Criticism
Some Christians argue that the practice is neither described nor prescribed specifically in the Bible, and that it is, at best, a psychological phenomenon or, at worst, of satanic origin. David Pawson points out that the closest Biblical reference is the story of Ananias and Sapphira, which has a quite different connotation.
Read more about this topic: Slain In The Spirit
Famous quotes containing the word criticism:
“... criticism ... makes very little dent upon me, unless I think there is some real justification and something should be done.”
—Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962)
“Parents sometimes feel that if they don’t criticize their child, their child will never learn. Criticism doesn’t make people want to change; it makes them defensive.”
—Laurence Steinberg (20th century)
“The aim of all commentary on art now should be to make works of art—and, by analogy, our own experience—more, rather than less, real to us. The function of criticism should be to show how it is what it is, even that it is what it is, rather than to show what it means.”
—Susan Sontag (b. 1933)