Blind Leading the Blind

It must be something about the start of autumn (fall if yopu're reading this across the Atlantic) that bringas a cold reality to things and before you know it everyone starts getting all melancholy saying things like I'm sure there must be more than this etc.....STOP!!! WHAT AM I WRITING HERE? There's a cold sense of reality alright, it hits you like a sickening blow in a delicate part of your anatomy, bringing with it a gasp of pain and a sick feeling that lasts for ages and isn't easily dispelled. What, you may ask , am I talking about? I'm talking about the effect of certain websites which promote the kind of 'Get rich quick by following God' theology which makes it incredibly hard for people who aren't christians to ever take the gospel or christians seriously.

I'm sure the people who subscribe to such teachings are genuine in their beliefs, they would be because through spurious and dangerous use of the bible they've been taught that God's only goal for them is that they be healthy all the tome, wealthy and ever-increasingly so, comfortable, successful and satisfied.!

The problem with this kind of teaching is that it appeals to man's human lusts and desires and therefore makes self into God - sounds like idolatry to me! Not to mention the self-righteous bigotry which so often accompanies this self-obsessed worship, the 'as long as God's blessing me (which means financially for these people) I must be ok' attitude which leaves those in financial need feeling condemned, excluded and worthless in the eyes of God! and I mean christians and non-christians!

Of course this kind of teaching is a perversion of the truth by those who teach it, blinded by their distorted view of God they're leading many into disappointment, disillusionment and potentially a complete loss of faith in Jesus. As if this were not enough, this disfigured view of christianity is being seen around the world through satelite TV and the internet and for many is their only representation of the authentic gospel of Jesus Christ.

I have secided that I will devote time and blog space to speaking out about these matters and other related subjects. If you're reading this site and are non-christian I hope you will forgive the indulgence.

Night!