Posted on 09/15/2001 4:27:52 PM PDT by pax_et_bonum
The Book of Revelations clearly describes Satan's hatred of Israel and describes him as actively and relentlessly attempting to destroy them and their nation.
Obviously Satan deals the same way with all who support Israel.
The sort of sick and depraved hatred, the utter self deceit and spiritual blindness that allows people to believe that committing suicide in order to kill women, children and unsuspecting civilians, will actually be pleasing to God and earn them a place in heaven is clearly from the pit of Hell.
As tragic as this is, it is also a clear sign that the evil behind terrorism, Satan, actually recognizes and identifies us as on the side of good and as a defender of God's people, Israel in this world..which is why he targets us as a nation.
As I said above, satan is very cunning and clever, but if we are prayerful, we can remain on the right path. If not, we will become, ourselves, targets, and his best and favorite method of attack is to simply mislead us.
Do you or any Freepers have the picture of Gore/Bradley debate with Satan in thecurtains???
These terrorists are not Satan, they are poor bastards who listened to him.
Yes, I do feel sorry for them, after a fashion. The saying 'There but for the grace of God goes I' comes to mind. OTOH, feeling sorry for them and for their culture -- feeling pity, that is -- does not mean that they must not be made to pay. We must have justice and just punishment -- including war, if necessary.
But we will accomplish nothing good if we go off half-cocked and filled with unreasoning rage and a thirst for revenge. We must not lower ourselves to the level of our adversary. If we do, we only weaken ourselves and make things worse.
Tuor
I agree with most of your arguments. Going off half-cocked and filled with unreasoning rage never entered my mind. And, yes, justice must be pursued.
I understand quite well that he can attack us as forceably as he likes and that he is powerless against God.
However, the little glitch here is that God, for some reason which we may never understand, will allow satan to attack us, to the very limits of our endurance, which can't be described accurately as only 'temptation.' Of course, God will not allow us to be completely defeated, but 'tempted' is not strong enough to describe the extent to which satan is sometimes allowed by God to attempt to defeat us.
Satan hates us.
Of course, we shouldn't dwell on him or fear him, but we would be fooling ourselves to think that he can cause us no real problems- only 'temptation.'
And we must remember that God never allows us to be burdened with more than we can handle, with His help.
pax
The reality of evil to those who closely follow world and national news should not be surprising... More importantly there are real Christians spread like salt everywhere...
Excuse my aversion to religion of late, I am very, very angry. My nation has turned into a bunch of chanting pod-people.
Its really amazing to watch, I will never see humanity the same way again, nor probably rejoin it.
Excuse my aversion to religion of late, I am very, very angry. My nation has turned into a bunch of chanting pod-people.
Its really amazing to watch, I will never see humanity the same way again, nor probably rejoin it.
First of all, let me make myself perfectly clear: I never said that 'satan did it.'
Those hijackers did it. However, the capability to hate innocent people so much is beyond mere human capacity.
Secondly, it is your right to have an aversion to religion at this time. We all react to things differently. However, if we can lean on God, who is Love, instead of turning against Him, it will give us strength better to deal with this terrible act of hate than to try to handle it alone.
Thirdly, you are part of humanity. You don't really have a choice. Each time one of us decides to leave, we are all diminished. There is strength in unity. Hope you decide to come back.
Fourthly, a little holy water on the airliners probably wouldn't help, but, maybe we could sprinkle passengers as they board and detain the ones who hiss.
:) pax
What was your view of humanity before? This has reaffirmed everything I thought about humanity. I had feared we had become a nation of Eloi.
Put it this way, sometimes when I'm writing a post people are going to disagree with -- I can 'hear' angry ape-like grunts and monkey screams.
This event has not really changed things for the better, I see puppets, wizards and prophets, shrouded minds, amulets and incantations. Blood sacrifice as an answer to evil.
From The Oklahoma City Bombing and the Politics of Terror chapter 15 - Let them eat O.J.
McVeigh is sentenced to death. We are all saved.Anyone who believes this is brain dead and deserves the consequences. Lies beget new lies. Crimes beget new crimes. Murder begets new murder. Nothing has changed in people's thinking in five thousand years. If there is a blood sacrifice for the gods, all is well. The rule of ritual blood sacrifice is supplanting the rule of law, due process and constitutional rights under the rubric of "victims' rights." The regression to social barbarism is matched by individual regression to infantile magical thinking and The Lord of the Flies is the ultimate destination
1353. (979) Ace R. Hayes, "Sacrificial Goat," Portland Free Press, July/October, 1997
Everyone should read this book NOW.
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