Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 26 days agoNot to get all religiony but why in the old testament God was all fire and brimstone and fatal consequences? But the new testament God is all about forgiveness and such??message-squaremessage-square220fedilinkarrow-up1194arrow-down112
arrow-up1182arrow-down1message-squareNot to get all religiony but why in the old testament God was all fire and brimstone and fatal consequences? But the new testament God is all about forgiveness and such??Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 26 days agomessage-square220fedilink
minus-squareLedivin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down5·26 days agoThe simple answer is that the gospel wasn’t working as well as it had been, so they had to change it up to continue attracting people. Cults are basically popularity contests, and you can’t win if you’re scaring everyone away.
The simple answer is that the gospel wasn’t working as well as it had been, so they had to change it up to continue attracting people. Cults are basically popularity contests, and you can’t win if you’re scaring everyone away.