Thursday, July 28, 2005

Weblogs: Those wacked-out fundamentalists

(via Worship Naked) "She?s sold on the notion of generational curses and that I have these, too, along with the demons. Apparently, the two go hand in hand, you see. And if you?re a generational curser, this is your life verse:
'... for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sins of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me'.'

Never mind that the whole verse and the surrounding context actually says this:

4 'You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand {generations} of those who love me and keep my commandments.'

That?s Exodus 20: 4, 5, and 6, peeps, not just a part of verse 5, which is the entire basis for the GC philosophy. The passage is, obviously, the Ten Commandments. It?s talking about idols."

(The poster goes on to describe the spooky exchange with this woman where she completely zones out as he explains the true scriptural perspective on the questions of demons and generational curses. My comment: Actually the blank stare or "deer in the headlights" look is the "freezeup" that comes when a person's cultic or in-group teachings are contradicted and they not only don't know what to think, but they have been manipulated into forgetting how to think, at least in that area. Read up on the mind control or thought reform techniques employed by religious and other leaders that turn active, willful beliefers into passive, parroting followers -- start with Twisted Scriptures by Mary Alice Chrnalogar or Releasing the Bonds by Steven Hassan, they're on Amazon.)

3 Comments:

At 11:46 AM, Blogger Lone Ranger said...

A fundamentalist is one who practices the fundamental teachings of his religion. I guess you could call me a fundamentalist because, for the life of me, I can't figure out which of the teachings of Christ I should discard. Love thy neighbor? Turn the other cheek? Be charitable? In the New Testament, God made a new covenant with His people. He sent his son to pay for the sins of man. No more worldwide floods. No more veangful God. By quoting the Old Testament, you are being intellectually dishonest. Do you really thing the readers of this blog are that stupid?

 
At 3:33 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Lone Ranger -- Twerpette is quoting from a post on my blog. Perhaps you should come by and read the whole series I wrote on Christians who believe other Christians can demonized so you can get the full context of what this issue is. I agree, it's not a "fundamentalist" issue; it's a truth issue, and erroneous teaching issue.

Thanks, Twerpette, for all the links!

 
At 12:11 AM, Blogger Twerpette said...

That is the technical definition of fundamentalism, however since it always arises (in Protestant Christian, Catholic Christian, Muslim or any other faith) in reaction to modernism, it basically ends up defining every moral and social issue in extremist terms of black and white (no grays much less colors).

One generally quotes a source for accuracy and readers' convenience; it's common journalistic, professional, ethical and bloggish practice. Belittling same as intellectual dishonesty or the presumption of stupidity suggests a brutish pettiness in the accuser. (Snark attack.)

 

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