“ There will be a period of time, ” he wrote, “when they will not put up with the healthful teaching, but, in accord with their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves to have their ears tickled; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, whereas they will be turned aside to false stories. ” ​ — 2 Timothy 4: 3, 4.
आणि आधुनिक काळातील धर्मत्यागी देखील ख्रिश्‍चनांचा विश्‍वास कमकुवत करण्यासाठी त्यांच्या मनात शंका उत्पन्‍न करण्याचा सतत प्रयत्न करतात.