by Terry 69 Replies latest jw friends
... intellectually rationalising that the size of a demon must exist because matter exists does not disprove the existance of demonic spirits but merely prove the ignorance of human beings who want to convince themselves that these do not exist.
I pray you never come across even a tiny little demon ... some of the more dangerous devils come in small packages not the other way around.
I just wonder how come they were breeding pigs in Israel .
I just wonder how come they were breeding pigs in Israel.....dgp....
He was either in Samaria, or the Decalouge.........good as always Terry......hope I never meet a devil of any size....hmmmm, may have married one though, be very quite she can hear the key strokes.........
What we consider to be supernatural is only supernatural UNTIL we have the means to "quantify" something, though. Right? Does that mean it isn't real? Or does it just mean we can't quantify it, by means currently at our disposal?
Tammy
What amazes me even more than their size is how these 'spirit creatures' experience the urges of human sexuality without any of the neurological/hormonal/psychological/etc. factors required for such an experience!
Actual photo of two demons
What we consider to be supernatural is only supernatural UNTIL we have the means to "quantify" something, though. Right? Does that mean it isn't real? Or does it just mean we can't quantify it, by means currently at our disposal?
Which is why I asked the question: How big is a demon?
We can't do the following: we can't say I'm going to believe everything UNTIL somebody DISPROVES it.
If we treat fiction the same as fact how can we operate in a real world?
The first symptom of intelligence is separating ideas into real and unreal, true and false and distinguishing between them.
Sorry Terry, I thought this was a thread about JW ex wives....
"You are worried and troubled about many things." -Luke 10:41-42
Here is what St. Irenaeus of Lyons of the second century says of the work of the devil, "He had indeed been already accustomed to lie against God, for the purpose of leading men astray." (Against Heresies, 5.23.1) "To lead men astray," he says!
Does your salvation concern you? Since this is what is truly important! (not the size of a demon but its intent).
Scripture very clearly teaches that demons are real (In the Gospels alone, the word "demon" is used thirty-two times, "devil" and "Satan" both appear fourteen times, and the phrase "the evil one" appears five times.).*
The Apostle Peter calls to each Christian: "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walketh about as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour" (1 Peter 5:8).
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* New Testament references to demons:
The freeing of people from the devil was the first work that our Lord Jesus Christ took on (Matt. 4:24, 8:16, 9:32-34; Mark 1:32-34; Luke 4:41, 8:2, 11:4) Specifically, we have the following accounts: the healing of the possessed youth (Matt. 17:14-21), the daughter of the Canaanite woman (Mark 7:24-29), and the two possessed Gadarenes (Matt. 8:28-34, Mark 5:1-19). In the last incident it is worth noting that not one but a whole legion of demons (i.e., a great number of them) became established in a man. Jesus prepared his disciples to drive out demons. He sent them in pairs into the cities and villages with the power to drive out the unclean spirits (Matt. 10:1, Mark 6:7, Luke 9:1). When they returned they reported. "Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through Thy name" (Luke 10:17). The Lord foretold before His Ascension into Heaven that the breaking of diabolic power would be a clear sign of the Church: "And these signs shall follow them that believe: In my name shall they cast out devils ..." (Mark 16:17). In the book of Acts we find many examples of the holy Apostles dealing with demons, including the healing of the possessed by the Apostle Peter (Acts 5:16), by the Apostle Philip when "unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed with them" (Acts 8:7), and later by the Apostle Paul, who expelled a spirit of divination from a young woman (Acts 16:16-18). Moreover, the blessing of God acted so abundantly in those times that when, for example, personal things that belong to the Apostle Paul were laid on the possessed, the demons went out of them (Acts 19:12).
11 A large herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside. 12 The demons begged Jesus, “Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them.” 13 He gave them permission, and the impure spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.
Did the owner of the pigs get compensated? If not he really got screwed. I bet he was mighty ticked off.
