BANANACUE
REPUBLIC
Vol I, No. 13
Dec 01, 2004
by Daphne Cardillo
False
Prophets
Rebecca Brown is one author who has been churning out toxic materials in the field of Christian Literature. In her writings, she sounds overly scared and even dramatic that if I were to take her stance, I would feel like a bigot during those early crusade years. Her presentation is almost mythological, viewing the world as a stage between the forces of good and evil that man is completely devoid of free will. Her most dangerous pronouncement however is to denounce Oriental religions and Roman Catholicism "in the name of Christ." She assigned their long-held practices to Satan, presenting the devil as an all-encompassing power.
Brown practices exorcism, as described in her books. But in her accounts, most of the cases brought to her were warped individuals--bad eggs right from the start. Some were victims of child abuse, while others were juvenile delinquents that even if Satan does not exist, still they would end up as dregs of society if not properly intervened. Most of these individuals have disintegrated personalities since they were into drugs at a young age if not sexually abused early in life, or both. The sense of self and identity has not been developed when they were crushed allegedly by Satan, or by any of those she said belongs to the devil (i.e. cults, yoga, mixed marriages, etc, etc.)
That is why in just one whole book, there was rarely an account of a transformed life after Brown's act of deliverance, only a very short period of transition. And she used the name of Jesus as a sort of a magic wand, servinThe whole material really is a hodge-podge of anti-social behavior, Satanic practices, and messing up with the psychic powers of man.g only as an antiseptic for depraved souls.
Brown presented a lot of paranormal experiences that she labeled as demons, of which I think is purely superstition. Actually, it could amount to plain ignorance. The use of psychic powers is like playing with electricity and if you use it wrongly you could burn yourself at the least, or get electrocuted at the most. The prophets were psychic, seeing the future through dreams and visions. Jesus' healing the sick with the use of the hands is a psychic phenomena. Both are paranormal events. But Moses renouncing his mobility and leading the Hebrews out of bondage from Egypt is more of a spiritual experience. Indeed, what we know of the human mind is only the tip of the iceberg and events that happen of which are its manifestations may not necessarily be that of the devil.
Love is a unifying force that I find lacking in Brown's piece, it being filled with fear, hatred, and prejudice. When Christ became man, He brought love to the world and included the gentiles (all of us who are not Jesus) in the covenant with His father in heaven. So Christ's name should not be used to divide and separate, or as a tonic for self-serving prophets of doom.
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"Rebecca
Brown uses the name of Jesus as a sort of magic wand, serving only as an
antiseptic for depraved souls. The whole material really is a
hodge-podge of anti-social behavior, Satanic practices, and messing up with
the psychic powers of man."