tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334911.post7617238196882634191..comments2023-10-06T18:25:29.548+02:00Comments on Just thinking...: Charismatic pastor to divorce again?William Dickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01211201729445913360noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334911.post-63073707754773416112008-02-11T16:09:00.000+02:002008-02-11T16:09:00.000+02:00Numbiman,Pascal's Wager is not there to convince o...Numbiman,<BR/><BR/>Pascal's Wager is not there to convince others of how certain you are about what you believe. It is there to evoke uncertainty in others in the midst of their unbelief.<BR/><BR/>I am certain of what I believe.<BR/><BR/>The point is that you do not want to believe in a god, of any sort.<BR/><BR/>Be that as it may. I do not have the time to answer back and forth, so I would William Dickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01211201729445913360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334911.post-27452185256543714812008-02-11T15:59:00.000+02:002008-02-11T15:59:00.000+02:00To NumbimanKeep on as you are, I will still pray f...To Numbiman<BR/>Keep on as you are, I will still pray for you, it will make me feel better to do so.<BR/>Thanks<BR/>CheersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334911.post-76719990325805431752008-02-10T23:41:00.000+02:002008-02-10T23:41:00.000+02:00Filly dear ....Seems you were so excited by my pos...Filly dear ....<BR/>Seems you were so excited by my post you completely forgot how to string words together to form a coherent sentence!<BR/><BR/>"All they people of the whole are following ‘some’ form of a God and result in wars between them. " is not only grammatically incorrect, but makes no sense at all, even allowing for some excitement in the typing.<BR/><BR/>And just for the record, yes, INumbimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12179013310413087596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334911.post-88661252030043389102008-02-10T23:21:00.000+02:002008-02-10T23:21:00.000+02:00Hi WilliamInvoking Pascal's wager is probably not ...Hi William<BR/>Invoking Pascal's wager is probably not the best way to convince anyone of how sure you are of what you believe. Either you believe completely or you don't, you can't fence-sit just to cover all your bases, as it only conveys the message that you're not entirely convinced of the existence of god either.<BR/><BR/>You also said, inter alia, :<BR/><BR/>"Your denials and claims to theNumbimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12179013310413087596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334911.post-81699901657636155322008-02-10T11:09:00.000+02:002008-02-10T11:09:00.000+02:00To NumbimanI have just been to Church and have pra...To Numbiman<BR/>I have just been to Church and have prayed for you as I am sure all born again Christians will do when they read your sad "wow" statement.<BR/><BR/>God will reveal himself to you. Be wide awake.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334911.post-61160116919458418172008-02-10T08:04:00.000+02:002008-02-10T08:04:00.000+02:00To: Numbiman, or dumbiman or whateverSo you are a...To: Numbiman, or dumbiman or whatever<BR/><BR/>So you are a bright spark, you have discovered the answer to the world’s problems, hey?<BR/><BR/>All they people of the whole are following ‘some’ form of a God and result in wars between them. But you know better.<BR/><BR/>It is like little Johnny’s mother said when watching him in the parade: “Only MY Johnny is in step, everybody else isn’t”<BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334911.post-52340416661525675512008-02-10T06:46:00.000+02:002008-02-10T06:46:00.000+02:00Wow!No god?! Seems like the atheistic community di...Wow!<BR/><BR/>No god?! Seems like the atheistic community discovered some great secret here!<BR/><BR/>Come on, Numbiman! You want us to believe that because you believe there is no god, there is no god! Why should we believe what you believe?<BR/><BR/>While the majority of people in all of time have believed that there is a god, you want us to believe there is no god.<BR/><BR/>Not that the William Dickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01211201729445913360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334911.post-36483145680116283692008-02-09T23:46:00.000+02:002008-02-09T23:46:00.000+02:00Wow! I stumbled across the article about Ray's im...Wow! I stumbled across the article about Ray's impending divorce (now apparently off again!) whilst on one of the South African news sites looking for news on the current state of electricity supplies in the country. Quite frankly I'm a little astonished that anyone is astonished at all: everyone in the entire international Rhema movement, actually, no, make that the entire Evangelical movementNumbimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12179013310413087596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334911.post-24164273283301156182008-02-09T03:41:00.000+02:002008-02-09T03:41:00.000+02:00I wonder why there seems to be so much trouble at ...I wonder why there seems to be so much trouble at Rhema, people like me are gone, leaders are gone, Pastors are gone, and there is only one common denominator Ray McCauley, there is a basic flaw in the man, he used to say himself "if you have been bankrupt 3 times maybe the bank is not to blame" or he would say "if you have been divorced a few times maybe the women is not to blame" <BR/><BR/>The Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334911.post-75567996764250591752008-02-08T19:18:00.000+02:002008-02-08T19:18:00.000+02:00Ray is not a demon or a false prophet,and Zelda is...Ray is not a demon or a false prophet,and Zelda is not a witch they are both backsliden people who have made some very bad choices, both very selfish who think of themselves and not the church or the impact of there behavior on the church, but we live i a world of Zuma, Clinton, and McCauley, at the age of 58 what is going to do for a living so ujnless Rhema do something, they have the Pastoral Frosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05025594035539369152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334911.post-15403660883986454442008-02-05T08:26:00.000+02:002008-02-05T08:26:00.000+02:00Anonymous,I am no Ray pal, and neither am I partia...Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>I am no Ray pal, and neither am I partial to Zelda, but what are you insinuating with "'Zelda' is the name of a witch!!!?"<BR/><BR/>Comments like these are not constructive and hold no logic to it!William Dickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01211201729445913360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334911.post-70849977717338050072008-02-05T07:37:00.000+02:002008-02-05T07:37:00.000+02:00As far as I know 'Zelda' is the name of a witch!!!...As far as I know 'Zelda' is the name of a witch!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334911.post-86920677158025480242008-02-03T17:11:00.000+02:002008-02-03T17:11:00.000+02:00This woman is a HARLOT! The bible says you KNOW t...This woman is a HARLOT! The bible says you KNOW them by their fruit .. wake up everyone! Three husbands, two children out of wedlock and not from the husbands! All of this she did as a member of Rhema church over the 20 something years and NOW .. she is PASTOR ZELDA, first lady of Rhema? Preacher ..?? He thinks this is GOD .. are you NUTS! She was still married when he and his first wife Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334911.post-86250373243679709592008-02-03T03:54:00.000+02:002008-02-03T03:54:00.000+02:00I was shocked and sad to hear that pastor Ray is h...I was shocked and sad to hear that pastor Ray is having problems again, I have currently been living in London for 8 years, but prior to that my family and I attended Rhema for 16 years and am proud of it.<BR/><BR/>Yes I agree that divorce is condemed in the bible and yes as the leader of the church it doesnt look great but we have no real clue what the reason is behind this or even what happenedangie007https://www.blogger.com/profile/14332606162686524737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334911.post-72635930564476147852008-01-30T22:29:00.000+02:002008-01-30T22:29:00.000+02:001 Corinthians 5: 12 & 1312 What business is it of ...1 Corinthians 5: 12 & 13<BR/><BR/>12 What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside? 13 God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.” NIV<BR/><BR/>Paul said that we must judge those in the Church. There are hundreds or thousands of people believing that sin is OK, just repent and go on as you were before.<BR/><BR/>McCauleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334911.post-57261684489493861232008-01-30T11:57:00.000+02:002008-01-30T11:57:00.000+02:00So, just because I have not been through a divorce...So, just because I have not been through a divorce, I may not have an opinion about what is going on in this man's life? So, because I have not used drugs, I may not have an opinion about the efrfects of drugs.<BR/><BR/>Subjectively, I have not gone through it. But, objectively, the Bible has spoken on the issue, quite definitively, I might add.<BR/><BR/>I do not need my experiences to make an William Dickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01211201729445913360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334911.post-70575921549318664312008-01-30T11:31:00.000+02:002008-01-30T11:31:00.000+02:00Think about it.......It is eazy to judge the degre...Think about it.......<BR/><BR/>It is eazy to judge the degree that you havent been through, let us see all judgemental and critical people respond when they themselves go through the same experience..people like commenting so much on issues they are clueless about..one day when you go through the same experience i wish to hear what you will comment to your own self,God will judge Pastor Ray not Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334911.post-15377576841043824052008-01-29T20:47:00.000+02:002008-01-29T20:47:00.000+02:00Brother anonymous has said that McAuley did not in...Brother anonymous has said that McAuley did not initiate the divorces and the women were at fault. This is the poorest excuse that I have heard since wel this afternoon when JZ said the power crisis was the unexpected result of too much development. <BR/><BR/>There are people who have had discussions with the women concerned and they feel that the women are running away as a result of an A type Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334911.post-19311427810380028102008-01-28T13:59:00.000+02:002008-01-28T13:59:00.000+02:00Let it be !!Let the leaders who are running these ...Let it be !!<BR/><BR/>Let the leaders who are running these megachurches fall, and let the people who are under them be freed from the lies that they having been exposed to.<BR/>Being a christian has nothing to do with going to a church like Rhema or what the pastor did or didn't do.<BR/>I don't give a sh*t what Ray McCauley did or didn't do. Stop looking to people like him for your guidance andAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334911.post-27934880278594426132008-01-20T11:23:00.000+02:002008-01-20T11:23:00.000+02:00And who are you to judge???? James 4:11: 11 Don’...And who are you to judge???? <BR/>James 4:11:<BR/> 11 Don’t speak evil against each other, dear brothers and sisters.[a] If you criticize and judge each other, then you are criticizing and judging God’s law. But your job is to obey the law, not to judge whether it applies to you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334911.post-88611514502797813572008-01-18T22:54:00.000+02:002008-01-18T22:54:00.000+02:00Has anyone thought about the fact that Ray McCaule...Has anyone thought about the fact that Ray McCauley DID NOT initiate the divorce in any of these cases but ONLY tried to reconcile?? What happens when the other party is adamant and you do what you can to get it right? Its easy to throw stones .....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334911.post-63020145494894826472008-01-18T20:34:00.000+02:002008-01-18T20:34:00.000+02:00Then why did you stay 'for many years' ????? Needl...Then why did you stay 'for many years' ????? <BR/><BR/>Needless to say whatever you think .. hundreds of people meet Christ every single month at Rhema Seems we should really be praying for Pastor Ray as perhaps many of your relatives would not be going to Heaven if he had not so faithfully accepted the call ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334911.post-30916765948525136232008-01-17T14:40:00.000+02:002008-01-17T14:40:00.000+02:00Why am I not surprised? The man is clearly a fals...Why am I not surprised? The man is clearly a false prophet and the Bible says many things about them - merchandising the Word of God, having a love of money, preaching another Gospel, etc. 2 Timothy 3 is very clear about these so-called christians.<BR/><BR/>I belonged to this man's church for many years - and couldn't stomach any of his sermons, nor the hypocrisy, nor the shallowness and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com