what are some examples of twisting Scripture?
Here are a few examples of obvious scripture twisting. Rev. Moon, who denies Christ literally appearing in the clouds, interprets all such references as clouds being groups of people, since Hebrews 12:1 saying we [not Jesus] are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses [not just cloud]. Jehovahs Witnesses, who deny consciousness after death, interpret in Luke 16:19-31, the suffering of rich man who ignored Lazarus, merely as “the Pharisee class feeling shamed by the faithful servant class”. Mormons, who believe that God is a glorified man, sometimes interpret Numbers 23:19: “God is not a man that He should lie” (KJV) as “God is not the kind of man that He should lie. These three interpretations, strange as they are, are very “logical”. The logic is thus: Since the plain meaning of Gods word goes against their theology, they must substitute another meaning for the plain meaning. Some symptoms of scripture twisting are 1) If you require the verse to have a “deeper meaning” that goes
