Re: The Living Word Fellowship, The Walk, John Robert Stevens
Date: October 29, 2014 09:11AM
Ditch--may I call you Ditch?--that is good logic, but I notice the free flow of information isn't resulting in fewer cults or less bizarre beliefs out there. People will believe anything. The pope is infallible--why not Marilyn? And believing that one or two persons are the ticket into the kingdom isn't really all that far fetched. After all, it has been 2000 years, and Jesus hasn't returned. One could make the argument that something is seriously off there. Personally, I say 2000 years is long enough, we have been duped, it just ain't happening. Change the premise and move on. But people love their premises and go to great lengths to preserve them. Therefore, the time elapsed shows that Jesus is waiting for us to do something different, something righter. If waiting for 2000 years has brought about nothing, then taking the kingdom by force might bring about something. Of course we know that also won't work. Nothing will. But unless the original premise is abandoned these people are compelled to think they are still doing something wrong, that Jesus wants very much to rule his earth kingdom, but his hands are tied. It is their fault, not his, that he has not returned to rule. Frankly, Jesus isn't looking all that kingly if he has to rely on this bunch of ragamuffins to turn the trick. A mighty people, indeed. Everybody gets to be important. But I digress. At present, the walk cult is only slightly off the deep end of fundamental Christianity, nowhere near Heavens Gate and Jonestown. Yet we don't know what dangers it may present down the road. I don't think anybody will ever be convinced of the perils of the walk by a scriptural debate as to the real meaning and intent of Christianity. Walkers can persuasively argue scripture as well as or better than anybody. The way I see it, the way to dissuade future cult members is to publicly expose the leaders in a verifiable manner. By now somebody must have researched the financial, divorce, and death records to make that start. That aside, I am interested in your idea about online access to the true beliefs. Wikipedia?