Greg Anderson

Good thinking all!  One of the hallmarks of abusive sects, churches- mega and small, is that they all require the suspension of one’s critical thought faculty.  Reason and common sense are frowned upon, and are equated with rebellion and witchcraft if they diverge from accepted dogma.  Even the vaunted Luther took a dim view of reason and common sense in his last sermon at Wittenberg: …”But since the devil’s bride, Reason, that pretty whore, comes in and thinks she’s wise, and what she says, what she thinks, is from the Holy Spirit, who can help us, then? Not judges, not doctors, no king or emperor, because [reason] is the Devil’s greatest whore…”  Funny how he wasn’t ashamed of her when he used her to go against papal authority and teaching.  Reason is what keeps us from taking what the Bible does not say and turning it into an absolute belief system that is above all question and examination.  Keep fighting the good fight Cheryl, the reformation is far from over…