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Monotheism or Enotheism? What is more apt for Christian Religion?

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ringo
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Message 34 of 72 (703537)
07-24-2013 12:33 PM 		Reply to: Message 29 by New Cat's Eye
07-23-2013 12:06 PM

Re: More please sir
Catholic Scientist writes:
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If you have a sole God that controls everything, then you cannot have other gods controlling stuff too.
So the fundamentalists' Satan is a god who controls stuff and fundamentalists are not monothesists.
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Message 37 of 72 (703544)
07-24-2013 1:49 PM 		Reply to: Message 35 by Phat
07-24-2013 1:34 PM

Thugpreacha writes:
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satan is a parasite. he only "controls" them who allow it.
Most Christians seem to say that God doesn't force Himself on you either - i.e. He only "controls" them who allow it.
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Thugpreacha writes:
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As a created being, satan is incapable of himself creating anything apart from confusion.
Again, the same could be said of God. He created the hardness of Pharoah's heart which caused a lot of confusion and/or other related troubles for the Israelites.
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07-25-2013 11:41 AM 		Reply to: Message 38 by Phat
07-24-2013 5:11 PM

Re: Puppeteer
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perhaps God used satan as a tool to harden the heart.
You can perhaps until the cows come home but I'm talking about the fundamentalists whose catch phrase is, "The Devil made me do it." They definitely seem to be ascribing godlike powers to Satan.
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God can use satan as a tool, but satan cant use God for anything.
So how do you know which one is the puppeteer? Perhaps everything you "know" about God was planted in your mind by Satan as a test.
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Edited by ringo, : Fixed quote.
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