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Date Posted: 13:00:29 02/25/05 Fri
Author: PECAS
Subject: Re: Questions...
In reply to: Mike K. 's message, "Questions..." on 02:40:26 02/21/05 Mon

>I happened to be on the receiving end of a "sermon" of
>"Questions come from Satan. If you have questions,
>it means Satan's got a hold on you. If you turn to the
>Lord, all the questions will go away."

>It's so easy to point the finger at someone asking
>questions and say "it just proves you're lacking
>faith" but that's not right in my view.
>

After almost eight years in UBF, a minister saying that asking questions is from Satan immediately raises red flags. My chapter director always responded to my questions about UBF abuse by saying that if I looked to Jesus, I would go feed sheep by faith without any questions. This minister most likely does not want to be questioned about what he is doing or asks others to do.

One of many things I learned from being in UBF is to ask many questions. There is nothing wrong with having faith based on intelligence. Saying that we should not ask questions means that we are supposed to have ignorant faith. Ignorant faith can more easily be manipulated by corrupt leaders.

In Christ,

PECAS

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