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ghosts: demons or what?

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motorhappy
Apr 15 2003
10:13 am

Not to deviate from the topic of ghosts too much I’d like to talk about Satan a little more.

I believe Satan and his minions are very real, but I’m not sure I buy all the traditional thoughts about him. For one Satan is not omnipresent like God, I don’t believe he can be everywhere at once, I’m not sure he has even made his rounds with me. You could say that his demons are the one’s doing the dirty work, but I don’t beleive these creatures can read or influence a persons thoughts, especially a person indwelled by the Spirit.

Blaming negative thoughts or emotions on Satan seems to discount human depravity and our own falleness. We don’t need Satan to be evil.

If you put the percentage of Christian writings and sermons dealing with Satan or demons against the small percentage of the Bible that talks about it you can’t help but think we may be prioritizing the importance of it too highly.