I'm wondering what theists think of Roy Masters. Is he "No True Christian" or do you think he has this wonderful ability to hypnotize and exorcise? Do you, as a Christian, call bullsh*t when you see videos such as:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBXgqrwuWkg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF6MZASa9fw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nuZF_yaDh4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFJIraQOJIs

He is the founder of Foundation For Human Understanding. He has a national AM radio show that has a fairly large following. I was listening to it the other night and it put me on life tilt. He was talking about anger and its relation to cancer. He went on to claim that Tony Snow died of cancer brought on by bottled up anger and rage.

Is Roy Masters good for Christianity? Are his followers true Christians or just lost?

This alone should tell you he's a quack. Snow was the real Christian of the two:

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/...uly/25.30.html

Edit:

Also this:
http://townhall.com/columnists/CalTh...ny_snow_i_know

What about exorcisms? Do you think that some Christians alive today can perform such things or was this ability only exclusive to Jesus and a chosen few (disciples)? All other accounts of exorcisms are completely false?

Here is a live show thread... his followers are Christian spew-tards.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/ne.../posts?page=13

Here is one excerpt:

He may or may not do some good - many non-Christians do good in society. I looked at his website and didn't find one word of the Gospel, or the purpose of Christ's incarnation. He appears to be a combination of self-helpers like Van Peale and Ziglar with a magic show like tent evangelists. He may or may not be a Christian. But I don't find anywhere that he teaches or preaches Biblical truth.

http://www.fhu.com/aboutroy.html

http://www.fhu.com/articles/articles-religion.html

Christian Minister
Roy Masters has devoted his life to understanding the fundamental concepts of Christianity and helping others to discover the joys and true meaning of faith.

Who can argue with that?

Heh... he attracts a huge following under the premise that he is a Christian minister.... of course you can argue whether he is a true Christian but other Christians don't seem to question him. Are they wrong to follow him? What makes you think he is not a valid Christian person?

It may be a stretch, but it seems you are judging the authenticity of a Christian based on how logical they are. Are you more logical in your beliefs and that makes you a better Christian in comparison?

Where does he teach the gospel?

Admittedly his take on Christianity is rather skewed. He does believe in Christ and claims that the "New Testament was written in him (Masters)". I do not doubt that he is a whack job.

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/ro...sus/1743885315

Notice he refers to Christianity as "your Christian religion" when talking to the woman. At any rate he acknowledges Christ and salvation and his talk show is mired in God speak.

His theme is more of a psychological self help type but it is still based in Christianity. What amazes me is that he is on 183 am stations nightly and his followers mostly religious I assume. So again... Are his followers Christians or just some seriously gullible types? Also exorcisms... do you believe that exorcisms are real in any way today?

I can't judge who is or isn't a Christian. I can judge someone's teaching by what I think the Bible says. I don't see his ministry as Bible based.

I believe that God created spiritual beings called angels. Some of them sinned and were banished from His presence. They are what are called demons in the Bible. They have some influence on earth, but to what extent and how isn't detailed. Christians should not focus on Satan or demons - we fight them through becoming well grounded in God's word, prayer and following God's will.

I don't know of any Biblical examples of exorcism that are like popular depictions, such as the movie, or a few scenes I've watched from Masters. The only encounters in the Bible were when Jesus was in His ministry(and I think a few shortly thereafter by some of the apostles), and mainstream theologians believe the greater activity was specifically because of Him. If possession does still occur the remedy is the same as in the New Testament - through prayer and commanding the demon to leave in Christ's name. I expect there are still instances, but only rarely. False cases are sure to be many times more than genuine. Demons and possession are not a major focus of Scripture and so I don't think about it much. Ministries that do are almost certainly going down the wrong path.