tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817281.post127742252811369963..comments2024-03-06T23:35:55.536-06:00Comments on Ex-Pentecostal Thoughts: Pentecostalism and InsanityFreddy Martinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07503658203357240239noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817281.post-22629472032144117592024-03-06T23:35:55.536-06:002024-03-06T23:35:55.536-06:00Ex-Pentecostal Thoughts" offers a compelling ...Ex-Pentecostal Thoughts" offers a compelling exploration of personal journeys beyond Pentecostalism. It delicately navigates complex emotions and spiritual evolution, offering invaluable insights for those navigating similar paths. A beacon of understanding and enlightenment, this blog fosters a sense of community and growth amid theological transformation. Truly enlightening! <a href="httpsPeace of Mind Wellness & Family Counselinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494117527995623434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817281.post-83781240186456686202023-08-08T07:55:05.376-05:002023-08-08T07:55:05.376-05:00Where is the scripture “Thou shalt not judge”?🛥�...Where is the scripture “Thou shalt not judge”?🛥🚣🏿♂️🥚🥚Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817281.post-72490452387354547012022-12-19T08:43:08.110-06:002022-12-19T08:43:08.110-06:00I agree that Pentecostals do have mental problems....I agree that Pentecostals do have mental problems. It is also a heresy. Many churches have heresies. For the protection of the children, Pentecostalism should come with a warning. profwatsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14825871981121008822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817281.post-90285440963961018212022-10-23T10:25:15.669-05:002022-10-23T10:25:15.669-05:00I am so glad that I stumbled across this blog on t...I am so glad that I stumbled across this blog on the internet today. I struggled with addiction and mental health issues for 25 years. I was arrested for drug trafficking about 9 years ago and sentenced to 5 years in prison. Thats when I came to know Jesus. A few years after being a christian, a lady who belonged to the Church ministry who cane inside the prison gave me a piece of paper that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817281.post-72023421237575112582021-10-15T10:02:04.199-05:002021-10-15T10:02:04.199-05:00i was brought up in the pentecostal religion and k...i was brought up in the pentecostal religion and knew ,as a child , it was not normal behavior. when o turned 18 i hit the ground running raeraehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233628029698218673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817281.post-10697462056181739572020-06-25T22:37:48.184-05:002020-06-25T22:37:48.184-05:00>>I was a Oneness Pentecostal for about 20 y...>>I was a Oneness Pentecostal for about 20 years and am now a Lutheran.<<<br /><br />Wow... you jumped out of the frying pan of error, my friend, right into the fire. Both of those are denominations founded by men and cannot be found in the Bible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817281.post-70307738732132291502019-04-27T15:49:35.371-05:002019-04-27T15:49:35.371-05:00Any discussion about Pentecostalism or Charismatic...Any discussion about Pentecostalism or Charismatics is useless unless you are are at least willing to study the history of these "movements" and especially their connection to the hippie "counter culture" movement.<br /><br />Peace and love??????<br /><br />It all amounts to Gnosticism!!<br /><br />Quintin<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00263117712263796748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817281.post-49506742373599206242019-01-29T18:11:21.956-06:002019-01-29T18:11:21.956-06:00Others are not personally responsible for others s...Others are not personally responsible for others sickness. They are responsible for getting th professional help they need so they dont harm others.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14692641109155963005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817281.post-17660917912700500302018-03-02T13:25:21.581-06:002018-03-02T13:25:21.581-06:00I am Bipolar II, and I've been a pastor. I'...I am Bipolar II, and I've been a pastor. I've known<br />enough mentally ill people, religious and non-religious,<br />and know enough about Ritual Trance Induction to say that<br />the author of this blog hits the nail right on the head.Drewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817281.post-64771687773095218632017-12-21T13:28:14.656-06:002017-12-21T13:28:14.656-06:00No one can understand what this person has gone th...No one can understand what this person has gone through unless they have gone through it themselves.I was extremely fortunate thatI knew someone that helped me get throuugh the pain.Please don't judge him again and cause more pain.A kind word might help him get over his experience. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817281.post-41244610400692977392017-12-12T09:23:31.567-06:002017-12-12T09:23:31.567-06:00i am apostolic Pentecostal and i feel very offende...i am apostolic Pentecostal and i feel very offended by this. not all Pentecostals are uneducated. I've been Pentecostal for about 3 years and everyone in my church is probably smarter then most people in public schools. a lot of Pentecostals are home schooled and are in higher grades than most kids their age.also my pastor has a collage education and every pastor i have ever meet has one harmonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817281.post-63361134163608125432017-11-18T00:23:20.692-06:002017-11-18T00:23:20.692-06:00My wife is diagnosed bi-polar, and she was Charism...My wife is diagnosed bi-polar, and she was Charismatic when I met her. Meanwhile, I leaned more reformed. I allowed myself to get caught up in the movement because I didn't realize the dangers of it. Since being married to her she has been very unstable and violent. She refuses to seek medical help because she believed God has warned her against psychologists, this was with the support of theLeviJayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07290807231765425407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817281.post-90791331002424435042017-07-25T13:11:17.344-05:002017-07-25T13:11:17.344-05:00Lack of formal education (or at the very least rat...Lack of formal education (or at the very least rational or scientific inquiry) is the reason why ancient people believed in all kinds of superstitious and supernatural beliefs. Have you noticed as time goes on there is less belief in ghosts, psychic abilities, deities, magic, witchcraft, etc.<br /><br />It's because we are more advanced thinkers now and our minds are not as easily persuaded Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817281.post-46475170097969039542016-12-27T18:20:34.617-06:002016-12-27T18:20:34.617-06:00Hi!
The Catholics have their Charismatic movement ...Hi!<br />The Catholics have their Charismatic movement and I've attended their prayer meetings. Some of them seemed to have psychological problems. The other ones acted as if speaing in tounges could just happen by wish it to happen. God doesn't work like that. Also, speaking in tounges seem non-important these Days. <br />Anyway, psychological such as needing to shout out names of God orAndersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817281.post-88798478529732044432016-11-29T16:35:28.530-06:002016-11-29T16:35:28.530-06:00I was raised in the upci. By the time I was five, ...I was raised in the upci. By the time I was five, I was paranoid badly. I was terrified to say or do something God would send me to Hell for. I attended school in ankle length dresses and had to have my elbows covered at all times. My hair was uncut and always up, less I tempt a man and cause him to fall. I was bullied, I had no friends outside of the church. I was unable to participate in many Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817281.post-10541518855129396882016-10-23T05:04:07.154-05:002016-10-23T05:04:07.154-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09952668965190019412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817281.post-37553955367870443432016-07-25T15:29:45.058-05:002016-07-25T15:29:45.058-05:00I had bipolar disorder aside from being charismati...I had bipolar disorder aside from being charismatic, and needed hospitalization and medication to escape the insanity of the charismatic beliefs. Religion did not give me bipolar disorder, but bipolar disorder made me charismatic.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12051988379638309754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817281.post-55412332412854084322016-07-25T15:29:28.952-05:002016-07-25T15:29:28.952-05:00I had bipolar disorder aside from being charismati...I had bipolar disorder aside from being charismatic, and needed hospitalization and medication to escape the insanity of the charismatic beliefs. Religion did not give me bipolar disorder, but bipolar disorder made me charismatic.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12051988379638309754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817281.post-87385363505719461102016-06-25T23:51:46.308-05:002016-06-25T23:51:46.308-05:00Two good books to read :
1)John F. MacArthur
Stra...Two good books to read : <br />1)John F. MacArthur<br />Strange Fire: The Danger of Offending the Holy Spirit with Counterfeit Worship <br />And <br />2)Michael L. Brown<br />Authentic Fire: A Response to John MacArthur's StrangeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994586367723375780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817281.post-9031585884230750412016-06-25T22:16:16.524-05:002016-06-25T22:16:16.524-05:00Amen. I have suffered in a pentacostal church myse...Amen. I have suffered in a pentacostal church myself , i still have some type of trauma, but its less. Im glad I suffered/ suffer through that because It got me to seek God and re-born in faith when I thoug I knew it all and thaugh I was rightious on my own. I got to know God's judgment on sin and I got to know his Grace. I trust Jesus and salvation , and got to know the Holy Spirit's Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994586367723375780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817281.post-60680120050643203302016-06-25T22:02:11.057-05:002016-06-25T22:02:11.057-05:00The the Apostles knew Jesus Christ himself. He ap...The the Apostles knew Jesus Christ himself. He appointed them. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994586367723375780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817281.post-90647847921637850962016-06-25T21:07:13.129-05:002016-06-25T21:07:13.129-05:00Tongues is known languages right? Tongues is known languages right? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994586367723375780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817281.post-31734739449634764852016-06-25T21:06:28.313-05:002016-06-25T21:06:28.313-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994586367723375780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817281.post-49159196086824055072016-04-18T15:32:56.978-05:002016-04-18T15:32:56.978-05:00I happen to be a Apostolic Pentecostal. And am rea...I happen to be a Apostolic Pentecostal. And am really offended by your blog. Remember this one saying Please " Why don't you take the plank out of your eye brother so you can clearly see the speck in mine" But I'm just a man who wishes to read the Bible. To know the truth. And we Apostolic Pentecostals seek the truth. Do agree with me that the Holy Bible as written with no text Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817281.post-18073045015819162172015-10-23T14:00:03.791-05:002015-10-23T14:00:03.791-05:00Thanks for writing a blog. I finally completely s...Thanks for writing a blog. I finally completely switched denominations not too long ago after being raised Pentecostal. It took a lot of courage (which I believe came from God) to honestly question a lot of teachings and admit that they didn't add up. I'm improving, but I still suffer from anger and depression related to my experiences. It's difficult to recover when you've Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com