Do you think the many bible only christian fundamentalists are agents of Satan?

Question

They read the bible but they twist the meaning to support their arguments against anything. They quote scripture out of context. They claim to be chirstians but act differently. And they like damning people to hell.

I meant "that many ...." instead of "the many ...." Sorry for the typo. I don't mean all fundamentalists. Some are okay but many of the fundies I met here and in the real world are hostile to people who don't share their beliefs.

By "agents of Satan" I mean they may think they are from God but actually doing the works of Satan. Sowing discord, spreading confusion, espousing hatred. One example of a fundie sect is the Westboro Baptist church.

Lovin' Mary's Lamb:

I like your answer. But aren't the fundies the ones persecuting the Christians who are not in agreement with their beliefs by calling them unsaved or non-Christians? Look at the post of these fundies. They keep saying LDS and Catholics are not Christians and not saved. If you think I am misquoting them then just see the posts of fundies like Chris (CJ), Wally, Brain and Suzi.

Serving Jesus:

If you mean all of us sinned and maybe caused others to sin, I would have to agree with you. We are human and we all stumble sometimes. But my question is based on my observation that there are many bible fundies (again I am not saying all but a lot of them) who have this holier-than-thou attitude that go around telling people that they are saved and the rest of the world are going to hell. They may claim that they are moved by the Holy Spirit to evangelize but from what I see, they are more likely moved by Satan to create division among Christians. And there are bible fundamentalist groups that teach hatred against Catholics, LDS, gay people, etc.

Answer 1

I'm Catholic, and I don't think the Christian fundamentalists are agents of Satan. I think they take Christ seriously and try to live in obedience to his Gospel as they understand it.

The avant garde in Satan's army are the post-Christians of the mainline denominations. They not only don't take Christ seriously, they think he was a backwards, chauvinistic product of a benighted era. Their plan is to use Jesus to push whatever is currently progressive, including homosexuality, abortion, socialism, and whatever else is on this year's Democratic Party platform. For the post-Christians, Jesus is a plastic figure to mold to suit their agenda.

Fundamentalists go wrong by making an interpretive straitjacket for themselves out of various teachings of Luther (sola fides, sola scriptura) and Calvin (predestination, eternal security). These false teachings from 16th century heritics lead them to reject the full gospel of original Christianity, with all its wisdom, and to attack the Church that remains faithful to its Lord and founder.

Still, you won't find fundamentalists wearing the mark of the beast--or preaching infanticide or sexual immorality.

Cheers,
Bruce

Answer 2

The idea that all revealed truth is to be found in "66 books" is not only not in Scripture, it is contradicted by Scripture (1 Corinthians 11:2, 2 Thessalonians 2:15, 2 Thessalonians 3:6, 1 Timothy 3:15, 2 Peter 1:20-21, 2 Peter 3:16). It is a concept unheard of in the Old Testament, where the authority of those who sat on the Chair of Moses (Matthew 23:2-3) existed. In addition to this, for 400 years, there was no defined canon of "Sacred Scripture" aside from the Old Testament; there was no "New Testament"; there was only Tradition and non-canonical books and letters

Our Lord founded a Church (Matthew 16:18-19), not a book, which was to be the pillar and ground of Truth (1 Timothy 3:15). We can know what this Church teaches by looking not only at Sacred Scripture, but into History and by reading what the earliest Christians have written, what those who've sat on the Chair of Peter have spoken consistently with Scripture and Tradition, and what they've solemnly defined. To believe that the Bible is our only source of Christian Truth is unbiblical and illogical.

Answer 3

The Bible is divided into two sections, Old and New Testament. The Old Testament is written by men, personally ordained by God Himself to be prophets to tell of Jesus Christ and His coming and lay down the law that every Christian must follow if they are truly trying to be good, hence the Ten Commandments. The New Testament was written by Jesus's apostles, or disciples, that were all eyewitness acounts to His teachings and everything He did during His ministry. Paul, who was known as Saul, but encountered the Lord on the road to Galilee and had a major change in his lifestyle, wrote a great number of the books in the New Testament. But God was there even before the Bible was written, before the world was created by His hands. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made."-John 1:1-3 And yes, we are all sinful by nature, everything we do is against what God wants. But that's why we have Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is our second chance to be saved from eternal damnation in Hell and eternal seperation from God. If you want proof of their actual exsistance, use the internet or go to church.

Answer 4

No, you can't convince the majority to think like you do. Get the beam out of your eye first before you mess with someone elses. Seems you have a bone of contention to pick with Christians but haven't truly asked a simple question here as much as making an accusation.
You must be against everything they are, whether or not some of them do not behave the way they should or the way you think they should. I think you are misquoting and misinterpreting Christians and trying to demonize them. That is called anti-Christ spirit (against Christ/Christianity/Christians/Christian beliefs) and bigotry.
If you want to discuss something specific with me and exchange views, feel free.
Satan doesn't care if your soul dies lost and goes to hell. Satans doesn't care if you don't beleive in God, Heaven, him, evil, sin, redemption, and that your soul will spend eternity either heaven or hell. Satan wants you to be deceived with His lies about the truth of sin and the cure through God's salvation plan. He loves it if you persecute Christians, mock God and blaspheme Jesus. Jesus said to judge Him by the works He did. (Yield your members to unrighteousness) His good works were done by the power of God's Spirit not through evil forces from below. No, Satan doesn't work against his own kingdom. He can imitate a lot of things but one thing He can't imitate is the true love of God or a sanctified holy life.
Don't worry so much about others but worry about whether you are ready to meet a holy God. Are your sins under the blood of Jesus Christ? Have you accepted Him as Lord and Saviour? Will you accept the grace of God to be set free from guilt and shame? Choose you this day whom you will serve. Don't wait until it's too late. Only God has power to put a soul into hell and actually it is the individual who chooses to go to a place designed for the devil and his demons. It's not God's will that any should perish but that ALL should come to repentance. We can't even begin to think how wonderful heaven is for those who live Godly in Christ Jesus and endure until the end.

Answer 5

i think you are right, they unwittingly are helping satan.
they have divided the body of christ from the true church thousands of times, there is only one jesus and there can be only one church and truth regarding the lord, that is found in the church he established.
http://www.scripturecatholic.com/ the link provides scriptural basis for catholic beliefs.

while well intentioned and fervent they are damaging christianity, i have seen on here and elsewhere numerous times atheists commenting on hte divisions amongst "christians", how are we to spread the gospel to others if all they see is us fighting over this and that? our lord called us to be one, in one accord we need to get back to that.

Answer 6

No. I think you over react. People cannot damn anyone to hell. Hell and heaven are personal choices.

You need to make the difference with different type Christians and people who come from cults but claim to be Christians, even only true Christians.

Answer 7

Any type of extremism is not healthy for this world. I totally agree with you . People use the Bible as a platform to attack others but a book is just a book! Not for worshipping!

Answer 8

Yes... They attack the true Church established by Christ and that makes them agents of Satan.

Answer 9

Personally I think we have all been agents of Satan at one time or another.

Answer 10

why would a holy God let u into heaven?? you have broken every single one of his laws!!! when u stand at his judgment seat after u die, what's your reason gonna be 4 him 2 let u into heaven??? No one is good enough to get into heaven!!