Featured the Elijah syndrome

I was on a different message board once, and we had a guy who showed up who called himself, "Tennessee Elijah." He sincerely believed he was the prophet Elijah and that he was the only person who truly spoke for God. All Bible teachers and pastors were liars and he alone had the truth. He had an acute case of "Elijah Syndrome," but I will say it was entertaining in some ways to watch him interact for the short time that the mods allowed him to remain on the boards. He even had written a manuscript that he wanted to have included in the canon of Scripture. He called it, "I and II Elijah." He was a weirdo, to say the least.

 

Many times when disagreeing with other sincere believers, it was suggested "God told them so." If I disagreed, I would be disagreeing with God. Needless to say, this line of reasoning is cult like.

Another argument is this view has been around for 2000 years, or was held by the Apostles, or some such thing. Usually the idea is to bolster one side of a disagreement, and disparage the alternate view.

The bottom line is some old views are correct and some old views are incorrect. The age of a fallacy does not make it true, and the youth of a view does not mean it is bogus, it could be a restoration of the correct view.

Both Calvinism and Arminianism are about 400 years old, but since they are incompatible, one or both are wrong even though many sincere men of God have believed those views to be true.

 

What a surprise.JonC has not heard of this term and has come to the conclusion that it must be wrong .
This is the same kind of conclusion John C comes to with his Calvinism or other people's Calvinism if he doesn't understand it or he doesn't it doesn't meet his approval of his proclamation of what is true then it must be wrong.
I'll show in a little while while the facts will bear out that this term has been around for quite a while and it means exactly what it means.

 

I had never heard of it either.

Are you saying the Elijah Syndrome is not wrong?

Yes, everyone does this.

Who is disputing that it's been around a long time?

Who is disputing its meaning?




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This post is an example of being uncharitable. Also it is off topic and unnecessary. It is why so many people have a problem with a minority of cals.

 

You shouldnt waste your time explaining your self in this case.

 

In the op...
2k

 

Patience..
The answers are coming.

 

You are misreading the OP. That is not what JonC is referring to. It appears that he is talking about people who come up with their own interpretations of Scripture and then posit those interpretations as THE truth to the degree that they believe that they alone have the TRUE interpretation and everyone else is wrong.

It's ususally something that cult leaders do and it is a manipulation tactic. They present their interpretations special divine information that has come to them directly from God. They feel that they alone stand as the only true receptacles of God's revelation in a see of lies passed down over the centuries. They also often view Christianity as nothing but a pagan religion.

False doctrine is usually a package deal. When you find one error, you will find it connected to a whole assortment of other theological errors, as well .

 

JonC,

Hello JonC, lets work through this together

Okay, glad you found it interesting.

 

InTheLight,

https://www.christiantoday.com/arti...nt-prophet-might-not-be-a-great-role-model-to

Elijah was a loner, an outsider. It was him against the world.

And the idea that we can be like him, the only pure ones in a world that's fallen away from God, can be very tempting.


It can lead us to condemn those who dont agree with us or speak the same theological language.

 

JonC,

While It could be that or used that way, here is closer to the way I have read of it or heard it preached

https://www.christiantoday.com/arti...nt-prophet-might-not-be-a-great-role-model-to

Elijah was a loner, an outsider. It was him against the world.

And the idea that we can be like him, the only pure ones in a world that's fallen away from God, can be very tempting.


It can lead us to condemn those who dont agree with us or speak the same theological language.

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This is an attempted recovery, however you reveal what you were thinking here;

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I do not need to make an apology, JonC. What I had posted was accurate and on the money.
I know you dislike me JonC, but there is no need to try and turn the tables here once again.
I ask that you refrain from doing that.

 

No Rm. Once again your post is what is off topic. You thought you had an opportunity to "pile on"
so you post this non-edifying post.Your posts are not an example of charitable posts

 

JonC,

JonC we see what you posted. I am not trying to jump on your words. You now see it is a term used, I can give many places where it has been spoken of.Perhaps we can move forward now.

You can be whatever you want to be, for or against. I do recall TC correcting your ship quite often.
Now when I try and find the posts you have made, here is what I see;
Baptist Christian Forums - Error

This member limits who may view their full profile.

If you fix the setting on this, we could go back and see these posts you speak of...That would clarify quite a bit.

You mentioned something about 2000 yrs...

Really? I am not going to nail jello to the wall, but here is what you posted;
My view is that any interpretation or position that is unique to an individual is bound to be wrong. Perhaps technically this is "playing the odds", but I always cautioned those I have taught that a new interpretation of teaching tgat has been around for over 2k years is bound to be problematic.