Carnal Christianity Kills the Spiritual Being

Ran across this article today. Remember the androndonous Pat from SNL? Well, she now calls herself an atheist. How did this happen? Religion killed the life of God welling up in her. Follow me. In the article she recalls an experience with the Holy Spirit:

And then I had one night where I had an experience that I considered to be religious — it’s not like God’s face came and talked to me or anything, but I just felt a presence in the room, and then I felt really kind of healed.

I felt like I was being taken care of by God, and then after that, I thought, you know, I’m 38. It’s time to get serious about religion. Let’s go join the church and get those little envelopes and be a giver and sign up for some committees, you know?

And all the people said AMEN! Oh, but wait. She didn’t go to where the anointing was:

And so I did, and then one of the things I signed up for was Bible study class, and that was the beginning of the end.

The worst thing you can do is have an experience with the living God, then go to a dead church. It throws everything into a tailspin.

To me, the Iliad offers more insight into human character and lessons than the Bible. You know, like Jesus was angry a lot. When he turned all those people into pigs and made them run off a mountain, it was so hateful, not just to people but to pigs. I felt upset for the pigs!

I won’t even comment on that quote except to say that this woman needed to be around the anointing.

If somebody has credible evidence that there is a supernatural power that knows what I think and cares about me and offers me a life after death, I would look at that evidence with an open mind. On the other hand, I can’t imagine there would be that evidence.

The evidence was her testimony. Just a tragic story.

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