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Originally Posted by AreYouReady?
And you know Randy Wayne, what is so upsetting about this magic hair garbage is that the people have been taught to "obey" whatever their leadership says. If they say it, it must be true. No sound scripture to back up the claims, but don't you dare say it isn't so. The divide line between pastor and laity is pushed into our faces. "I am the preacher, you are the saint. You are not trained to know what the bible means in such cases." I've heard that line too many times.
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We were trained to "respect" the pastor out of nothing but fear. He had an endless (seemingly) supply of stories of someone who either went against his pastors wishes or talked about him behind his back and had something horrible happen, including the holy ghost leaving him (the sinning saint) or even death or some other family tragedy. Now combine that with continually demanding respect because pastors are due a "double honor", and that pretty much formed my current day opinion of pastors.
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