Paula

Yes, accusations have to be substantiated or they’re just malicious gossip. I’ve noticed quite a lot of baseless assertions coming from the comp camp, top to bottom; it seems to be very common among them.

But what’s even worse, IMO, is when malice is cloaked as fake “concern”. Christianity has become more pretense than substance. It’s all about the external: legalism, roles, hierarchy, performance. Every day it becomes more like Mormonism or even Islam. What happened to genuine concern, genuine love for God and his people, genuine spiritual growth? Why have many Christians become spiritual cannibals, seeming to be more bent on devouring other sheep than wolves? Do they even know the difference anymore? How can the love of Christ be in those who so hate people as to drive them away from fellowship and then attack them in their own homes?

There’s reasoned debate, and then there’s just plain flaming. Zeal without knowledge is a very dangerous thing, but Christianity seems to be filled with such people. They are willing to vilify others solely on the basis of hearsay from anyone whose “ministry” they have sworn loyalty to. It’s all very cult-like.