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Originally Posted by Nitehawk013
I wouldn't call that "gripping". More like annoyingly vague and hermeneutically incoherant. The article makes a TON of assertions, with minor scriptural connections, and holds them as if they are the most incredible revelations imaginable. It's a mess from the word go. He makes no solid scriptural connections nor does he properly explain of those connections. He just basically throws out his opinion of what the verses mean with no regard to context or criticism.
I've seen many different opinions on who or what Mystery Babylon is, but this is by far the most haphazardly tossed together mess among them.
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That seems harsh; you've read him for what, 3 minutes? I was skeptical at first, too. Not real sure why I even kept reading him. Don't know about your "holds them as if they are the most incredible revelations imaginable," why do you say this? I'll be kind and say that I believe you are making naive accusations--or can you refute something he has asserted?
There is a sense in which satan steals a lexicon,
say that of Christianity, and dilutes the meaning
of ones whole lexicon, over time; until the very meaning of
"Christian" is diluted. Anything signifying "good"
will be turned to "bad" by satan.
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Originally Posted by Timmy
Well, you have to admit, the label "Christian" means different things to different people.
and so does
Apostolic
Holiness
Pentecostal
Charismatic
Conservative
Liberal
etc
Therefore, anyone with a vision is not going
to be interested in using your diluted lexicon,
and will provide their own, which you must learn,
before you may learn any really new thing,
such as, in this case, how to actually operate as
a Christian, rather than endlessly discussing
hair and skirt length, or discussing the merits
of forced glossololia.
Now, I am completely open to any Scripturally-backed
critique of this or any new hearing; I realize that the guy
has an unusual model--but you have no other term
for the "Edification Complex of the Soul," really, or
your "Integrity Envelope," although you have both
of these inside you.
I am not qualified to judge this guy,
and a message either speaks to one, or it does not;
I have no problem with that.
But I think you are slandering the guy here, and
worse, you are quite likely slandering the Spirit.