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"The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron."
1 Timothy 4:1-2
If those cultists could read they'd be very upset right now.
Did you grow up in Baltimore? Because you're barely literate yourself
Okay, but this could describe any number of presidents, kings, and high priests.
And probably was. That passage was from a letter to early Christians, and was likely in response to a perceived issue already present at the time.
Yeah, that's the point. Don't worship politicians, kings, and priests. Or anyone for that matter, except God... I'm atheist though, so not even "God" in my opinion.
Sure. But I see this stuff lobbed at damned near every high profile figure, from Hollywood celebrities to Presidents to Popes.
Some base of mega-fans get attention for going off the edge, and suddenly any vote for Obama or tickets to the next Beyonce concert means you've been corrupted by evil brain demons. This quote gets abused to imply everything popular is an abandonment of faith or a form of idolatry.
It leads you to the "I only need to read one book" style of evangelicalism. I'm not a fan, even if it gets espoused by an atheist who pivots to "And even God doesn't count".
I was gonna write that I've met my favorite Christians posting liberal comments on the Internet. Then I remembered I have practicing friends in real life, and we're friends bc of our shared liberal values. And that being Christian doesn't make you a douche, imposing your will on others and voting for the devil make you a douche.