Why do I do this to myself?

Oh, how much damage is caused by "Christian" TV. I just turned off one of the Christian networks because I didn't know if I was going to vomit or become angry by the false teaching being given. The money-maker I was watching told the audience that when God created Adam, the man was empowered with the same creative force that God himself had. And I learned that the same "spiritual force" (his words, not mine) that caused all matter to exist was breathed into Adam. Therefore, the "perfect will of God" was for man to have power over all of the earth and every creature that was upon it. Another thing that was said is that if Adam had never sinned, the Bible would have ended at Genesis 1:28, there was nothing else that God would have needed to say to Adam. Adam could have tithed the fruit from the tree of life to God, and God would have sat around the tree and communed with Adam.

I am offended in many ways. Possibly the most damaging is that there are Christians who are believing that God has empowered them to rule the world. How ludicrous is this? God has empowered NO ONE to rule the world. He is in control, always has been, and always will be. Granted, people do rule parts of the world through government, but they do not rule the world. And none of those leaders is in power without God's allowing it to be. Many people's faiths are damaged and destroyed because of preachers making promises for God that God will not keep. How many have prayed for someone's recovery from disease, only for those prayers to end with the death of the ill?

And my God created the world through a spiritual force? What is this, a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away? Isn't the force Yoda's god?

I go through all of that to say always check out what someone teaches about the Bible. Not only TV preachers, but the pastor of your church, your Sunday school teacher, your parents. No one is infallible. Use the Bible as the basis of your learning, not just what others say. What they say must line up with the CLEAR TEACHING OF SCRIPTURE. And if you don't know what the clear teaching of Scripture is, dive in for yourself. The Bible is not written in code. It is God's letter to us. Since he wants us to understand and follow it, it is not complicated. I know there are parts that may be difficult, but the overall story is quite plain to see.