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So very sad. The fruit of an spiritually inbred movement.
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-DAII-
I felt an entire thread should be dedicated to this insightful thought.
A friend of mine, a surgeon who now lives in Japan, once related to me about his experience in the Cook Islands. He observed sickness and suffering which was common among the natives due in large part to one factor: lack of genetic variation. The Amish communities suffer similar weaknesses. In the case of the Cook Islands, the problem is mostly a geographical one, resulting from being waterlocked and located in a region of the Pacific Ocean. The Amish, however, are plagued with disorders such as dwarfism, metabolic diseases, and a host of others, due to their ideology of closed communities. Science now knows that variance in genes are essential to perpetuate the healthiness of our offspring. That is why "expanding the gene pool" is a good thing. Weaknesses or gaps in a partner's genetic make-up may be compensated by healthy, hardier genes in the other person. Genetic diversity makes flaws in each other's DNA more difficult to line up.
Consider that following two quotes.
In Edwin Black’s “War Against The Weak: Eugenics And America’s Campaign To Create A Master Race,” the author quotes Walter Plecker, head of Virginia’s Bureau of Vital Statistics in 1912 as saying this: “
The white race in this land, is the foundation upon which rests its civilization, and is responsible for the leading position which we occupy amongst the nations of the world. Is it not, therefore, just and right that this race decide for itself what its composition shall be, and attempt, as Virginia has, to maintain its purity?” (page163)
This is a relatively recent quote from the Chairman of the WPF, taken directly from their website: “
There is a sense of destiny upon this fellowship. I sense it. I feel it, and many others have expressed the same feeling. Brethren, let us continue preaching this great Jesus name, One God apostolic message. Separation from the world is still a vital part of our message that we must never compromise on. Hearts are hungry for it, and let us not be influenced by the idea of “the emerging church” and other so called spiritual fads that are springing up in these last days. Let us stay true to our message.”
Both of the above statements promote a similar message and theme. The call-to-arms is essentially the same as well, isolation and a closed community. Sound familiar? The Pentecostal leaders who maintain this type of culture should expect the natural consequences, “theological defects” such as “Magic Hair” doctrine, teachings designed to produce loyalty instead of love, spiritual extortion, grace plus law, sins of the spirit and the flesh, etc., etc. We are now witnessing spiritual dwarfs and high spiritual mortality rates in many church assemblies. Left unchecked, these tendencies will produce more and more false doctrines and fables until, like the natives on the Cook Islands, church members may end up begging for diversity to bring balance back to their “genetic makeup.” And when families look around in bewilderment, wondering how their sad state of affairs was able to transpire, it can all be traced back to one word…
arrogance. “Doth not even nature itself teach you…?”
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