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WTF is Spiritual Warfare?

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WTF is Spiritual Warfare?
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RE: WTF is Spiritual Warfare?
December 13, 2017 at 7:17 pm
(December 13, 2017 at 7:07 pm)Industrial Lad Wrote: I went to a Pentacostal Church for a long time.

Sorry about that, dude. You seem like a pretty perceptive and complex guy, and Pentecostals seem to ignore these awesome qualities in people. In fact, they seem reflexively opposed to anything that the average hillbilly can't immediately apprehend. In some ways, I'm thankful for my Catholic roots. As misguided as Catholics may be, at least they don't endorse outright ignorance.
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RE: WTF is Spiritual Warfare?
December 13, 2017 at 7:35 pm
Quote:The more you pray and the more people pray the more good stuff happens.

But only if you put money in the plate.
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RE: WTF is Spiritual Warfare?
December 13, 2017 at 8:10 pm
Just a fancy way of saying good vs evil.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly." 

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#24
RE: WTF is Spiritual Warfare?
December 13, 2017 at 8:12 pm
Ghostbusters is spiritual warfare.

Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:

"You did WHAT?  With WHO?  WHERE???"
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#25
RE: WTF is Spiritual Warfare?
December 13, 2017 at 9:07 pm (This post was last modified: December 13, 2017 at 9:13 pm by Whateverist.)
Sounds like a variant of Dungeons and Dragons, kind of battle of wizards maybe.
(December 13, 2017 at 8:10 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Just a fancy way of saying good vs evil.


So long as you conceptualize good and evil as volitional agents in a struggle with each other, and not just in a symbolic way.
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#26
RE: WTF is Spiritual Warfare?
December 13, 2017 at 9:25 pm
Former Pentecostal churcher here. 

It's a bullshit term for what normal people recognize as personal struggles and/or rough spots. Charismatic denominations have a strong tendency to attribute particularly trying strife, illness, tragedy, difficulty overcoming lust, rage, etc., directly to Satan/demonic spirits who are actively seeking to turn believers away from the their True God and Creator. 

It requires more intensive prayer which would include fasting and the appointment of an entire prayer team or at least a few select ''prayer warriors" who have been recognized to be particularly gifted the practice of intercessory prayer.
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RE: WTF is Spiritual Warfare?
December 13, 2017 at 9:29 pm
Quote:Former Pentecostal churcher here.

You were one of these?



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RE: WTF is Spiritual Warfare?
December 13, 2017 at 9:34 pm (This post was last modified: December 13, 2017 at 9:35 pm by Whateverist.)
(December 13, 2017 at 9:25 pm)Thena323 Wrote: Former Pentecostal churcher here. 

It's a bullshit term for what normal people recognize as personal struggles and/or rough spots. Charismatic denominations have a strong tendency to attribute particularly trying strife, illness, tragedy, difficulty overcoming lust, rage, etc., directly to Satan/demonic spirits who are actively seeking to turn believers away from the their True God and Creator. 

It requires more intensive prayer which would include fasting and the appointment of an entire prayer team or at least a few select ''prayer warriors" who have been recognized to be particularly gifted the practice of intercessory prayer.

(December 13, 2017 at 9:29 pm)Minimalist Wrote:
Quote:Former Pentecostal churcher here.

You were one of these?





Oh Thena, you poor baby!  That must have been awful.  Did you get away young at least?
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RE: WTF is Spiritual Warfare?
December 13, 2017 at 9:36 pm (This post was last modified: December 13, 2017 at 9:37 pm by vulcanlogician.)
(December 13, 2017 at 8:10 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Just a fancy way of saying good vs evil.

But why not a groovy way of saying good over evil?

https://youtu.be/loFDn94oZJ0
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RE: WTF is Spiritual Warfare?
December 13, 2017 at 10:13 pm
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 The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it. 




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