I just have a couple questions, I will be doing a report and using some responses as references if they are received. Thank you for your time in advance:
1.) What is the literacy and educational levels of your A.) Church leaders/elders? B.) Congregation/followers?
2.) What is the demographic that is sought after for new members of your church?
3.) What is the churches ultimate goal/mission?
4.) Are any violent acts (verbal, mental, or physical) beyond picketing in which members or followers of the church partake condoned or sanctioned by the church or its officials?
5.) Can any specific scriptures or quotations that give irrefutable proof and clout to the beliefs and practices implemented by your church be given?
Dear Justin –
You don’t need to make up any reason for a question, just ask a question or 5, but you should be careful, as your deliberate Bible ignorance is showing.
1. All leaders and elders except 2 have college degrees; most of them also have either additionally JDs or MBAs or some other masters degree. But more important than that, we have decades of daily searching the scriptures to see if these things are so! The young people, and every one of them are in school, and depending upon their age head in the direction of their parents and loved ones in both their secular and religious education!
2. Tee hee! How funny are you?! We don’t SEEK new members. We are not a social club! This is a church of the Living God! The members are called forth by the Holy Spirit, and when they present themselves here, they have evidence by their words and deeds that they belong here. Their manner of life is consistent with that of a servant of God and their presentation is that of a servant of God. Likewise, when a rebel without a cause presents themselves, their pride, arrogance, disobedience and feigned love for God is quickly discerned by these little servants of God! Check out these words as examples of how that looks:
Matthew 3:10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Matthew 7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Hebrews 5:14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Revelation 2:2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
3. Preach the Word of God! In the doing of that, to be faithful to the words that are contained in The Book! It is called, The Bible.
4. Look at you trying to sneak in some lie about the pickets being violent! Shut up fool! The Church of the Lord Jesus Christ is authorized to use WORDS. We use WORDS! You little girly boys that are all about how you feeeeeeeeeeelllllll need to shut the hell up about your metro-sexual selves that can’t take the Words of God! Too bad about you and your feelings. Take that up with God. Then, ask your hating parents why they raised you to be so painfully Bible ignorant, thereby bringing curses and the wrath of God down on your heads such that you don’t have a clue and there is not a man left among you, just a bunch of squally effeminate sissies with a crying towel! Then, consider how you will feel when God drops your squally backside into hell for eternity, where the worm never dies and the fire is never quenched and the smoke of your torment ascends up for ever and ever. Will you find that a little violent?! That also can be taken up with your God!
2Co 10:4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds)
The duty of a servant of God is to OBEY the laws of God and that INCLUDES that we must OBEY the laws of men, SO, we do!
5. Yes, it is called, The Bible! Do your own reading rebel. We have filled several web pages with words about what we do and why and the scriptural reason for it. Do your own research on that question. Begin with the FAQs on the www.godhatesfags.com page. There is almost nothing worse than a lazy rebel with an attitude looking for someone to do their work for them.
Thanks for writing.
Anathema, Maranatha