Samira wrote:
kaain wrote:
I couldn't care less either way about their church. They're simply fanatical Christians taking things to the utmost extremes. I'm actually somewhat impressed at the level of devoutness they possess, however misguided I believe it may be.
I'm not sure about your premise. I really think they're just high on self-righteousness.
They're Christian in the same way Torquemada was Christian, which is to say, not at all. It's a socially acceptable backdrop for their seething hatred of everyone outside their inner circle of pathological worthlessness.
True, that may be the case now, but I doubt they started out that way. A lot of non-denominational churches end up with the same "holier than thou" attitude and look down on everyone else (even if they share the same views) that doesn't belong to their little group.
I attended one in it's early stages and had the utmost respect for them, but as the years went by it became more and more twisted until they lost sight of what they set out to do.
The breaking point.. well I say breaking point, but I merely used it as an excuse to quit attending.. was when officials actually walked in on a service and arrested the head Deacon. Him and his wife were both these hippopotamus size "evangelists" that had apparently been adopting children and using them as a sort of slave labor. They looked like they plucked them straight out of Ethiopia.
His main shtick was "translating God's tongue" when people would start up with that crazy ancient language that "only the heart knows." What a load of bull
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