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Disco Dan · Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 6:09 pm Post subject:

I definatley believe in angels. My question is not why would God use angles, but rather why not? Sure, God dosen't NEED to use angels, but then again, he didn't NEED to create us, and he didn't NEED to save us by the blood of his son. He could have just let us rot. But our God is a loving God, who works in mysterious ways to help us.

The Supernatural is very real. The problem is, here in America (and Canada too) or any more "modern" place, we humans have come to believe we are so smart we outrule all supernatural. We have scientific and logical explanations for everything. Being very human, we tend to dislike anything we don't understand, or can't explain. Therefore, we ignore it, and in turn, it dissapates.

Consider the "Screwtape Letters", by C.S. Lewis. In one of the letters, a Higher demon writes to a lower demon:

"My dear Wormwood,

I wonder you should ask me whether it is essential to keep the patient in ignorance of your own existence. That question, at least for the present phase of the struggle, has been answered for us by the High Command. Our policy, for the moment, is to conceal ourselves. Of course, this has not always been so. We are really faced with a cruel dilemma. When the humans disbelieve in our existence we lose all the pleasing results of direct terrorism, and we make no magicians. On the other hand, when they believe in us, we cannot make them materialists and skeptics....

I do not think you will have much difficulty in keeping the patient in the dark. The fact that "devils" are predominantly comic figures in the modern imagination will help you. If any faint suspicion of your existence begins to arise in his mind, suggest to him a picture of something in red tights, and persuade him that since he cannot believe in that (it is an old textbook method of confusing them), he therefore cannot believe in you."

That is why we American's do not see much supernatural activity, because we rule it out with the intellgence we "think" we possess. But there have been modern day miracles recorded, and I have even witnessed a small few in America, and espescially on the mission field.

The Supernatural is very alive and present, and is a part of life we should never rule out. In places like India, their culture revolves around the supernatural, so it is normal for God and Satan alike to work in that way over there. Our lack of Supernatural activity only contributes to our lack of belief, and for any who would say that the Lord does not work in the for of miracles and angels these days, I would ask them to either give me "valid" evidence of that, or to reixamin thier heart and search the scriptures and the Lord for an answer to what is so plainly set before thier eyes day after day.

-Eugene Blackgaard

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crosskritters · Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 2:38 pm Post subject:

Disco Dan · Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 2:40 pm Post subject:

The doubt concept is explained in my above post. As to your question, have you ever heard of "Entertaining Angles unaware?"

Christian Cowgirl · Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 4:43 pm Post subject:

Jonathan · Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 4:48 pm Post subject:

Ok, I must've misunderstood your first post. What did you mean by it?

-Jonathan

Christian Cowgirl · Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 4:49 pm Post subject:

Please read my second post, Razz

Disco Dan · Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 4:51 pm Post subject:

*Or you COULD read EB's post as well.* -_-;

Christian Cowgirl · Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 4:55 pm Post subject:

EB speaks of the spiritual realm, I of the physcial.