W Abbott,

That "doubt" arises from several things:

1) My recent spiritual experience being closer to what we see described in scripture about the early church and contrasting with claims about being led by the Holy Spirit in specific ways.

2) Heard people claim they are empowered by or received revelations from the Holy Spirit when there was no evidence to support it in that person's life. Ask them about the Holy Spirit and you often get argument instead of testimony.

3) The claims made about what the Holy Spirit actually reveals to a person. Giving understanding is one thing, but claim of specific revelation are often made when there is none. Plus, such claims sometimes borrow from the characteristics of the gift of prophecy when there is no evidence of that person having the gift.

As I said before, I wasn't expressing my doubts about you but explaining so you could understand the reasons for my disbelief in specific claims about the Holy Spirit. (continued)