(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.What's Satan got to do with it? You can be deceived by another human. You can deceive yourself.
Quote:The thing about being deceived by Satan is,If you're deceived by another person, you don't know you're deceived. That's the nature of deception. Once you realize it, you're no longer deceived. Again, nothing special about Satan in this regard.
you don't know your deceived!
Regarding A&E, Paul notes that Eve was deceived, implying that Adam wasn't.
Quote:How does a fundamentalist Christian know that aren't deceived and should be Jews or Muslims, or Hindu's or whatever?We don't know for sure. Christianity is a faith-based religion, you know.
Quote:I've been thinking about blogging on this point.You might want to think further on that.