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There is 1 God. But Lucifer, a created being, rebelled against him. He's referred to as The Devil, or Accuser, or Adversary. But God is firmly in control of him.
Looks like God gives 'ole Lu a rather long leash to me.
God is all powerful through the promise of the blood of Jesus Christ which is the God judgment of the cross which Christians who are one with God ....... Then there is the devil who has power over the cattle of the fields , which God gave to the devil at Adam and Eve fall , BUT people who ignore God would be subject to the devil who can have power over the will of man
This belief in an evil satan - must 'he' not be a part and parcel of this God? How is that?
What, then, would that mean about this God, if you believe in one God?
Yes. What does he/she/it create, sustain, destroy is another question.
I don't believe in satan as a separate force.
That he is a positive energy, realizable, and not separate from me when my mind is quiet. When it is disturbed and I need to pray, then he is a bit magical.
Yes. What does he/she/it create, sustain, destroy is another question.
I don't believe in satan as a separate force.
That he is a positive energy, realizable, and not separate from me when my mind is quiet.
When it is disturbed and I need to pray, then he is a bit magical.
Thanks cb.
"he'' is referring to satan? A pronoun refers back to the last person written about, so wasn't sure.
Thanks
I have no clear answer, btw - I believe God dwells in a place of no duality, no space and time,
no good or evil, no day or night---Just 'Is-ness'. Ha, Can I explain that? No.
A small tangent here....
God could be referred as "His Royal Isness", "Supreme Isness", "Holy Isness", etc...
If an individual attempts to convince another of a different religion their God is the only true God, that person can tell the proselytizer to "Mind Your Own Is-Ness!"...
If an individual attempts to convince another of a different religion their God is the only true God, that person can tell the proselytizer to "Mind Your Own Is-Ness!"...
Are there 2 powers? [Btw, this is not a debate on whether there is a God, there are plenty of threads on that, thanks.]
Or is there One Power, period - the One Source or one God?
What do you think?
If you think there are 2 powers that exist - wouldn't the one come from the other, the Original Creator God?
Or are there 2 powers that created the entire Universe and are maintaining it?
If you believe there is only One Power - shouldn't this 'One Being', this 'One Spirit' be understood way more deeply?
Since That One would have a creative aspect, a sustaining aspect and a destroying aspect?
We have a gentle deer, then there is a bobcat that kills it.
We have apples, then we have rot.
We have metal, then we have rust.
We have stars, then we have them going supernova.
We had dinosaurs, then they went 'poof'.
Creator, Sustainer and then a Destroyer in One?
This belief in an evil satan - must 'he' not be a part and parcel of this God? How is that?
What, then, would that mean about this God, if you believe in one God?
Thanks.
I have no clear answer, btw - I believe God dwells in a place of no duality, no space and time,
no good or evil, no day or night---Just 'Is-ness'. Ha, Can I explain that? No.
I think of the traits you assign your god like the periodic table. Thats where I see this thing you think you see. Its the whole two blind men or two bird notions. Your god is probability a set of interactions all forming the whole that you feel. Much like the pieces of an ecosystem from the ecosystem.
Where is illusion of "only one" comes into play is the human brain simplifying something down to one unified thingies to make it more palatable and easy to communicate.
think of an animal with the brain dispersed through the "body" where each part of the body is "far more insightful" as any one human? how would that be described by that person? Now imagine being immersed in that "body"?
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