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To: kanawa
Yeah, thanks for your link too. It will take me some time to look at it thoroughly, but it looks as I expected. Not good.

How about this from your link: the devil may to a certain degree, counterfeit Divine visions;

82 posted on 11/15/2005 6:47:25 PM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (The nastiness of evolutionists proves one theological point: human depravity..)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
How about this from your link: the devil may to a certain degree, counterfeit Divine visions;

To tell the truth, I don't subscribe to the devil as an independent being.
All the evil I see in the world comes from man.
From man's ignorance
From man's attempt to seperate himself from God.
To be self-serving rather than God-serving.

Why does this happen?
Self concern has a place in our lives.
God has given us the ability to distinguish between pain and pleasure, between hunger and satiation.
He has provided us with a fear reflex.
All needed to survive in this world.
As we grow we develop a personality or ego, a useful tool in our relationships with others but all too often shape by desire and fear.
Our sense of identification with this self blinds us to our true nature as children of God.
We create a caricature, which is fine and dandy and can be a fun and wholesome endeavor.
But when the defense of that character,
when the satisfying of the desires of that character,
when fear of that character's standing or demise becomes our primary motivation,
we cross the line into madness and illusion, into evil.

As far as Divine visions being counterfeit it or not, in myself or others, I would judge them by their fruits.

86 posted on 11/15/2005 8:38:47 PM PST by kanawa
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