[Peace-discuss] A Christian heresy

[C. G. Estabrook]

Of course "pied" can mean "jumbled, confused" (even drunk) as well as 
"multi-colored."

(And I said I thought the title of the article was clever - it is - but of 
course it's quite false, as the piece makes clear.)

On 5/19/11 7:06 PM, "E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森" wrote:
> Rapture theology is a "damnable heresy" as Simon Peter might have said in so 
> many words.
> I can imagine his actual description was quite emphatic.
>
> The pervasiveness of the rapture theology among supposedly literate people is 
> difficult to reconcile.
>
> People seem to like following a speckled guy with a flute.
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> On 2011-5-20 7:41, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
>> Heresy is in fact an ambiguous term in Christianity. Strictly speaking, it's 
>> a sin - a conscious rejection of the known truth (like saying that Obama is 
>> really trying to end the war in the Mideast). But it's used more generally to 
>> mean a serious rejection of important Christian doctrine, arising from 
>> misinformation and/or stupidity. In this sense, "rapture theology" is heresy.
>>
>> (And the title of this article is great.) 
>> <http://thephoenix.com/Boston/news/120934-god-hates-faqs/>
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