Yikes.
I have a “suicide rock” on the ridge above me.
I avoid it, too.
I am a Christian
No holy roller but rational
I know of no other explanation of our existence whereby the creator is thought to have created himself to come live and die as his children he created and to do so as a commoner with little fanfare and to die at the hands of those he created rather harshly and refrain from freeing himself from that pain instantly but rather to show he can do it too and so can we
And if we trust and believe in him we will live forever with him in happiness
Truly incredible happiness
Not riches or all the sex you can eat .....
Nobody else offers that
Hence I do not allow darkness into my world and believe what
I fear it
I know it exists ....I seen the handiwork in ways a
I’d rather forget in Haiti and Sierra Leone
The universe has supernatural entities who fallen from Gods grace and live to destroy us to hurt him
I prefer to give them no window
Hope that makes sense
A scholar on the topic
The Bible warns of Satan’s grave threat to humanity by referring to him as “the god of this age” (2 Corinthians 4:4) who “prowls” the earth “looking for someone to devour” (1 Peter 5:8). Demons are no less dangerous, as the Bible describes them as: “impure spirits” (Mark 1:27), “deceiving spirit[s]” (1 Kings 22:23), “the powers of this dark world” and “the spiritual forces of evil” (Ephesians 6:12), and as Satan’s “angels” (Revelation 12:9).
The Bible tells us that Satan and his demons can inflict harm on earth by:
Possessing people to cause them physical and spiritual harm (Matthew 12:22; Mark 5:1-20) and to make them do evil (Luke 22:3-4)
Blinding the minds of unbelievers so that they cannot see the light of the Gospel (2 Corinthians 4:4)
Deceiving people by disguising themselves as “servants of righteousness” (2 Corinthians 11:14-15)
Promoting false doctrine (1 Timothy 4:1) and performing signs to deceive humans (Revelation 16:14)
Tormenting believers (2 Corinthians 12:7)
How Can Christians Resist Evil?