ABUSE: Using Fear and Manipulation to Control People into Thinking and Believing Like You
The more I read of history, the more I am shocked at how little we have learned. And because my focus is more on religious history, I am saddened that “the church” continues to use fear and manipulation to control people into their agenda. And “religious people” continue to judge, condemn, and scare people into believing like them, using the “deception” and “hell” card if you don’t comply. THIS IS ABUSE!
Think about it: “ …If you have to use the fear of hell to get people into the Kingdom, then what does that say about your gospel? What does it say about your God?…” (Julie Ferwerda, Raising Hell) What does that say about you?
Did you know that the “gospel” actually means “good news?” My Bible tells me it is good news of great joy is for ALL people! (Luke 2:10) How can it be good news if what religion teaches is true and most people are not going to benefit from it? And how can it be good news if, as religion teaches, one day people are going to be without their loved ones or family and know that they are burning forever in a literal lake of fire? Is that good news? (Ever notice that the people who preach this are always the ones who are sure that they are in the group that is NOT going to hell? They are convinced that they are some how elite, special, said all the right words, believed all the right stuff.)
God is actually much bigger than all that! From the beginning He has had a beautiful plan for ALL of humanity! We are not on Plan B or Plan C. We are still on Plan A and it is working out exactly as God has planned. He knows what He is doing and He will be faithful to draw ALL unto Himself – unto perfect love, restoration, redemption, and LIFE!!!
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