A very sad article in today's Sydney Morning Herald.
The Bible's perspective:
The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
-2 Thessalonians 1:9-12.
11 comments:
Well said "evil genius. Well, evil anyway". I guess I must be missing the irony of your inscription: I would have thought a servant of God would eschew the notion of 'evil', even in jest.
Oddly Scientology rides on the back of evolutionary ideas. The God of the Bible stands diametrically against them in his revelation that he created, he acted with love and wisdom to bring the cosmos into existance rapidly and recently. That the Bible sets a chronological framework and position around the creation pulls apart the evolutionary ideas which have been around for thousands of years: it could not but be by God because only intelligent agents create purposefully and with rapidity.
On "evil"—no, no irony or jest. I believe that the Bible teaches that we are fundamentally evil, and that the Christian is someone who is declared righteous by trust in Jesus, whilst retaining in this present evil age their old evil nature (crucified with Christ), along with their new spiritual nature, given by God.
Oh, and on creationism, I happen to think the whole creation v evolution debate is nearly as nutso and distracting as Scientology. You can generally expect comments on creationism to be moderated into blogger oblivion.
I'm not sure how much of this article is correct. One member of this family attends my church, and we have been told not to believe everything we see and hear in the media about this case - apparently there have been a number of inaccuracies and misrepresentations.
I find it strange that the family was named in the media a few days ago, and that they were reported as attending a congregational church. Now they cannot be named, and are scientologists. Something seems a little off.
Thanks lara, I guess it's one to keep watching and see what emerges. The reporting about Scientologists' views of psychiatric medication seems to be accurate, however.
Gordon is unfortunately right. For years, Scientologists been warning about the side effects of these drugs and it has only been over the past three years that the FDA in the US has been forced to publish warnings on these drugs after claiming since the first hearings into them in 1989 or so that there was no concern about them.
Thanks,Gordon. It's true that for years, Scientologists have been warning that these drugs are dangerous and it's only been over the past 2 years or so that the FDA was forced to admit they ignored the earlier evidence of their danger, and started issuing black-box warnings.
thanks jenny,
I take it from your blog that you're a scientologist?
regards
Gordon
Scientology is recorded in Canadian law as a criminal conspiracy - Regina v. Toronto Church of Scientology. Heaps more at the Skeptic Tank and other sources including Supreme Court of Canada and Ontario Superior Court rulings.
toronto is not the only place to belive scientology to be a criminal organisation the list is extensive france are currently persuing scientologist managment for fraud, again they already convicted l.r.hubbard in his abscence he dide a fugitive and criminal scientology managment are not interested in scientologists they are only interested in the cash they supply
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