--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 11/18/06 7:34:11 P.M. Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: <snip> > Also, fundamentalist preachers don't learn about > other religions in the spirit of ecumenism. It's > a matter of "know the enemy" and impress the flock > with your knowledge thereof. > > Fundamentalist take the Bible as the Word of God, inspired by the Holy > Spirit so they don't feel the need to learn other religions from within the > perspective of that religion and in fact would feel deceived if they did, since > Paul said something to the effect "any other paths to God, other than through > Jesus, are doctrines of demons". This is where Pat Robertson and any other > devout Christian gets their thinking. Paul's quote is considered scripture, > revealed by the Holy Spirit, thus the Truth.
Sure, but a preacher may pick up some details from fundamentalist sources (not within the perspective of the religion) to scare the flock with. There's a whole genre of books written by Christian converts, for instance, detailing the horrors of their previous religions from which they were rescued by Jesus. I have a small collection of these; I find them absolutely fascinating. One of them, by a former Hindu, was sent me by a fundie Christian woman I'd encountered on a religion forum some years ago after I mentioned I did TM. She enclosed the most sincere, loving, caring, heartfelt letter. I felt terrible about disappointing her. She'd really put her soul into it, bless her.
