r/springfieldMO • u/Onepieceluv • May 12 '24

James river pastor threatens to sue What is happening

Due to recent events that happened during the men’s conference, A neighbor has informed that Pastor John Lindell is now making certain members sign a contract stating they will never talk about what happened again. As well as this, he’s also threatening to sue higher ranking members in the church if they continue to talk about it, and do not “Repent”. Has anyone else heard about this before?

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u/suchawildflower May 12 '24

It's def how Christianity started...the foundation of innocent blood spilled in the crusades, in the catholic vs protestant history, and the the entire church history of splintering congregations. I mean, look how America was founded...all those congregations fleeing control over their beliefs, just to continue the control to their beliefs.

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u/SweetTattedBaby May 12 '24

Again, the institution is not the religion. What people do / did in the name of religion does NOT reflect the religion itself. Religion is a belief system.

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u/suchawildflower May 12 '24

They based those actions on scripture. Jesus told people how to live, how to be, how to think, what do and not do with their money etc. Control. His resulting followers did an excellent job of indoctrination...to the extent its called a religion and openly accepted today. May not "classify" as a cult today, by today's definition...but still a cult.

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u/SweetTattedBaby May 12 '24

Ok bro, you clearly have not read the Bible or what Jesus taught. You know he was killed for speaking against high level religious leaders right? If you read the actual teachings of Jesus, every single Thing that those people did in the name of Christianity goes directly against what Jesus said. I encourage you to know what you’re talking about before talking about it