[Faith-talk] a distressing book

[Linda Mentink]

Hi Devan,

I would trust the Bible over any other book. It says "Seek the Lord, 
and He shall be found." If you truly want to be a Christian, read 
through the Gospel of John. ask God to show Himself to you, and He 
will. A relationship with God is a personal thing. It's also 
important to go to a Bible-believing Church where you can hear the 
Bible read and preached in a simple way that you can understand and 
grow from. Christ says He has chosen us, not the other way around. He 
calls; answer yes to Him, and the Holy Spirit will help you to hear 
and understand His Word.

It's good to read other books by authors you can trust, but not if 
they confuse you in your search for truth. Truth is in the Bible. 
Some here don't believe that, but many do; so, please continue to ask 
if you have questions, and we'll do our best to help and encourage you.

Blessings,

Linda

At 12:00 AM 12/30/2014, you wrote:
>Hi all. For years I've saught the truth. For years I've looked and 
>looked to find God, and just when I think I've found him, I'm not 
>sure. First there was Gnosticism that challenged me the most. I 
>studdied it, and even downloaded a few of the gospels, like of 
>Thomas. Now don't get me wrong. I don't just flit from view to view 
>on religion so easily. I soon emerged from that with the firm 
>conviction that it was just not true, for Jesus wouldn't want just a 
>little few to become children of God, and while the world is fallen, 
>our main wish shouldn't be to get out of it and not live on our way 
>through it. But there's a book called Satan's counterfeit 
>Christianity that I found on iBooks. I started reading it thinking 
>it'd give more about other ideas I should keep away from, but it 
>basically reads that all knowledge me have of Christianity is wrong. 
>It says that Catholicism is rooted in other religions, based on 
>Babel or however you spell it, and that Protestantism is just an 
>extention of Catholicism, just split and without the rituals and 
>such. So, now what? But the book's only advice about learning the 
>"true faith" is to read the Bible deeply. Well, I've been doing that 
>for as long as I had a Bible to read, and the only thing I disagree 
>with of most Christians is that the sons of God in Gen 6 were fallen 
>angels, not sons of Seth. So, is this something I should keep 
>investigating, or should I just dismiss it before I cause myself 
>more confusion and ache as happened with Gnosticism?