When using a deity of a religion,(i.e. God, Allah, Satan) to ones own purpose, mostly to strike fear into the hearts of individuals and to make them do what they believe is right. Not necessarily a bad thing.
Example 1: Jonathan Edwards "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" is such a theological ass-whooping, that one feels that if they do not conform to what he preaches, most likely, they will burn in hell.
Example 2: Thomas Jefferson stated, in the Decleration of Independance, that it is a God given right to fight against tyrannts. Nowhere in the bible does it say this.
Example 2: Thomas Jefferson stated, in the Decleration of Independance, that it is a God given right to fight against tyrannts. Nowhere in the bible does it say this.
by The Original Other September 22, 2009