tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570982804100640341.post4785296053966025202..comments2020-03-26T10:56:35.085-05:00Comments on One Family, Many Faiths: Ecstatic Expression and Ecclesiastical ExecutionsYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17899198991961663809noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570982804100640341.post-19826388412250172652012-01-25T10:11:12.652-06:002012-01-25T10:11:12.652-06:00Morals cannot be "imposed", although man...Morals cannot be "imposed", although mankind does try. Moral standards can be taught - but if not caught they lose their effectiveness. The soul seeks to know God in many ways but because mankind is a fallen creature he must be redeemed. The Shakers/Quakers/Pentecostals were (are?) focused on the "move of the spirit" but there are both good spirits and evil spirits. How does one discern when the spirit is evil? 1 John 4:3 "And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world." Religious excesses have always been around and will continue. My mind, soul and spirit is fixed on Jesus as the answer to all of the questions.Fred Altonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12740055638280779519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570982804100640341.post-63767437623450995422012-01-23T09:47:21.918-06:002012-01-23T09:47:21.918-06:00If we have the power, we (humans) tend to control ...If we have the power, we (humans) tend to control that which we donot understand. We in America have definitely had our 'terrible' rules against many religious beliefs. <br /><br />It is hard to believe in many cases we had a modern day inqusition.<br /><br />It is hard to live and let live sometimes, when the authority is there.<br /><br />I have never heard of the Indian Shakers.jack69https://www.blogger.com/profile/12884137603402812926noreply@blogger.com