The 'strong' Corinthian Christians apparently thought nothing of going to the local temples and participating in pagan feasts. They felt that since they knew that the gods of these temples did not exist but were empty lifeless idols of stone and metal, there was no harm in attending the rituals associated with them. In this manner they grossly overestimated their own ability to withstand temptation and forgot that such false worship was actually being offered to demons. Such communion or fellowship in demon worship was utterly wrong and bound to provoke God's chastening.
Today, while 'strong' Christians may not have pagan temples to frequent, they too are often too careless about entering into communion with the followers of darkness and their works.
Often they figure that because the evils of the modern world aren't as clearly pagan as the Temple feasts of the ancient world, the danger is nowhere near as great. They are in effect lulled into partaking of a less obvious but more insidious form of idolatry, what might be called 'Darkness Lite'...
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I was converted out of paganism and the occult in 1993 and while I was initially Charismatic/Arminian in my theology, I became Reformed and Presbyterian through bible study and the influence of ministries like Ligonier. After teaching in local bible studies, and taking seminary...
