Childhood Joy Theology versus Fatal Doctrines: Beware of Killjoy Preachers!

By Eric Demaree

SPIRITUAL JOY
Yes, we are able to regain our childhood joy, and then some! Jesus says that we can even learn to leap for joy BECAUSE someone lied about us! Now that is way above our childhood joy. (Luke 6:22, 23)

Spiritual joy is the essence of Christianity. It is THE PATHFINDER FOR WHAT WE OUGHT TO DO! Jesus, the Apostle John and the Apostle Paul all said the purpose of their preaching was to help people be full of joy (John 15:11; II Corinthians 1:24; and I John 1:4). Thus, spiritual joy is the highest value in the Bible. Love is our work (yes, love is work) and joy is our reward EVERY TIME we obey the voice of Jesus!

THE LONG-NEEDED TEARING DOWN OF EVERYTHING!
Legitimate Biblical doctrine is obligated to explain the path of spiritual joy. Since there is NOTHING, NADA, ZILCH, ZIPPO, NOT A SHRED of substance about joy in American theology, they are indeed killjoy doctrines. Look at any church doctrine and see how joy is treated as an elusive mythical creature, if it is mentioned at all! Just reading those theologies is usually enough to kill our joy.

Further, theologies that claim to be reasonable have no working definition of reason nor do they comprehend relevant facts about joy. The definition of reasonableness that God uses in Isaiah 1:18 is: the willingness to add facts to your mind’s picture of reality.

This book, in all probability, is THE FIRST RELEVANT BIBLICAL DOCTRINE YOU HAVE EVER SEEN! Because if it is not Extreme Joy Theology, it is NOT relevant theology!

Most American churchgoers are altruists, on the outside of Christianity looking in. They dwell in fortresses of unreasonable ideas, doing whatever they think is right in their own mind. Seeking God and getting to know Him would just make them different from everyone else in their congregation. Simply put, they are L-O-S-T, lost, because God does not draw His line between Christians and non-Christians; He draws His line between Seekers and Dwellers!

Dwellers study the Bible only if they can continue to believe exactly what they already do believe. They will not welcome any new facts that would force them to revise their mind’s picture of what exists. Their hatred for thinking about the all-important moral laws God has written into everyone’s mind (Hebrews 10:16) has hindered discovering spiritual breakthroughs.

Another requirement for experiencing Extreme Joy is hating religious altruism, hating fatal doctrines and hating religious deadness as explained in Hebrews 1:9. (Hate the lifelessness but love the person.) Sanctification from religious deadness brings heartwarming deliverance as well as joy. All religious narratives are duty-bound to preach true sanctification and to denounce hypocrites the way Jesus did.

The ancient Greeks were constantly concerned about “what it is that we ought to do.” Again, there is NOT ANYTHING in church doctrines about what we ought to do. And why should there be? All church fatal doctrines say, “Do whatever we tell you to do and believe whatever we tell you to believe.” They say absolutely nothing about doing what the voice of Jesus (John 10:27) tells us to do! Instead, they require everyone to check their reasoning faculties at the church door and never pick them up again. These doctrines are ALL ETERNALLY FATAL because “reason” is a necessity for salvation! (Isaiah 1:18)

• Language: English
• Publisher: Eric Demaree
• Release date: Apr 4, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224033478

Eric Demaree

I was born into a Methodist family. I joined them every Sunday in going to a small country church in Illinois until I left for college at age 18. That was in 1968. In college I enjoyed studying the Bible with other college-age Christians. Studying the Bible changed my understanding of Christianity. Unlike everyone I knew in my church, I wanted to find God and His Love.When I did find God and His joy in 1971, no one in my "dead church" wanted me to be different. There was no love there, so I left. However, I was so excited about my independent life in Christ, I traveled regularly to meet other Christians. I fellowshipped with every Christian group that I came across, especially in Illinois, Florida, Texas and Arizona. The early 70's was a blessed time in America.

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CHILDHOOD JOY

THEOLOGY

VERSUS

FATAL DOCTRINES

BEWARE OF KILLJOY PREACHERS!

Eric Demaree

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means except for brief quotations in critical reviews or articles, without the prior written permission of the author.

All Biblical references are from the King James Version of the Bible (KJV). Some words and phrases have been modernized.

Copyright © 2024 by Eric Demaree

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CONTENTS

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION

SECTION I – SPIRITUALITY

SPIRITUAL JOY

RESTING IN GOD

THE OIL OF GLADNESS

FEEDING JESUS’ SHEEP

SPIRITUAL WARFARE

THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FATAL DOCTRINES AND CHILDHOOD JOY THEOLOGY

THE MOST INFLUENTIAL EVANGELICAL

THE GREATEST HOAX

SECTION II- THE ARGUMENT FROM HUMAN BEHAVIOR

SOME SIMPLE ARGUMENTS AND QUESTIONS

THE PRELIMINARY ARGUMENT

DEEPER ARGUMENTS

SCIENCE AND GOD

ON OBJECTIVE MORALITY

EUTHYPHRO’S DILEMMA

RANDOM OBSERVATIONS

A SUPERIOR ARGUMENT

THE RATIONAL CERTAINTY GOD EXISTS

SYNOPSIS

SECTION III - ESSAYS FROM CHRISTIAN

OBJECTIVISM’S THEOLOGY OF EXTREME JOY

CHRISTIAN OBJECTIVISM

REASON

THE HUMAN CONSCIENCE

THE BIBLE

GOD’S NEW CONTRACT FOR SALVATION

THE IDEOLOGICAL COUNTERWEIGHT TO RELIGIOUS TERRORISM

THE MYSTERY

FORGIVENESS

GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS

ETHICS OF THE BIBLE

FREEDOM OF RELIGION

THE PARADOX OF BEING BORN AGAIN

SECTION IV - THE FIVE KEYS TO SPIRITUAL JOY

OVERCOMING GRIEF

REPENTANCE

LOVE

FAITH IN GOD’S WORD

BECOMING BORN AGAIN

IN CONCLUSION

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ENDNOTES

FOREWORD

In this thought-provoking book, Eric reveals his masterful ability to discover heretofore unknown truths and articulate the difficult study of God’s existence.

Although I have known Eric for more than ten years, I was still surprised by his comprehensive religious narrative built on spiritual joy. It is all at once the most inspirational, the most informative and the most revolutionary religious narrative I have ever read. I cannot imagine any other religious narrative ever becoming more complete than this one. He could also call it The Theology of Everything because, drawing from Einstein’s ideas, it positively unifies God and faith and science and reason.

Eric’s The Argument from Human Behavior is the most persuasive argument for God I have seen. It is strong enough that he makes the case for God’s existence to be declared scientifically credible. He reveals that we all have perceptions of God’s existence every time we take our sense of wrong seriously! I agree with Eric that The Theology of Extreme Joy and The Argument from Human Behavior will clear the air about religions because they are reason’s most perceptive assault on religious absurdities and religious altruism.

However, the heart and soul of this book is the eternal path of spiritual joy God has prepared for everyone! This book is a must read for everyone who wants to regain their childhood joy and get to personally know the Biblical God—the God who has written His laws into our mind and heart.

Tom K. Lee

Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, Retired

INTRODUCTION

Yes, we are able to regain our childhood joy, and then some! Jesus says that we can even learn to leap for joy because someone lied about us. Now that is way above our childhood joy! (Luke 6:22, 23)

Spiritual joy is the essence of Christianity. It is the pathfinder for what we ought to do! Jesus, the Apostle John and the Apostle Paul all said the purpose of their preaching was to help people be full of joy (John 15:11; II Corinthians 1:24; and I John 1:4). Thus, spiritual joy is the highest value in the Bible. Love is our work (yes, love is work) and joy is our reward every time we follow the voice of Jesus (John 10:27).

A happy life does not just happen. We need to be both strong and smart to have a happy life. This strength and intelligence comes only from implementing the teachings of the most transformational document ever written—the Bible!

The Long-Needed Tearing Down of Everything!

All relevant Biblical doctrine is obligated to explain the path of spiritual joy. Since there is NOTHING, NADA, ZILCH, ZIPPO, NOT A SHRED of substance about joy in American theology, they are not relevant to anyone who needs God’s joy or His love. Look at any church doctrine and see how joy is treated as an elusive mythical creature, if it is mentioned at all!

Most American churchgoers are altruists, on the outside of Christianity looking in. They dwell in fortresses of unreasonable ideas, doing whatever they think is right in their own mind. Seeking God and getting to know Him would just make them different from everyone else in their congregation. Simply put, they are L-O-S-T, lost, because God does not draw His line between Christians and non-Christians; He draws His line between Seekers and Dwellers!

Dwellers study the Bible only if they can continue to believe exactly what they already do believe. They will not welcome any new facts that would force them to revise their mind’s picture of what exists.

Even their crown jewel verse, John 3:16, is irrelevant to finding what we ought to do. It is abstract theology. People can quote it and then do anything they want! This verse is describing God’s part in His contract for our salvation. It is a great verse. However, it is not relevant to what we need to do to experience spiritual joy.

Further, theologies that claim to be reasonable are dismally lacking in facts about spiritual joy. They are so far into irrelevancy that they do NOT even have a working definition of reason. The definition of reasonableness that God uses in Isaiah 1:18 and II Thessalonians 3:2 is: the willingness to add facts to your mind’s picture of reality.

This book, in all probability, is the first relevant Biblical doctrine you have ever seen! If it is not Joy Theology, it is NOT relevant.

Another requirement for regaining our childhood joy is hating religious altruism, hating fatal doctrines and hating religious deadness as explained in Hebrews 1:9. (Hate the lifelessness but love the person.) Sanctification from religious deadness brings heartwarming deliverance as well as joy.

The ancient Greeks were constantly concerned about what it is that we ought to do. Again, there is not anything in church doctrines about what we ought to do. And why should there be? All church fatal doctrines say, "Do whatever we tell you to do and believe whatever we tell you to believe." Preachers should NEVER be like that! They should always respect sound moral reasoning.

Current American church doctrines say absolutely nothing about doing what the voice of Jesus tells us to do! Instead, they require everyone to check their reasoning faculties at the church door and never pick them up again. This doctrine is eternally fatal because reason is a necessity for salvation! Reason is solidly grounded as the necessary process for salvation in Isaiah 1:18.

Another pusher of fatal doctrines, Bill Bright the Campus Crusader, programmed a generation of college students to fatally ignore their virtuous feelings with his Four Spiritual Laws. Little did that reprobate realize God leads us through our feelings of godly sorrow and spiritual joy!

American preachers are hirelings, just pushing doctrines of devils in order to support their families. Telling people to follow the voice of Jesus would go against their every religious money-making formula. If any of them do know Jesus, why have they not told you that Jesus is mercy and mercy is Jesus?! God is love (I John 1:4) and Jesus is mercy (Matthew 9:13; Matthew 12:7 and Matthew 25:31-46). Read these verses and learn exactly why mercy is the most important act for our eternal joy.

Nevertheless, these preachers are not solely to blame. Most Americans demand to be told that the easiest path through life is the spiritual path. And so, preachers gladly reassure them that giving lip service to God and their heart to the world is the path to heaven.

And now, impudent Evangelicals are saying they do not need to follow the commands of Jesus because they have taken it upon themselves to politically enforce what they think are God’s laws. These Evangelicals are in lockstep with the Pharisees, the Spanish Inquisition and the Taliban! All these groups used politically enforcing God’s laws as a cover for their evil deeds. God does not want or need anyone to politically enforce His laws. He condemns everyone who tries to justify himself as God’s enforcer (Job 9:20).

The political issue God cares about is how you treat the poor. If you vote for more horrific treatment of immigrants and vote for more neglect of the poor, you will undoubtedly have voted your soul