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originally posted by: FlyInTheOintment
any good Christian church where they operate in spiritual gifts such as speaking in tongues, words of knowledge, visionary wisdom, prophetic guidance & so forth
The majority of belief bias is set in childhood- given to us by our parents. We don't usually stray far from- or even question- why we see the world the way we do. There's a story that gives pause for some thought.
Eskimo: "If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?"
Priest: "No, not if you did not know."
Eskimo: "Then why did you tell me?"
originally posted by: FlyInTheOintment
a reply to: AcrobaticDreams
I've dealt with negative entities - the meaning is clear: unclean spirits, demons, ghouls, spectral creatures.
Any of them can tag along with a medium, even more the case when forms of witchcraft are involved. And I've known witches, and those abused by a Satanic cult, who recant & turn to Christ. Theirs is a long journey of deliverance & loving support, in my experience. Being abused by Satanists since infancy destroys a person's soul, it takes a lot to rebuild.
It's disgusting, and God hates it. I have spoken frequently about my belief that at the judgement day when the souls of death & Hell are cast into the lake of fire, that's symbolic that they face oblivion, burned up in a flash, no longer existing at all.
I don't know how you developed such a belief, but I've never seen any verifiable evidence to suggest what you say is true.
originally posted by: FlyInTheOintment
The one thing that people don't always quite understand, if - for example - they are a traditional Christian in a Baptist or Evangelical church, whatever - is that mediumship when done correctly is not a sham, these people genuinely can call up the spirits of the dead.
Again that's quite an extraordinary claim with no extraordinary evidence that I've seen to support it. If I'm missing some extraordinary evidence you know about, please share it with me.
Most are charlatans, but there are plenty of examples the world over of truly capable mediums who believe they're doing God's will, who genuinely can connect in the ways that they claim...
originally posted by: FlyInTheOintment
a reply to: nugget1
The majority of belief bias is set in childhood- given to us by our parents. We don't usually stray far from- or even question- why we see the world the way we do. There's a story that gives pause for some thought.
Eskimo: "If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?"
Priest: "No, not if you did not know."
Eskimo: "Then why did you tell me?"
Look, I directly state in several places here that you need to watch out for the deceivers who are preaching a false gospel. I've already said in the OP that God doesn't reject non-Christians, and certainly wouldn't send someone to Hell simply for not believing. There is a demonic force which tries to pervert the telling of the gospel in that exact manner, and you will get mega-churches of thousands of people cheering about the pastor saying that someone or another is going to burn in Hell for all eternity because they have denied Christ, etc. It's disgusting, and God hates it. I have spoken frequently about my belief that at the judgement day when the souls of death & Hell are cast into the lake of fire, that's symbolic that they face oblivion, burned up in a flash, no longer existing at all. In the Netherworld until then they may, if they were evil, face torments of some sort, in the gloom & depression of that place - but ordinary people don't get sent there, it takes a special kind of evil soul to merit that treatment.
God is gracious, loving, kind, slow to anger, quick to forgive. He disciplines us sometimes by the circumstances of our lives, only so that we will make better choices & follow the true path throughout all the days of our lives. He welcomes us into the heavenly realms with full grace & truth, with our relatives & friends greeting us in many circumstances - but there is a divine edict that we are not to seek contact with the dead, it's as simple as that - because the Earth is in the lower realms, and evil spirits in the astral can tag onto whatever you do to connect with them via mediums & their false/misguided promises.