There is no quicker way to announce to me that you are a charlatan and full of shit than to say, “Well what Jesus really meant was…”
I hear the preachers changing the language with their reinterpretations of some ancient Greek word, I hear them pick and choose which parts of their texts is literal and which are analogies. I hear them revising their “incorruptible” book, and I let it go.
But as soon as I hear some well-dressed preacher standing behind his pulpit of gold in an air-conditioned arena telling his flock of sheeple what he thinks Jesus REALLY meant… That’s just too much for me.
That goes above and beyond the usual manipulation. They have a large book full of imaginary shit but that’s not enough for them, now they’re just making new things up as they go along.
July 26th, 2010 at 7:38 pm
I think you should respect them, not revile them.
After all, it’s one thing to make the sale regurgitation someone else’s story, the marks have already been really well greased. It’s entirely a different thing making the sale by reinterpreting the myth right in front of the mark.
That takes a certain amount of skill, even with the mark helping them along.