“They say the Devil is a deceiver who pretends to be ‘of God’ while working for His own malevolent ends"
(Mel Seesholtz, Counterbias)
2006-09-05 20:48:45 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
He's talking about how the politicised evangelical Christian may well be a devil in disguise...and people would never know the difference.
2006-09-05 21:08:07 · answer #1 · answered by Scott M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Clamour for food is being heard everywhere, though if each one worked hard, the problem would not arise at all. We talk of stomachs to be filled, but each stomach arrives in the world with two hands. Those hands, if they are kept idle or unskilled, cannot fulfil their assignment of finding the food for the stomach. Work hard - that is the message. And share the gain with others. The harder you work, the greater your gain, the more you can share. Work hard and, more important still, work together with others in loving kinship."
"If you cannot pray for the total welfare of the community around you in whom God lives, how is it possible for you to worship an invisible God? The first thing you have to do is look after the welfare of the living community around you."
"If the individual is deluded into believing that he is serving others, then woe be to him, for there is no other at all. All are One; One man's sorrow is everyone's sorrow. The fundamental flaw is the ignorance of man. If only he was wise, he would have known that all individuals are waves on the surface of the selfsame ocean."
2006-09-06 06:49:31 · answer #2 · answered by jayakrishnaathmavidya 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." I Thessalonians 5:21
Your question, while overly sweeping in its simplistic stereotyping of politics, is still a good one.
True, there are many false prophets who will use the name of the Lord for their own gain. These individuals exist in both of the two major political parties in America.
How does one discern the truth? Read the Word of God and verify their actions. Look around your community and see: who helps the poor, who promotes an agenda of murdering the innocent unborn, who works for a living, and who sponges off the tax payers.
IF YOU REALLY WANT AN ANSWER AND TO KNOW THE TRUTH, IT WILL REQUIRE YOU TO READ AND LEARN THE BIBLE. YOU MUST ALSO APPLY THESE PRINCIPLES TO YOUR LIFE.
Only then can you understand.
2006-09-06 04:06:42 · answer #3 · answered by L96vette 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If I were the devil pretending to be of god, that's what I would do.
2006-09-06 04:29:36 · answer #4 · answered by ethical_atheist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a conservative evangelical Christian and I don't know what he's talking about.
2006-09-06 03:50:58 · answer #5 · answered by Kev 5 · 3⤊ 3⤋
That sound more like the Radical Atheist Left.
2006-09-06 03:50:37 · answer #6 · answered by Adyghe Ha'Yapheh-Phiyah 6 · 3⤊ 4⤋
Yes, although they wont admit it as then they will be found out!!!
2006-09-06 03:54:47 · answer #7 · answered by A_Geologist 5 · 3⤊ 3⤋
sorry, can't understand what you are talking about.
2006-09-06 04:01:50 · answer #8 · answered by milisnyaica 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
no.
2006-09-06 05:38:56 · answer #9 · answered by atreadia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋