Casting doubt on continuationists as being deceived or corrupt actually goes a long way to pull the carpet out from under your own feet if you yourself are a professing Christian. When non-Christians see you trying to debunk your own brethren they won't see any reason to take you seriously either. It actually does damage to the Christian brand and misrepresents who we are supposed to be, in my estimation. A house divided against itself cannot stand and those who perform a miracle in Jesus' name will never turn and say something bad about Him.
Actually, you're wrong.
I used to do jail ministry, and the main chaplain was a charismatic type.
He told the men that they needed to be exorcised from their generational sins, etcetera. He claimed, in essence, that God found it very difficult, if not impossible, to save men who were trapped in homosexual sin. He told them they must read the KJV and that other Bibles were incorrect, etcetera.
They would ask my opinion on these claims. I asked them never to tell me who told them these things, but I knew who it was because he said the same things to me.
To be honest, the prisoners were glad to see that there was some sane person who did not believe all these weird things. So, it didn't turn them away from Christianity. In fact, they would have been turned away from attendance at jail services because they wouldn't be learning anything of value from guys who believed such superstitious foolishness.
It is very true that there is a spiritual realm, and spiritual forces are at work, but claiming that sinners need to be exorcised rather than to repent is false. It gives them an opportunity to deny their sinfulness, and to evade the real problem: themselves.
And, if it was just one isolated person, I would think......I may be wrong..and I won't judge an entire group of people for the foolishness of one man, or even a handful of men....but when I see general foolishness in the entire group, then I am forced to consider whether there are sound thinkers within the entire movement.
