Slippery as Eels
Published on Facebook, October 27, 2009
By Bud Powell
The
three most common devices of heretics, in order to turn the discussion against
their opponents are some form of this:
1. They claim to be
misunderstood. This is easy because they use words deceptively and, when
called, profess another meaning. The animal keeps changing.
2. They accuse you of arrogance: you are a "know it all" and
prideful.
3. They accuse you of not having compassion, of being harsh and unloving. They
are not loving when they say this. They know they were caught and pretend
otherwise. They would make the argument turn on emotion.
Truth has nothing to do with the inner state of the one who speaks the truth.
Neither does a lie become the truth even when spoken "lovingly and
tenderly."
The pagans did not burn Christians because they disagreed with them. They
burned Christians because Christians claimed to be right about Jesus being the
Son of God and the only way to Heaven.
The sign is not compassionate.
Too pointed and scary.
