Does your church have discernment?

[Abiding Now]

Originally Posted by Timmy

Really? Do you actually believe that Christians are the only people who hate evil? You think I love evil? Seriously?!

OK. Didn't want to make it personal. Christians as a GROUP hate evil, how about a NON-Christian GROUP that hates evil.

[Abiding Now]

Originally Posted by Timmy

We're not the same person.

Your definition of "fear of the Lord" is not right. You do not have to have any fear, or any regard at all, of God in order to hate evil. Christians are not the only people in the world who hate evil.

Originally Posted by Abiding Now

Could you post an example? Thanks.

Originally Posted by Timmy

I hate evil. Just so you know.

Whether the stunt pulled by Livefortruth is evil or not is up for debate. From his point of view, there is a group of people who claim supernatural powers and/or supernatural assistance from God, and (remember, this is from his point of view) the do NOT have any such thing. They pretend. They (many of them) are proud of their powers. They demonstrate them with messages in tongues and interpretations. Prophecies, words of knowledge. Discernment. His stunt is (in his mind) demonstrating the fakeness of those claims.

I don't exactly condone or condemn his stunt. It is what it is.

Now, of course, there is always accusations, as there were this time, following these things about the lack of truuuuue discernment in some churches. But the ones who point fingers are just as unlikely to succeed in demonstrating real supernatural powers as the pranked churches. IMO.

Originally Posted by Abiding Now

OK. Didn't want to make it personal. Christians as a GROUP hate evil, how about a NON-Christian GROUP that hates evil.

Bump.

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by Abiding Now

Bump.

So, you want a non-Christian organization that hates evil? OK. How about virtually every organized religion there is? How about organizations former to fight certain specific evils, such as child abuse? (I could google up specific examples for you, but I think you know such things exist.)

But still, some Christians claim that only Christians "hate evil"! We have examples right here. Do you believe that? Do all those non-Christian groups consist of Christians? Would only a Christian actually be against child abuse?

But yes, only Christians would be against certain "evils", such as not believing what they say to believe. I'll give ya that.

[Abiding Now]

Originally Posted by Timmy

So, you want a non-Christian organization that hates evil? OK. How about virtually every organized religion there is? How about organizations former to fight certain specific evils, such as child abuse? (I could google up specific examples for you, but I think you know such things exist.)

But still, some Christians claim that only Christians "hate evil"! We have examples right here. Do you believe that? Do all those non-Christian groups consist of Christians? Would only a Christian actually be against child abuse?

But yes, only Christians would be against certain "evils", such as not believing what they say to believe. I'll give ya that.

Well at least you didn't name those NON-Christian fun loving muslims or that wonderful gov't in China.

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by Abiding Now

Well at least you didn't name those NON-Christian fun loving muslims or that wonderful gov't in China.

No, but they would claim to hate evil, wouldn't they? And claim that you don't? Not that I take their side. I don't. There is a lot of what I'd call evil done in the name of religion, or ideologies.