Apologies for not posting anything recently. I am not sure the phrase “spiritual colour-blind” has been used before, if not, then I coin it here. The subject of this post is in part because of my interactions with a certain person who will remain nameless, but also from watching Youtube videos about people who have left cults. In which there have been comments to the effect that some of those leave one cult end up in another. The person I previously referred to seemed not to notice red flags. In fact, on one occasion cited a book called “Prophetic Evangelism,” which encouraged Christians to switch off the left-hand side of the brain which is the centre of critical thinking. Clearly the Bereans who checked Paul’s preaching with the Scriptures, if this were true, should have been censured by Paul rather than commended. Most people when they have come a cropper having ignored a red flag will react along the lines of “once bitten, twice shy.” Yet if critical thinking is thought of as doubt which through a leap of logic is treated as the sin of unbelief. Suddenly you can see why some people choose to ignore things which most would see as red flags. To question is seen as a lack of faith, especially if they are under the influence of those imply that their followers will lose their salvation if they do not follow their rules. I hope to continue this in other posts and explore potential reasons for this phenomenon. If you have encountered people who are like this share this post. In the meme illustrating this post I deliberately used the word “people” rather than Christians” because while those whom I am referring to in this post think they are Christians, they may have heard such a distorted version of the Gospel that they may not be truly saved

David Gordon Rose, 2024.