This is a good point that should NOT be overlooked.
The self proclaimed spiritually gifted high profile and profitable groups and individuals do correlate to spiritual abuse in one form or another. I'm not saying PM is a specific case, but its a common phenomenon among the charismatics. Why? They assume the written Word is not enough for life and godliness, and that experiential divine encounters are necessary for the next level. This typically appeals to the emotional side and the sensuous side of human behavior (what is experienced with the senses is "really real", therefore, God) and a number of pitfalls and painful experiences can and will result from that eventually. Caveat emptor. Be careful who you follow.
For more info, do some research on "New Apostolic Reformation and spiritual abuse".
This is a good point that should NOT be overlooked.
The self proclaimed spiritually gifted high profile and profitable groups and individuals do correlate to spiritual abuse in one form or another. I'm not saying PM is a specific case, but its a common phenomenon among the charismatics. Why? They assume the written Word is not enough for life and godliness, and that experiential divine encounters are necessary for the next level. This typically appeals to the emotional side and the sensuous side of human behavior (what is experienced with the senses is "really real", therefore, God) and a number of pitfalls and painful experiences can and will result from that eventually. Caveat emptor. Be careful who you follow.
Cool they can be heretics of heretics of heretics of schismatics.