalism, the Fox sisters' imaginings, Darwinian eugenics, Christian Science, the Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Madame Blavatsky's theosophy.

It was all being concocted and encouraged to achieve the same end -- dilute and thus destroy Christianity (and most especially reformed Christianity.)

Here's a good link to Finney...

THE DISTURBING LEGACY OF CHARLES FINNEY