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Author Topic:   Christianity - faith or act?
Stephen ben Yeshua
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Message 7 of 24 (93303)
03-19-2004 6:22 AM
Reply to: Message 5 by SA-XHBK
03-19-2004 5:54 AM


SA-XHBK,
Many years ago, I experienced some similar things to those you described, and used them as the basis for some prayer experiments. I used the Bible as a source of materials and methods, got prayers to try from there, and prayed, or didn't pray, for various encounters. The whole experience convinced me that the world is haunted, and that the haunts, or demons, were obsessive, nasty buggers. They'd get a bee in the bonnet to create trouble in a certain way or place, and unless you got rid of them, that's what would happen.
Sounds like you are in a unique position to learn something about how the world is really put together. You should take advantage of it.
By the way, you are probably lucky that the girls that get nasty around you are showing their true colors. Maybe your mother is praying for you. You know the song, right? "My momma done told me...." too, too true. It's not exactly the girls' fault, though. According to the tales of scripture, demons prefer to pick on women, to get them to cause men to throw both their lives away. To be on the safe side, it's best to try to hang out with women who are strongly attached to a father figure. You have to make friends with him, too, but that can be a good thing. Until you get the spooks thing figured out, this is the only safe way to go with women.
Cheers,
Stephen

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Stephen ben Yeshua
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Message 16 of 24 (97866)
04-05-2004 12:22 PM
Reply to: Message 10 by crashfrog
03-19-2004 8:04 AM


I like grils.
Hey, Crash,
Funny thing is, I figured that if he was going to ask about women, I thought we could give him advice about actual women in the 21st century, not mythical sexist female ideals. But maybe that's just me?
Semantics. Females of the species can be girls or, if they have developed enough, women. Under the spiritual ontological model that I use, the species is a symbiotic union. In which case, "actual women" are exactly all that I was talking about, most human females remaining "girls" or spiritually undeveloped or immature. Or worse.
Personally I try to ignore advice from people who's model of interpersonal relationships ascribes behavior to demon possession.
Just a kindly warning. The conscious act to ignore leaves one vulnerable to the state called ignorant. Disregard would perhaps be a better descriptor?
As for me, I remain satisfied if I am understood, believing as I do that agreement is a choice. My neighbor, including you, is loved, if they understand what they choose not to believe.
Peace,
S.

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