Pentecostals and Intimidation Tactics (Which Works on the Ignorant, Gullible, Vulnerable and/or Stupid)

Paul Crouch, known to
abuse any and all critics

Andy Underhill takes a look at the Pentecostalists, their errors, and their abusive intimidation tactics.

Holy Heresy (Pt 1)
http://andycontramundum.blogspot.com/2012/02/holy-heresy-part-1.html

Holy Heresy (Pt 2)
http://andycontramundum.blogspot.com/2012/02/holy-heresy-part-2.html

Holy Heresy (Pt. 3)
http://andycontramundum.blogspot.com/2012/02/holy-heresy-part-3.html

A taste from Part 3:

Intimidation of those with opposing views

Benny Hinn stated publicly that he'd
like to take a Holy Ghost machine gun
and kill all his critics

This is perhaps the greatest weapon of the Charismatic heresy. They revel in mocking any and every opposing view. And they do it with such panache - such vehemence and acerbity. Benny Hinn has repeatedly claimed that God has shown him, by divine revelation that He is going to kill those who oppose Hinn’s ministry. What are we supposed to say to such asininities? Hinn is not the only one to resort to such ludicrous tactics. Countless of these self-proclaimed “prophets” torture 1 Chronicles 16:22 (Touch not my anointed…) into an umbrella to shield themselves from all scrutiny. Despite the fact that 1 Chronicles 16:22 has no possible application to their cause, they do not extend the same leeway to their opponents. They speak in the most brutal terms against any who do not subscribe to their “manifestations.” Perhaps not many have gone as far as Hinn in claiming that God is going to kill his critics, but every single one of his ilk is guilty by association.

Anti-intellectual and anti-rational Hillbillies

Another tactic is to discount the right of those outside their circles to judge their orthodoxy. One of the arch-heretics of the Third Wave, Roberts Liardon says, “Spectators do not have the qualifications to comment on participators.” (4) This line of reasoning is patently false. It is begging the question to say that I cannot judge the orthodoxy of their doctrine or practice because I haven’t experienced these things. Do I have to commit murder or adultery in order to know that they are wrong? Should I have to experience Buddha worship to analyze its falsity? If I asked Benny Hinn if he believed that homosexuality is sin, I would like to believe that he would answer in the affirmative. What would he think if I asserted that he had no right to judge the validity of the gay lifestyle because he had never tried it? This is pure question begging, but he would use the same line of reasoning against me if I called into question his bizarre practices.

We lampoon these anti-intellectualists.  See this as it describes and summarizes our larger view of these Hillbillies.  The so-called Pastor delivered a 20-minute tirade against those who know doctrine.  He told us we were"dead" and that doctrine would kill people.   http://reformationanglicanism.blogspot.com/2011/05/my-recent-experience-in-pentecostalist.html