I was thinking about heresy lately. In the past, I didn’t really seem to mind it. So what if other denominations have non-trinitarian views? I mean, it’s not like they did (or rather believe) anything super wrong. Or so I thought…
Recently God explained to me why heresy is a mortal sin, and he framed it as theft of his intellectual property. It makes perfect sense: God wrote the Bible, as 2 Timothy 16 says here: “All scripture is God-breathed.” When a false prophet alters various theological concepts and scriptures, all done for the purpose of self-gain, he is stealing our heavenly father’s copyrighted material.
From my readings on Wikipedia, the editors suggest that heresy arises due to mistranslations of the Bible or other errors with language and interpretation, so (purportedly) it follows that ideas get passed down incorrectly like the children’s telephone game. Yet this theory doesn’t have any merit, especially when you read the biographies of people like Arias. He was clearly in it for self-gain, as were all heresiarchs. They are all basically charismatic leaders who create new pseudo-Christian religions (having altered theological precepts to the point where their faith only sort of resembles Christianity) and attract many followers, which in turn leads to more influence, power, and money for themselves. Heresy never begins as a mere accident.
Recently God explained to me why heresy is a mortal sin, and he framed it as theft of his intellectual property. It makes perfect sense: God wrote the Bible, as 2 Timothy 16 says here: “All scripture is God-breathed.” When a false prophet alters various theological concepts and scriptures, all done for the purpose of self-gain, he is stealing our heavenly father’s copyrighted material.
From my readings on Wikipedia, the editors suggest that heresy arises due to mistranslations of the Bible or other errors with language and interpretation, so (purportedly) it follows that ideas get passed down incorrectly like the children’s telephone game. Yet this theory doesn’t have any merit, especially when you read the biographies of people like Arias. He was clearly in it for self-gain, as were all heresiarchs. They are all basically charismatic leaders who create new pseudo-Christian religions (having altered theological precepts to the point where their faith only sort of resembles Christianity) and attract many followers, which in turn leads to more influence, power, and money for themselves. Heresy never begins as a mere accident.
