A question to ponder: Is the following a coincidence, or is RF pastor Pieter Visser doing a "L. Ron Hubbard/ Scientology" style trick on everyone?
In an article in the recent April 09 Euro report, titled "God's grace", he opens with the following statement (emphasis mine):
"A while ago I read somewhere an attempt to typify the new testament as compared to the old testament, it read: “The destruction of evil seems less desirable than the conversion of bad into good”, followed by a quotation from John 8:11 ….. “go and sin no more.” This didn’t seem to be a bad summing-up of the new testament’s “mission statement” and I decided to investigate this further."
Since he hasnt told us where that "somewhere" was, I too decided to investigate further, thinking that maybe he is drawing his info from some theological book. You know, the exact type of publication which Visser's sheep are forbidden to read. So I did a quick google search and this surprise came up:
"However, in the concluding scene, R. Daneel exhibits a sense of morality. He argues that the captured murderer be treated leniently, telling his human companions that he now realizes the destruction of evil is less desirable than the conversion of evil into good. Quoting the Pericope Adulteræ, Daneel tells the murderer, "Go, and sin no more!"
Where is it from? It is from a plot summary of a science fiction novel by non other than Isaac Asimov, called Caves of Steel. About half-way down this web page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Caves_of_Steel
And, funnily, the character doing the talking is a robot, penned by a practically atheist writer.
Can anyone see a reasonable explanation for this, other than that some serious wool is being pulled over many eyes? I am struggling to comprehend :)
BTW, the rest of the article says absolutely nothing about God's grace, and basically contains nothing but fearmongering.
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