This is really getting old! I'm really fed up with the deceptive practices of various false "Christian" cults trying to barrow from my blog, and trying to seduce my readers into following their own blog's lies, and misrepresentations. The major difference here is that I am only one man, and I do not represent some non-profit religious organization, therefor I can not solicit charitable donations to fund my efforts. I admit that I have tried desperately to connect with Google AdSense to run advertisements on my blog for which I am supposed to receive an agreed upon small fee for the use of my space. So far, Google AdSense has seen fit to use my application as a one-way permission to run ads on my blog for which they belligerently refuse to complete the approval for me to receive any income owed me for the right to run their ads on my blog, which they have been doing shamelessly for the past three quarters of a year. I would appreciate it if they would fulfill their part of the bargain, and pay for their ad space, as was stated in the agreement. But they are the ones who make the final say, and they relentlessly place near-impossible restrictions for me to somehow figure out how to overcome, which I have been unable to do. Meantime, they continue to run their ads, and I presume they charge the advertisers at the full rate, yet they don't feel any need to remit my percentage of the advertised payment for my permission, since I can't figure out how to meet their extraneous procedure requirements. So, I continue to put up with this abuse, trying to believe that it is only temporary, though "temporary" is beginning to appear rather permanent! At some point I will become fed up with their abusive procedures, and I will cancel it permanently.
In the meantime, I confess that I'm getting tired of dealing with the non-Christian cults that seem to feel my blog is fair game to try and seduce readers away from my blog with ads that seem to agree with my original premises, while in fact they are really preaching concepts that are in opposition to major Biblical positions that I agree with, and do not wish to endorse theirs at all. I wish these cultists could feel confident enough about their doctrine that they would let their beliefs stand on their own, and trust the readers' intelligence to make up their own minds about whether they agree with my perspective, or prefer that of the cultists' false doctrine. I am not afraid to stand on my perspective. Some of what I have written may not be true, but it was my sincere opinion, based upon the Biblical scriptures that I referenced. I have tried to make careful distinctions between that which I believe is sound, and accurate scriptural doctrine, and my own reasoned speculations concerning prophetic gaps between what is actually stated. I feel this distinction allows reasonable discussion about what is prophetically absolute, and therefor irrefutable, and that which may well add insight into the actual prophetic fulfillment, should it be accurate, yet it doesn't significantly distort the truth of the prophecy should it turn out to be inaccurate. Much of what these cults preach does not offer such careful distinctions, and they end up offering false doctrine as absolute truth, without apology. A careful reading of the last page of the Bible (in Revelation 22) will explain the dire consequences for those who persist in such practices.
So far I have now discovered four such "cultish" advertisements on my blog, which I have finally banned from further promotion. One was for "Scientology", which at least makes no pretense of being remotely connected to Christian doctrine, or values. Another was by some Mormon group that tried to seem to be a "Christian" organization. They believe in an imaginary Jesus that does not remotely resemble the Jesus of the Christian Bible, and is therefor false. Finally there were ads from a "semi-cult", if that distinction is possible. This group believes in much of what the Bible teaches, except for a rather large error, in that they believe that the ten "lost tribes" of ancient Israel migrated to England, and eventually to America, where they became the Christian Church, here. I am not aware of any of their doctrine that actually negates the concept of salvation through faith in Jesus' forgiveness for our sins, and His personal redemption of our souls. But the doctrinal error I have stated is serious enough that I don't trust them to not err in some more serious doctrinal heresy, later, that might. So, to be on the safe side, I banned them, thinking that would be the end of it. It was apparently not.
Today I realized that the same cult was advertising on my blog, using the name of a spin-off organization named for their magazine, which of course promotes their parent organization! Very slick try; and I don't know how long they have fooled me with this tactic, but no longer! They're now banned, too!
My point in sharing this with my readers is to let you all know that you need to be on your guard as well. Much of the advertisements that run on my blog are either wholesome enough, or are innocuous to the point that they are at least "GP-rated" for content, as far as I can tell. But I'm sure there will be others that will try to cleverly slip something past me that they know I won't stand for, at least once I figure out what they are up to. In the mean time, be on your guard, and please don't think that everything that is advertised on my blog has my "seal of approval".
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