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Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa
I am going to greatly regret answering even this one little blurb of yours but here it goes, my boy, every religion should be judged by it's best, and by saying that I must point out that you don't respect those ministers. You are constantly wanting to stress "mistakes," "wrong doings," and "human weakness" but the truth is these men had made their bones and earned their positions back when they chose not to commercialize the United Pentecostal Church International. They were not looking to rip the flesh off of any saint of God, or want to jam up anyone's good time, but they saw the need to avoid the television and not advertise or use its medium.
They saw it as hypocritical to say that one shouldn't watch the garbage that is on it and then turn around and use it to build a business, oh, I mean the Kingdom? Nah, it's all to build a business, nice Hollywood, MGM, in living color with preachers wearing base so their faces won't look pale or ghostly on the television screen. Listen Larry live life and drink a lot of water, oh and by the way you don't know me either, so dig your double standard, and keep in mind it's not personal, it's never personal, just spiritual. 
In Jesus name
Brother Benincasa
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I don't constantly want to stress mistakes and human errors... The problem is that most people in our movement want to pretend they didn't happen and tell people to just go on pretending like it never happened and not discuss it...
I do respect those men, but that doesn't mean I agree with everything they decided... See, I've seen people backslide and hurt themselves BECAUSE of our strict rules. I've seen people mess up thier lives because of our rules... and I've seen people be hurt by our rules...
What you don't get is that no one is commercializing anything... They are simply trying to reach the lost. No one is trying to make a quick buck at the expense of anyone, they just don't see why we can use the Internet but not TV...
They saw the need to avoid the television for the same reason that they saw the need to avoid the radio in the 1910s, the organ in the early 1800s, or Handel in the 1500s... The new thing is ALWAYS preached agianst... ALWAYS!! That is human nature. Every generation since Christ has preached against whatever new-fangled gadgets those kids are into today... Its about time that we as a people get out of the 1950s and the social mores and codes of that day and age and realize this is 2007... There's new and better things for you to preach against 'cuz its new (like the Internet)
I mean, its funny, you have all this faith in ministers to decide that TV is evil and should be prohibited (even just as a tool to get our name out to people), but you don't have faith in the same ministers to use the tool as a way to evangelize, rather you assume they're just gonna try and take people's money... I think that's kind of absurd...
and, no, I don't know you, but I know your attitude, I've seen it hundreds of times before both in real life and online and its always the same... I can tell your attitude, I can read your arrogance, and I can tell by what you say what you think of me... It isn't hard to do, bro...
See, your passion is rules... Mine is just helping people find God... That's the difference between you and me... I couldn't care less if a lady wears a pair of pants or not as long as she hears "Well done, good and faithful one"... But you don't care anything but about her following the rules... You just don't want her to have a tv or wear makeup (even necessary makeup which is not what the Bible was talking about), or wear pants... Its all about a rulebook with you...
I just want people to know God, to have a relationship with Him... If He wants all that other stuff, He'll let them know Himself...
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