Pastor Mike II
Taking his stand on Timothy 2-5 Pastor Mike does not believe in ‘mediators’ such as saints or the Mother of God. As I said in my previous piece I have no problem with this. I must note, however, that any group that splits from another over finite mediators will soon enough split within itself over finite mediators. Islam is THE religion most committed to the unicity of God. A Muslim would almost certainly say to Pastor Mike that he puts a finite individual, Jesus, between humans and God. He would almost certainly object that Pastor Mike is not radical enough in his submission to the one true God because he associates God, in his thoughts and prayers, with a ‘son’ or second principle. In fact, if the Protestant Pastor Mike REALLY wants to be rigorous about putting the soul in the most direct ‘unmediated’ relation to God he should consider that he has, in fact, been outflanked on that front. Of course Pastor Mike will em...