[Peace-discuss] A Christian heresy

["E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森"]

The title was great.

I always imagined that Milton Supman was the piper
before I thought he was Roger Barrett.


On 2011-5-20 8:59, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> 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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