--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" <reavismarek@> > wrote: > <snip> > > And he talks about the LORD as being the God of all Gods! Well that > > certainly seems to be something of a capitulation to the Hindu > > philosophy of many faces, one God. Even saying that on his program > > plants some seeds of possibilities that may sprout later on in someone > > who hears it today. It's not quite the doctrine of monotheism that > > the Christian fundamentalists generally teach. > > I'm not sure it is different, given that he > says the other gods are demonic powers. Most > fundamentalists teach the existence of demonic > powers and maintain that the powers other than > Jehovah that people worship and call God are > demonic. They're all part of Satan's plot to > lure human beans away from Jehovah. > > I don't see anything of "many faces, one God" in > what he says. "God of all gods" doesn't mean > one God comprising many gods, it means one God > and a bunch of other entirely separate beings > who call themselves gods but aren't. > > Also, fundamentalist preachers don't learn about > other religions in the spirit of ecumenism. It's > a matter of "know the enemy" and impress the flock > with your knowledge thereof. > **
I'm sure you're right, but even so, the choice to say what he said -- the actual choice of words/phrases -- surprised me. Just a little bit of interest-velcro.
