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**Preorbtat** · 04-29-2006, 02:38 AM

Round and round we go! :

Should an individual come, however, deeply engaged with and submersed in modern-day neo-gnosticism, what will your response be?

Excellent question. My response to that person would be to first pray for them and then secondly to direct them to someone who has experience in dealing with such spiritual affairs, like for example a member of the clergy.

as before, the fact that some people are not in a position to encounter such material without it posing serious problems to their spiritual life, and who thus should not do so, has, I think, been a given from the beginning of this conversation - no one has ever suggested otherwise. I guess my problem with this quote is that it may not be some people who may encounter serious problems with their spiritual life from reading this book, but many, if not, God forbid, most! The Arian heresy was what the majority believed in many regions for many years. Will The Da Vinci Code create such movement? I don't know. From a purely statistical and historical estimate, probably not. Then again, I'm sure many felt Arius' writings would also be a flash in a pan and quickly disappear. We cannot underestimate the impact such heresies have as a whole, to all humankind.

Benign neglect and passive denial is what often allows a small incidental mole to transform into an aggressive and metastatic cancer. As members of the Church and examples to our fellow Christians, we should act as diligent surveyors, ready to remove it with the first sign of malignancy, rather than study its in situ growth and patterns and distinguishing characteristics. Sure, such study could allow us to publish many papers, but it risks the health and life of the Body, which is the Church. Yes, there are fascinating components attributing to its phenomenal and staggering growth, but meanwhile, one by one, the Body's members are being attacked, being infiltrated with cancerous thoughts, and dying away from the Truth. There are people right now reading this book who will deny Jesus because of what they have read. I continue to hold my position. For shame to me if I should swerve because of social pressure and any false sense of spiritual security.

04-29-2006, 02:38 AM	#21
Preorbtat Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 455 Senior Member	Round and round we go! : Should an individual come, however, deeply engaged with and submersed in modern-day neo-gnosticism, what will your response be? Excellent question. My response to that person would be to first pray for them and then secondly to direct them to someone who has experience in dealing with such spiritual affairs, like for example a member of the clergy. as before, the fact that some people are not in a position to encounter such material without it posing serious problems to their spiritual life, and who thus should not do so, has, I think, been a given from the beginning of this conversation - no one has ever suggested otherwise. I guess my problem with this quote is that it may not be some people who may encounter serious problems with their spiritual life from reading this book, but many, if not, God forbid, most! The Arian heresy was what the majority believed in many regions for many years. Will The Da Vinci Code create such movement? I don't know. From a purely statistical and historical estimate, probably not. Then again, I'm sure many felt Arius' writings would also be a flash in a pan and quickly disappear. We cannot underestimate the impact such heresies have as a whole, to all humankind. Benign neglect and passive denial is what often allows a small incidental mole to transform into an aggressive and metastatic cancer. As members of the Church and examples to our fellow Christians, we should act as diligent surveyors, ready to remove it with the first sign of malignancy, rather than study its in situ growth and patterns and distinguishing characteristics. Sure, such study could allow us to publish many papers, but it risks the health and life of the Body, which is the Church. Yes, there are fascinating components attributing to its phenomenal and staggering growth, but meanwhile, one by one, the Body's members are being attacked, being infiltrated with cancerous thoughts, and dying away from the Truth. There are people right now reading this book who will deny Jesus because of what they have read. I continue to hold my position. For shame to me if I should swerve because of social pressure and any false sense of spiritual security.
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