(February 13, 2012 at 1:30 pm)brotherlylove Wrote: Brutus was a close friend of Caesers. He didn't know he was an enemy, and if he did, he certainly wouldn't have made him Praetor. Your argument holds no water.
That's because Caesar was a big practitioner of "keep your enemies close". He forgave and took back a lot of people who opposed him with Pompey and he made a lot of Gauls senators. If anything, it makes more sense for him to give someone he considered a threat a position of power. If your enemy has a lot to lose by moving against you, he'd hesitate to do so. On the other hand, if he has nothing to lose, then he's even more dangerous.
(February 13, 2012 at 1:30 pm)brotherlylove Wrote: Satan wouldn't have revealed his existence in the bible, or anywhere, had he any choice. The most dangerous enemy is the one you don't know about. Again, this is so obviously true that the fact that you're still arguing this point shows that you have no argument at all.
The fact that you still don't understand the argument shows that you have no intelligence at all.
Satan had a choice - he could remain hidden, but that would mean that he wouldn't be able to act and therefore he wouldn't be able to influence anyone. Or else, he could come out in a manner of his choosing. He chose the latter.
(February 13, 2012 at 1:30 pm)brotherlylove Wrote: The people being manipulated by Satan don't know it is happening. It isnt a matter of being deceived by Satan, as if you are talking to him, or seeing what he is doing. He works in the spiritual realm where you expressly cannot see what he is doing.
Do you really think everyone is as stupid as you? That they wouldn't stop to examine their own actions and motivations to figure out if they are acting on their own or being deceived and manipulated by someone else?
Oh, right, you would think that. After all, it is because you didn't examine your own beliefs, actions and motivations that you are being so deceived by Satan
