re: #68 Walter L. Newton

And I wouldn’t take it, I stopped over a year ago, but thanks. Yes, this is evident exploitation, that’s for sure. But it should not be some sort of damning against charismatics.

The girl’s prayer is very normal for thousand and thousands of charismatic and evangelical practitioners. It is not creepy or disturbing, unless you are not use to hearing this sort of praying.

I’ve heard 6 year olds pray like this.

Wasn’t sure if you still indulged, and hence the proviso. I think it’s possible to weaken the case against these folk by indulging in too-great an emphasis on the otherwise benign aspects of their version of worship. Charismatics practice a faith that, at its roots, is probably a continuation of the oldest forms of human experience and communion with Divinity; if more people treated them with half the regard they have for, say, Yanomame shamans…