Errors in the Book The Shack by William P Young
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Matt Slick of www.carm.org discusses some of the main theological errors in the book The Shack by William P Young.
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- There is a famine in the land and Christian discernment is dying. The book, The Shack, is a feel -good fictional story about a man named
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- Mack whose daughter is murdered. Mack subsequently has an encounter with God in a shack in the woods, and through this meeting he is healed emotionally and spiritually.
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- Sound good? Of course it does. The only problem is the many false doctrines laced throughout the book.
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- Instead of describing God as the majestic supreme being that he is, The Shack dumbs him down and reshapes him into a feel -good figure.
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- God the Father, who, according to the Bible, cannot be seen, John 6, 46, 1 Timothy 6, 16, appears in the form of an
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- African American woman named Papa. That's on page 86, and talk about gender confusion. Anyway, Papa has scars on his wrists, page 95.
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- Wrong. The Father was not crucified. Jesus was crucified. Furthermore, Jesus is presented as a
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- Middle Easterner wearing a plaid shirt with rolled up sleeves, page 84. The Holy Spirit appears as an
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- Asian woman, page 85. The Shack's author, Mr. Young, justifies these false representations under the rubric of literary license and says it's only fiction.
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- Okay, but does that mean it is alright to refer to God in a way that is in direct contradiction to Scripture?
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- No, it does not. God has chosen to reveal himself without gender confusion in the man Jesus, 1
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- Timothy 2, 5. But the Shack doesn't stop with flamboyant reconstructions of God.
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- Within his pages, you'll find other false doctrines. On page 124, you'll see a denial of the hierarchy within the
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- Trinity. Remember, the Father sent the Son, not the other way around. On page 136,
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- Young presents the humanist philosophy that good and evil, quote, do not have any actual existence, close quote.
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- Contrast this with Luke 18 .18 and John 17 .15, which speak to the contrary. On pages 145 and 146,
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- God wants to be submitted to Mac so he can, quote, join us in our circle of relationship, close quote.
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- Sorry, but man is to be submitted to God, not the other way around. Page 206 tells us that God has never placed an expectation on anyone.
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- Not Saul. In 1 Peter 1 .16, God expects us to be holy. And on page 225, the heresy of universalism is taught when we find the
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- African -American woman who was God the Father say, quote, in Jesus I have forgiven all humans for their sins against me, but only some choose relationship, close quote.
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- This contradicts verses such as Matthew 25 .46 and Mark 3 .29, which clearly teach us that all are not forgiven.
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- In John 10 .27, Jesus said, My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
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- Real, biblical Christians are supposed to follow the voice of Christ, as found in the Bible, not the ear -tickling melodies of teachers who use feel -good stories and emotionally laden half -truths to lessen
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- God's majesty, present humanist philosophy, and teach universalism. Is this shack a good book?