This is the type of response that pastors are taught druing their education... What has always striked me the most... is we point fingers at pastors and leaders in churches and assemblies... But the real poison behind it all?? Bible colleges... Seminaries... these are the places that train the person written about in the original post. They are taught and coached on how to react to many situations... There are classes on ethics, church and business, etc... Anyhow... If it were not for these institutions, the students (Your pastor) would not have such narrow minded views.
As far as what he said, it is quite typical. The modern christian believes that life on earth is a sort of 'passing through' until we settle in heaven for eternity. Why on earth would a creator put us here and just let us run around withut any first hand instruction, and then have it all for not?? If there is a god, then life is the point! Raising my daughters and being a good father is the most important thing on this planet to me... to see them grow and explore life uninhibited... without prejudice or ignorance... So this is meaningless?? Bullshit... Your pastor needs to give his head a shake... If he would actually care about YOU and not just your state of 'salvation' he would get a lot further. They have no idea how to be friends with people,because at the end of the day it's about growing the church. Period. I get that all the time as well... as a former PAOC pastor myself I occasionaly run into poeple who I used to socialize with. THE FIRST THING they always ask is 'are you going to church?'.. wow... Fuck off... You don't have the human decency to at least ask how I'm doing? They are all the same... first hand advice?? Stay away from this guy and his camp. If you are having thoughts of God, you do NOT need someone else to tell you how to experience it, or how to manage it. This is LIFE man!!! LIVE IT TO ITS FULLEST! I always say.... at the end of life if you have no regrets, then you did it wrong.
As far as what he said, it is quite typical. The modern christian believes that life on earth is a sort of 'passing through' until we settle in heaven for eternity. Why on earth would a creator put us here and just let us run around withut any first hand instruction, and then have it all for not?? If there is a god, then life is the point! Raising my daughters and being a good father is the most important thing on this planet to me... to see them grow and explore life uninhibited... without prejudice or ignorance... So this is meaningless?? Bullshit... Your pastor needs to give his head a shake... If he would actually care about YOU and not just your state of 'salvation' he would get a lot further. They have no idea how to be friends with people,because at the end of the day it's about growing the church. Period. I get that all the time as well... as a former PAOC pastor myself I occasionaly run into poeple who I used to socialize with. THE FIRST THING they always ask is 'are you going to church?'.. wow... Fuck off... You don't have the human decency to at least ask how I'm doing? They are all the same... first hand advice?? Stay away from this guy and his camp. If you are having thoughts of God, you do NOT need someone else to tell you how to experience it, or how to manage it. This is LIFE man!!! LIVE IT TO ITS FULLEST! I always say.... at the end of life if you have no regrets, then you did it wrong.
