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49941 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1100.7 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… proclaims Spiritualism’s independence of Bible authority or support but at the Same time craftily seeks support from that same Bible. This it does by depreciating …
49942 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1101.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… establishing Spiritualism’s contentions. This is allegedly through “contacting the celestial world.” Thus the presentation is under way.24) Description …
49943 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1101 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
2. CLAIMS BIBLE PERMEATED WITH SPIRITUALISM PHENOMENA
49944 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1101.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
The obvious strategy is to thrust Spiritualism’s manifestations into the Bible story. Twelve packed pages are employed in a labored attempt to show that
49945 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1101.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
“Spiritualism furnishes the key whereby the mysteries of the Bible and its miracles are explained with a clearness commentators have not been able to attain for want of knowledge it furnishes.” 29) Ibid.
49946 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1102.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… that Spiritualism proves that “the soul lives an in a natural state after the change called death, and has the opportunity of advancing in the world of spirit …
49947 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1102.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
“Communication with the so-called dead is a fact, scientifically proven by the phenomena of Spiritualism.”
49948 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1102.6 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… for Spiritualism’s assumptions.34) Ibid., p. 26.
49949 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1102.7 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… in spiritual realm of those who went forth through the death change into light and liberty ‘over there!’” 35) Ibid., p. 27.
49950 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1103.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… for Spiritualism that should never be forgotten: “Dogma, creed and religious symbols of a by-gone day mean nothing to the truly enlightened Spiritualist …
49951 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1103 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
6. BERRY — SPIRITUALISM “ENTIRELY INDEPENDENT” OF BIBLE
49952 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1103.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… declares Spiritualism to be “entirely independent of any other system of philosophy or religion.” She makes this sweeping disclaimer: “Its proofs and evidences …
49953 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1103.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
Spiritualism’s “great postulates,” the article continues, include “continuity of life after death, the power of decarnate souls to manifest to mortals.” These are declared to be a “part of nature’s divine revelations, demonstrable to all.” 42) Ibid.
49954 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1104.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
“SPIRITUALISM and TRUE CHRISTIANITY are SISTER religions; by true Christianity we mean the simple unpolluted teachings of the Nazarene before it was weighted down and largely hidden by Pauline theology-and-creedal accumulations.” 43) Ibid., p. 38.
49955 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1104.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
Decrying “churchianity,” Berry then builds up a supporting “similarity” between “primitive Christianity and Modern Spiritualism.” She contends for their “close affinity” by this specious strategem:
49956 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1104.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
“modern Spiritualism is a powerful ally of true Christianity, a system of religion which will never die if purged of its unscientific theology, its irrational concepts of God, of man, of life and death and the hereaf ter.” 46) Ibid., p. 39.
49957 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1104.6 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
Then she reaffirms her postulate: “Modern Spiritualism, and TRUE Christianity are essentially one in their teachings.” 47) Ibid.
49958 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1104.7 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… the spiritual worlds,” Berry insists: “Jesus claimed to be in frequent contact with people in the spirit world, they ministered to Him and were alert to His needs …
49959 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1105.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… Modern Spiritualism,” Berry asserts: “According to the facts and teachings of the New Testament and those of Modern Spiritualism, it is undoubted that man …
49960 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1105.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… “Modern Spiritualism” not only “furnishes the KEY to the Bible,” but to “the life and ministry of Jesus and of His disciples.” This knowledge is “exhibited in the …