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To: MarkBsnr
When people privately interpret Scripture; hunting and pecking verse in order to construct a theology that is different from all previous theologies, it seems to me that this is constructing one’s own personal god.

I agree. It's a watering down of the Gospels to suit what someone wants to psychologically convince themselves they are in the Spirit of God. There is no model of discipline or historical interpretations they can turn to in many cases as well,so they look to themselves as the pillar and foundation of truth.

What you end up with is the gifted intellectual "aka Calvin types",who prey upon the weak in faith and appeal to the undisciplined intellectual who still wants to believe in God only on his own terms.When they disagree amongst themselves,they run off and start another community of believers who agree with them. This viscous cycle never ends.

I wish you a Blessed Day

10,186 posted on 10/31/2007 12:13:27 PM PDT by stfassisi ("Above all gifts that Christ gives his beloved is that of overcoming self"St Francis Assisi)
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To: stfassisi

I thank you for your intercession, my friend. And may yours be blessed as well.

It is in some cases a watering down. In other cases, it is a substitution or replacement. In some cases it may just be silly; in others it appears evil.

The Mighty Fortress of God has seen many people depart and build little grass huts that blow down in a wind or shake apart when the groups inhabiting them have violent disagreements. Judging by the soundness of the theologies popping up like rabbits in the springtime, we may actually be back to lean-tos or caves out there on the landscape.


10,207 posted on 10/31/2007 3:11:53 PM PDT by MarkBsnr (V. Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae. R. Et concepit de Spiritu Sancto.)
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