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1 | Is 'Pneuma' really feminine? | Jer 7:18 | stjones | 80639 | ||
Hi, Tim; The Presbyterian Church (USA) has been struggling with this gross heresy for more than ten years. There is a fringe school of radical feminist theology that has been promoting the "goddess" Sophia and denigrating Jesus for a long time. Unfortunately, because some of our leaders are very "open-minded" and gullible, these folks find the dark corners of our denomination comfortable. In addition to their own novel interpretations of the Bible, they appeal to many other authorities - pagan religions, ancient heresies, bogus gospels such as Thomas and Mary, Enlightenment rationalism, sometimes just their own sexual urges - to challenge orthodox Christian belief. One of their leading lights (Rita Nakashima Bock, IIRC) once said of Jesus' atoning sacrifice "we don't need people hanging on trees and blood dripping and weird stuff". I don't know if gbennett76 is part of this crowd or not, though the mention of Sophia along with the rest of it is certainly suggestive. If he or she is an admirer of this stuff, no appeal to reputable scholarship, Christian tradition, or Biblical authority is likely to succeed. They have already abandoned those things. At a human level, I have never understood why they claim to be Christians and choose to infest Christian seminaries and churches. Then I consider that "our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." (Ephesians 6:12) and the driving force is clearly seen. Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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2 | Is 'Pneuma' really feminine? | Jer 7:18 | Hank | 80699 | ||
Hi, Steve. Thanks for the post re the infamous "Sophia" heresy, with which I am painfully well acquainted. I trust it will be enlightening to readers of this forum to know how horrid a heresy it is, and your post delineates its pitfalls quite well. That ungodly heresy, along with a number of other "fallings away" from the truth, led me to flee the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) some six years ago, after having been an active communicant for 35 years. It became a matter of conscience with me that no longer could I support with my presence or temporal means a denomination that condoned the types of things it had begun to condone at the time -- and in some circles, sanctioning and actively encouraging them in those days. I confess that in the years of my absence from PCUSA I've become more and more estranged to the pulse of what's going on in this denomination. My sense was at the time I left that it had sunk about as low as it could go and still claim to be a church. I do hope that it is taking a turn for the better by now. --Hank | ||||||
3 | Is 'Pneuma' really feminine? | Jer 7:18 | stjones | 80741 | ||
Hi, Hank; It's a struggle. But there are so many people who are being led astray and won't leave because they don't know it. Besides, the denomination owns and operates so many missions, clinics, hospitals where God's work is being faithfully done that it's worth fighting for. I joined the PC(USA) because of a faithful congregation that I have served as a Deacon and now serve as an Elder. I don't want to turn my back on them either. Prayers are always appreciated. Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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