Pernicious Path

Pernicious: Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle influence.

 

Recently, I posted this word on Facebook with a sentence and a picture about vines being pernicious. This led to some wonderful insight about the vine itself.

 

It actually led away from the word, pernicious, which can be used in many other areas ... as in substance or companion abuse for example (a gradual influence leading to a harmful effect).

 

This made me think of another sentence it has been used in. I wonder what insight I'll get this time because it can be a more touchy subject then vines.

 

2 Peter 2:2: "And many shall follow their (false prophets) pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of."

 

The way of truth?

 

Couldn't all current day faiths be maligning said way of truth through gradual and harmful influences leading us away, instead of to, said way? A deliberate and subtle maligning to dupe us into believing otherwise ... like any addiction would do ... slowly but surely over the ages ... to feed into that ego of false doctrine  instead of the  real "way?"

 

How would we know?

 

Through intuition?

 

What if it's being blocked?

 

Have we been corrupted over time by the false prophets within the churches ... within the faiths ... to create a deceptive way of truth via pernicious teachings?

 

Luke 16:13 "No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money."

 

Can one really have two masters at the same time ... money and doctrine?

 

Could this have led us on a pernicious path away from the "way of truth"?