Posted by Mercury on June 30, 2003, at 13:02:30
In reply to Re: Prescription Enlightenment, posted by rayww on June 30, 2003, at 12:35:48
Thanks rayww,
I appreciate your support in this matter. And your belief in my experiences as authentic. I should point out however, that while I do Love and follow the teachings of Jesus, I am more Gnostic than Christian. I have said in prior postings that I base my beliefs on a few very fundamental pilars and extrapolate out from there. For example, I believe that God is infinite. And as such is, by definition, All things. Which means that I have to disagree with you primary assumption that if I believe in God then I have to accept the reality of Satan. In fact, I do not. Still, those qualities of experience that you attribute to "satan" do seem to be self-perpetuating. In other words, I agree that, in our reality, darkness appears to have a "life of its own". An agenda if you will. But I see this "force" as a tool, or a gift, one of many with which we can use to define ourselves in relation to our ever growing understanding of God and our relationship to Him. As far as our continued dialogue is concerned, I think these differences are of little importance. We both trust in God, and we both seek to turn away from those things that would interfere with our relationship with Him. And so I will try your advice and seek to obey the "good promptings in my conscience" more each day.
Thanks,
Mercury
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