Comments on: Defining What “Good” is.

By: grace2live

grace2live — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:33:01 +0000

Oops, forget that one, it’s mentioned right in that paragraph!!!

By: grace2live

grace2live — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:31:46 +0000

What about, “Avoid all appearance of evil?” That’s a great one, too.

By: RJW

RJW — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:21:48 +0000

Yes, and remember you want to be in the “center of God’s perfect will for your life.” Whatever that is. . .

By: steve b

steve b — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:06:08 +0000

And of course there is another whip used to coerce people into doing things. Its the “Don’t you want God’s best for your life”. Had that, one used on me, in trying to convince me to take a short term missions trip.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:48:24 +0000

Heh never thought of it that way, but you’re right – that definitely is a powerful tool of manipulation within fundamentalism!

“Funny how the rest of the stuff that comes before the word Ã¢â‚¬Å“thereforeÃ¢â‚¬Â in the verse doesnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t really get brought up in these conversations. It must not be that good.”

One of the most eye-opening things for me after/while leaving fundamentalism was (and still is!) seeing all those out-of-context verses put in their proper context.

By: Reader Mo

Reader Mo — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:33:30 +0000

“Good” is also one of those things that it is acceptable to yell during preachin’. If one is tired of saying “A!-men”, “Preach it!”, “Come on!”, or the penetential classic “Oh, me!”, one can throw in “That’s good!”, or, my personal favorite, “That’s good preachin’!” My second favorite is “That’ll preach!”