But my first posting did address the contents and thrust of your essay - and very directly too.

Meanwhile speaking of false "theology" and the applied politics and "culture" that inevitably extends from it why not read the essay by John Feffer titled Trump and the Global Rise of the Christian Right

'However, I find it disturbing that young adults have not been educated or discipled in basic truths of the Gospel and reject them. Their replacement eisegesis (reading one's ideas into) of the text of Jeremiah 29:11 creates false teaching.'

Hi Ozspen

It is a little unfair to generalise although the 'Gods got a plan for your life message ' does have some merit if taught in the right context. His Word is a light until our path and a light unto our feet. That plan may well include persecution and the giving away of possessions that hold so many of us. At the end of the day God will sort out the wheat and weeds

runner,

<< the 'Gods got a plan for your life message ' does have some merit if taught in the right context.>>

I agree, but not by reefing Jeremiah 29:11 out of context and make it mean what is does not mean.

This verse provides a glimpse into God's plan for Christians:

'Don’t change yourselves to be like the people of this world, but let God change you inside with a new way of thinking. Then you will be able to understand and accept what God wants for you. You will be able to know what is good and pleasing to him and what is perfect' (Romans 12:2 ERV).

I agree that God's plan may / will involve persecution but we have this assurance from Jesus himself:

'If the world hates you, remember that they hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as it loves its own people. But I have chosen you to be different from those in the world. So you don’t belong to the world, and that is why the world hates you.

“Remember the lesson I told you: Servants are not greater than their master. If people treated me badly, they will treat you badly too. And if they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours too. They will do to you whatever they did to me, because you belong to me. They don’t know the one who sent me' (John 15:18-21 ERV).

If I were you, I would be happy letting Christian Fundamentalists continue along their merry path.
as it transpires, fundamentalism in its many forms, is the last useful cannon on the hill, firing effectively at secularism and its global warming elite.

Dan

Accusing a theologian of promulgating "fake theology" is like accusing Peter Brock of speeding at Bathurst.

Theology is like groping around in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there, and shouting "I found it!"

JBSH,

<<Accusing a theologian of promulgating "fake theology" is like accusing Peter Brock of speeding at Bathurst. >>

In my article, which theologian did I accuse of promoting false theology?

<<Theology is like groping around in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there, and shouting "I found it!">>

To the contrary, the word 'theology' comes from two Greek words, theos + logos, which means the message or study of God. It is a human attempt to understand God as He has revealed Himself in Scripture and creation. It will never be a perfect discipline because it is trying to explain in human terms, the infinite God and his eternal attributes.

We know from Romans 11:33-36 that anyone who tries to describe God is not looking in a dark room for a wild cat, but is trying to explain in human terms the Almighty God. See: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Rom+11%3A33-36&version=ERV

Theology is the art (not a precise science) of knowing God through what He has revealed to us. Basic biblical theology is foundational to true Christianity as it is the teaching of God's word.