(December 12, 2012 at 5:45 am)FutureAndAHope Wrote: Hi,
I will give you my thoughts on insanity. Insanity is bad for the person who has it and bad for those around them. The Christian view is that it is the devil who comes to "kill, to steal, and to destroy". Satan hates God, probably with a passion. So anything he can do to cause harm in the name of religion he loves. False religious teachers, and false religions all are easy prey for the devil, they have no power over Satan, and they have false teachings, they are open to suggestion, open to insane suggestions, and open to causing harm to others. Insanity is just one part of the whole picture. Satan loves to destroy live, make people live in ways that are less than human. Any idea that empowers people to ignore God has the power to ultimately destroy them. False religions cause people to ignore the real God and follow after man made ideas, so they become prey for Satan.
I was under the impression that this was the same god that had commanded people to commit genocide, conquer nations and the like... How do you reconcile those two?
