urge to pray - advice/help

[brotherlylove]

The enemy is still unknown, those precautions were actually recommended by demons as a trap.

Sure he would, to give you the impression that he is weak or capable of being defeated, which he is not. That's how trickster gods work, they trick you. How hard is this to understand?

Is it hard to understand that not knowing you have an enemy is more advantageous for an enemy than knowing that you do have one, even if you are uninformed about it? One of the greatest tricks Satan ever pulled was convincing the world he doesn't exist.

How then, might I ask, are you aware of Satan's existence in light of the claim that you opened this bit with? Try not to shoot your own feet when you aim at me. Fighting against Jesus Christ? I'm ridiculing your fairy tale, there's nothing to fight. It's his flock that I have issue with.

I'm only aware of it because God led me to the truth, which I have seen with my own eyes; that is, demon possession.

My reactions to what, christianity? My reaction to christianity is that there is no connection to reality there..... Maybe you shouldn't waste your time trying to convince people that fairies exist eh? At what point did you lose your handle on that, since you seemed to have grasped it in the past?

I can't convince you of anything; it is a heart matter between you and God. I am here doing what the Lord wants me to do.

Neither am I, and again, if your fairy does exist I still don't want anything to do with it, because it disgusts me.

If you hate God, you hate the source of all goodness and love. What is in your heart? Can you see how illogical it is to hate the one that made you and blessed you? You're saying even if you knew Jesus is God, you wouldn't be a Christian. Even though all the good things that you have in life came from Him. How ridiculous is that?

You;re right on that count, I do have more than a clue, which is why I'm an atheist. Is that your wager? Next time you consider making a wager, don't, you don't have any talent for it.

It doesn't appear you are going to be honest about it anytime soon.

Ive met many atheists who believe in magic as well, and? Spirit does not equal god, one can be an atheist and believe in spirits (though if he;s claiming knowledge, it would be nice to see his evidence).

You think it is logical to believe that you just have a spirit and it didn't come from somewhere?

Visions are evidence now? I was unaware. That being said, if I had a "vision" of jesus it wouldn't change my opinion of jesus one bit. Except, of course, if in that vision Jesus explained to me exactly how badly you christians botched his story.

What do you think His story is?

There is no such god, and there is no such authority. What exactly do you think I would have to change btw? I'm a married father of 4 that provides for most of my family either completely or partially, I have never been charged with of or convicted of any crime, I treat people around me fairly and kindly.....you're just a fundie douchebag attempting to play god and pass judgement on someone you've never met. Go fuck yourself.

So do you think the number of times you've violated the ten commandments is only in the low thousands then?

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An underestimated enemy is far worse than either. If you don't know the enemy, you can keep on building your defenses to counter any level of strength. But if you know the enemy and have underestimated him, then he has the advantage of knowing that you are not as secure as you think.

That is why Satan included himself in the bible, presenting himself as a weak and ineffectual fallen angel. He wants you to feel safe in believing you have god's protection when you don't.

If you believe that you're a lousy tactician. An unseen enemy is far more dangerous than an underestimated enemy. You wouldn't be building any defenses if you didn't know you had any reason to build them in the first place.

He wants you to think that to god, your good deeds have the value equivalent of dirty rags, so that you'd think that spreading the "message of god" is more important than actually doing good deeds. He wants you to think that your sins are erased simply by having faith and accepting JC, so that you wouldn't actually work to erase your sins and then you will go straight to hell into his waiting arms.

According to the bible, faith without works is dead. The bible commands us to do good works at every point. A Christian entering the Kingdom would have more than enough good works to justify his entry, if that were true.

Imagine if a being like god actually existed, what would he be like. He wouldn't care about people believing in him, because he doesn't need others to validate his existence. He wouldn't care about spending eternity listening to praises of his glory, he'd know how awesome he is. He wouldn't care if people followed arbitrary rules he might or might not have made up just because they believe he did. He'd want people to make up their own fucking minds about things rather than taking his word for it and if they came to a different conclusion, he wouldn't penalize them for it.

It has nothing to do with God needing to be acknowledged, it has to do with sin. God is a just judge and isn't going to fail to punish sin. Those who refuse to repent of sin and turn from their ways, who reject their own pardon, are on their own. He sent His only Son, His heart, to save His creatures from their sins, and if they want to spit on that they shouldn't expect any further mercies.

A mediocre mind seeks to control and demands obedience from other minds, where as an extraordinary mind seeks company of equivalent measure. If there is a god, the only thing certain is that he'd be fucking lonely. Maybe that's why he created humans - in the hopes that eventually there might be someone out of that species he could hold an interesting conversation with. Someone who would possibly make him say "Huh, I never thought of it like that". If so, he'd definitely not want any fundies in heaven because the only things they say is already laid out in a bible - a book written specifically to screw him over.

God created out of the abundance of His love, not because He needed anything. God is a triune being; the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. He wasn't lonely; He has perfect love on His own. God created us to adopt us into His family as sons and daughters, and to perfect in the image of His Son.

In the world to come we will know God as He knows us now. We will see Him as He really is, face to face. He is creating the perfect reality, one that will last forever, and this is the proving ground. This is where creatures can freely choose to be a part of it or not. There is nothing in this world which isn't perishing. You came into this world empty and you are going to leave it the same way. To choose this world and its short term pleasures over eternal life with God is not thinking very clearly.