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51061 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1100.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
The ultimate in the daringly distorted claims of Spiritualism’s relation to Christianity is stated in these words:
51062 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1100.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… to Spiritualism when the Christian Religion was really born in a Séance? The real beginning of Christianity, its motive power, its great impetus, came-not …
51063 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1100 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
6. SUBSTITUTES SPIRITUALISM FOR HOLY SPIRIT AS “COMFORTER.”
51064 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1100.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
Austin actually implies that the functions of the Holy Spirit have their fulfillment in “Spiritualism as a World Teacher, Inspirer and Com f orter of humanity.” 23) Ibid., No. 65. (Italics supplied.)
51065 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1100.6 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… of Spiritualism’s late attempts to answer the question What Is Spiritualism? Emil C. Reichel, secretary of the National Spiritualist Association of Churches …
51066 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 …
51067 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 …
51068 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1101 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
2. CLAIMS BIBLE PERMEATED WITH SPIRITUALISM PHENOMENA
51069 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
51070 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.
51071 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 …
51072 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.”
51073 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1102.6 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… for Spiritualism’s assumptions.34) Ibid., p. 26.
51074 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.
51075 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 …
51076 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1103 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
6. BERRY — SPIRITUALISM “ENTIRELY INDEPENDENT” OF BIBLE
51077 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 …
51078 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.
51079 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.
51080 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: