Let's think about the devil for a moment.....

Discussion in 'Religion and Spirituality' started by themickey, Jul 9, 2023.

  1. Free Will is a bummer sometimes. Even God thinks so. Humans can be really evil.
     
    #11     Jul 10, 2023
  2. Prayer requests are in. Let's see if Mickey returns to his heavenly ways. :)
     
    #12     Jul 10, 2023
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  3. themickey

    themickey

    Praying for mickey is like praying for yourself, it doesn't work as can be plainly seen. :)
     
    #13     Jul 10, 2023
  4. Darc

    Darc

    Are you feeling anything yet Mickey?
     
    #14     Jul 10, 2023
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  5. themickey

    themickey

    Well I just mowed the lawns and I had no one helping me, so I suppose No!
     
    #15     Jul 11, 2023
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  6. Darc

    Darc

    May need to Pray harder @FortuneTeller . Can you get the whole Congregation to Pray for him?
     
    #16     Jul 11, 2023
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  7. themickey

    themickey

    Yeah but what church does he belong to? If it's Mormon they'll probably bill me for their time at a couple hundred dollars per person and there's no tax deduction for me like they have.
     
    #17     Jul 11, 2023
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  8. WWarrior

    WWarrior

    You're halfway there. They really do have above human intelligence and every human needs to be extremely vigilant especially the ones that are overly sure of themselves.
     
    #18     Jul 13, 2023
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  9. albion

    albion

    Christianity is about faith and not demonstrated truth. The bible is a vehicle for teaching ethics (at least in parts) and made up primarily of fictional stories written by humans long after Jesus died. Jesus was one of many itinerant Jewish preachers who was in the right time and place to be picked up as a central symbol for the Christian religion (which was based in many ways on other similar regional religions of the time). The Jesus story gradually evolved over hundreds of years to become what it is today. None of it is true, but some of it is useful for people who resonate with Bhakti Yoga style devotional paths to the divine. In practice, particularly in America, most Christian churches today seem to be far from the early ethical tenants of Christianity. But then, Humans tend to generally corrupt what they touch.
     
    #19     Jul 15, 2023
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  10. themickey

    themickey

    Christian principles are great when it suits the occassion, when it doesn't suit then, either ignore or come up with another excuse or bible quote to counteract.
    'Gods word' has many meanings, it often can mean anything you like.
     
    #20     Jul 15, 2023
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