Abanes response

In my last post I mentioned Richard Abanes. What I didn't mention was his email response when I wrote him a short note telling him that I found Warren's book in a New Age bookstore. His response was not positive in anyway- a bit snide, a bit condescending. I cannot give you a verbatim account of what he said in his response to me because (and here is were it gets interesting) his email came with a warning that any full or partial reproduction of his email response without his permission would make guilty of criminal copy right violations. (Did you get that?). It also said in essence that I could not share any part of his email response with anyone without his permission or I would be guilty of breaking copyright laws! So according to the warning, I cannot share his email with my wife, kids, pastor, etc. Talk about controlling! (Let's see, if Abanes gets his way we would have Free Speech/ 1st amendment right violations.). Well now you know why I am sharing what happened without revealing the content of what he said. He has gone after others that have disagreed with him or Rick Warren. He has made strong attempts to censure his critics; such as Ken Silva and his Apprising Ministries blog site. Meanwhile I have contacted a Lawyer for legal advice. If anything fruitful comes from that contact I will share it, OK? Meanwhile my motive for sharing this for many reasons. One reason is to warn you people like Abanes who claim to be 'christian' but lack essential qualities or characteristics of a true Christian. (Like love, joy, a consideration for others even your enemies, etc.). In fact my next blog is going to be talking about a disturbing trend or observation that I am noticing in people that call themselves 'christian'-a flagrant display of obnoxious or repulsive behavior and attitudes.