(August 29, 2013 at 9:27 am)Drich Wrote:This is rather funny. People who interprets the bible differently are deceived by Satan, but your version cannot be a deception. This is one step beyond the whole "other religions are fake, but mine is real" crazy.(August 29, 2013 at 6:02 am)findingdoubt Wrote: It seems to me the whole premise of a very powerful Satan who can delude you into believing a lie and you won't know it undermines the entire religious enterprise.Only if your understanding of Christianity is based on a legalistic understanding of the texts. In That one is required to walk a very thin line of righteousness. That is the only place being deceived and following that deception undermindes any version of Christianity.
Quote:You mean the bible that requires interpretation? Including the interpretation that you think is a deception (see above)?Quote:The thing about being deceived by Satan is,Not true. God's law has been established.
you don't know your deceived!
Quote:Oh I assure you they have plenty of NDEs and active confirmation in their life to stay with their religion. Muslims are different though, someone correct me if I'm wrong, but none of my muslim friends have ever told me that allah said something to them. They quote the Qur'an. I believe this is because they've been told mohammed is the last prophet and they don't expect to hear things from allah. This is speculation on my part, and I'm very interested if anyone knows any muslims that claim allah said things to them?Quote:How does a fundamentalist Christian know that aren't deceived and should be Jews or Muslims, or Hindu's or whatever?without the active comfirmation of god in your life, you don't just by looking on the surface.
Quote:They're not going to the right god. Maybe the right god is allah. And his version of the devil is deceiving you into believing in the Christian god.Quote:I've been thinking about blogging on this point.If 'satan's deception' brings them closer to God then how is his deception in his benfit?
It seems that Christian demonology undermines Christianity because even if they say the evidence looks good to them they can't disprove that Satan is just deceiving them.
Quote:The one Satan led you to believe is the true god? Whose will is subject to human interpretation and has many many denominations all with different interpretations? I'm starting to see why you're so confident in your interpretation.Quote:Just as no one could really prove that Satan is not deceiving them when apologists make the claim that they are, Christians cannot disprove that they are deceived.Again there is the matter of God's expressed will.
Quote:How does this ... ? What is this random point? I thought you said blasphemy to the Holy Spirit means not believing in god till death. You said it so many times I'm sure I can quote you if you want it.Quote:The witness in their spirit just might be the devil.The Pharisees that Christ condemned as blasphemeing the Holy Spirit said something similar.
Quote:Muslims are warned of Syaitan. Same thing as Satan. What do you think about that?Quote:So since by their religious claims there is an equal chance that their religious claims are crap their religious claims are crap!Again only if one is blind and deaf to the interaction between God and those who follow him.
The way I see it the only way your claim works is if 'the other religions' you mention also warn against satan as being a deceiver as well. For if one of them is correct then wouldn't stand to reason the god of that religion would also warn of satan?
