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originally posted by: Klassified
a reply to: NoCorruptionAllowed
It's easy to know. They attack and defame all Christian things, anyone who is a Christian, plus that poster admitted to once having been a church elder which is even much worse. You don't become a church elder lightly or halfheartedly.
Like most Christians, you see any disagreement with your tenets of faith as an attack from the "devil" himself. That's right, you aren't appointed as an elder lightly, nor do you accept it lightly. At the time, I was as deceived as any other Christian, and did my best to preach, teach, and counsel by the "direction of the Holy Spirit". I'm a different person today, and a lot freer than I ever was then. As Lucius Annaeus Seneca said...
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
originally posted by: dawnstar
a reply to: NoCorruptionAllowed
That would depend on the church he was a church elder for, wouldn't it? The church doesnt have immunity when it comes to being deceived or deceiving. Nor are they innocent of managing to deeply hurt some of their own at times with their power struggles, unnecessary judgements, and callous assertions of what the bible says and that their interpretations are right and none other should be entertained.