If the Bible says  thou shalt not suffer a witch to live - why don't I see?
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Because it's now accepted that witches aren't real. \n\nThe people who used to accuse women of being witches are now considered to be stupid by everyone.
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To what religion are you referring? It sounds alot like you're a wicca.. If you practice "The Craft" , GREAT!!! Blessed Be to you. As far as the "false" gods are concerned, my question in response is this... the Bible clearly shows God saying to Lot " I am a jealouse God "... jealouse of what exactly? Other gods?!! Why? If there is only one god there's nothing to be jealouse of. Furthermore, the first two COMMAND-ments refer to the existance of other god-forms, eg."Thou shalt have no other gods before me","Thou shalt have no graven images". If no other gods exist, why is it such a big concern for christians? The answer is simple. Acknowledging the existance of other gods weakens the position of THE ONE GOD of the christians. \nArchiological PROOF of the pervasive worship of gods not connected to the god of Abraham is all around us and goes as far back as 5000-10,000 YEARS!!! The evidence of judeism only goes to 2500-3000 years. In short, babies get jealouse easy.\nSatanism is a subject which raises alot of confusion for christians. While THE CHRISTIANS were killing villagers for not converting, they came across the star within a circle. Upright pointed, the star represents the four elements, earth, wind, fire, and water, with the upward point represents SPIRITUALITY ABOVE ALL!! The center of the star represents all of mankind and the circle surrounding it all represents the universe which is all encompassing. In an effort to defame paganism, to make it something to avoid and to vilify those who practiced it, christians turned the star upside-down and said it stands for the devil.\nAnd no, the bible doesnt say our religion is a myth, in fact it acknowledges witches as very real. Unforunately, in Gods love, He supposedly ordered "Suffer not a witch to live.."
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The questioner's point is that Jehovah God's Word the Bible explains clearly that this world, this system of things, is temporary and has no expectation of success for all humanity. Other gods and belief systems teach that this system is the one we are stuck with, yet such beliefs have been unsuccessful for thousands of years.\n\n(2 Corinthians 4:3,4) If, now, the good news we declare is in fact veiled, it is veiled among those who are perishing, among whom the god of this system of things has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, that the illumination of the glorious good news about the Christ, who is the image of God, might not shine through
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Proof that our "friend" is a hypocrite and a mental case, see above.\n\nI ask myself every time I read the Bible, what does this mean FOR me.
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if you come to terms with the non-existenance of god, then you realize that there is no sin.  there is no good or bad, there are only consequences that affect people.  \n\nknowledge is not from a devil, but something that liberates man from superstitious religious nonsense.
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I don't like that certain Christians tell me that I'm going to hell because I don't believe exactly what they believe.  If someone lives on an island, has no other people around, knows nothing of society, can you honestly think that this person will spend his afterlife in a fiery pit of despair and pain?  It sounds just like a Sunday School tale to scare children into behaving.  Old fairy tales such as Little Red Riding hood, Cinderella, etc, didn't turn out as happily ever after, they were to teach children to behave, and have good manners.  I respect Christians, they can believe whatever they want, but please I am happy with my own beliefs, and don't want to believe what you do.
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Satan's way of misleading.\n\nMat 7:15  Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
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First, I believe you cease to exist.  Then, if there is a God then he must be a just god.  I raised 4 children.  When they misbehaved they got punished.  But I never burned them nor did I punish them for the rest of their lives.  If the bible is true then I am made in god's image.  Unjust punishment is repulsive to me.  The thought of burning people actually was something the pagans did, casting their children into the fire before their god Mo'lech.  The bible says that was something that never came up into his (God's) heart.  (Jer. 32:35)  If that is true then HELL must be something religious leaders invented to scare their partitioners into following THEIR laws. (i.e. contributions)\n\nThe bible says the wage sin pays is death (Romans 6:23).  Therefore, whoever dies has paid for their sin.  Why would they be punished after suffering death?  Doesn't seem just to me.  What's more astounding is the thought of no parole.  Suffer eternity for what you did in only one lifetime?  I thought God was supposed to be just.\n\nSo, I know (believe) that at death you simply sleep a sleep from which there is no dreaming nor awakening.
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There are no such things as ghosts for the Bible tells us that the dead cannot hear, see, or feel anything--"Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest." Ecclesiastes 9:10\n"His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish." Psalm 146:4\nSatan and his demons like to scare people. Sometimes they pretend to be people who have died. They may even imitate voices of those who have died. In this way the demons fool many into believing that dead people are alive and can talk with the living. Yes, the demons cause many people to believe in ghosts.\nThe Bible warns that Satan and his demons are intent on misleading mankind. They take advantage of mankind’s despair and hopelessness to offer attractive, but false, solutions. (2 Corinthians 11:14) Hence, the Bible warning: “In later periods of time some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to misleading inspired utterances and teachings of demons.”—1 Timothy 4:1.\nChristians need to listen to what the Bible really teaches about the dead. If they do, then they will not believe in ghosts, but will realize just how powerful Satan is in his quest to deceive us.
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There are gifts of the spirit descirbed in the Bible. Some preach, some teach, some prophesy, some have musical talents, some speak in tongues, etc., etc.  It does not mean you aren't saved.
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The Bible is not for or against anything.  Two people can read the same passage and each come up with a different interpretation...this is why there are so many religions, and sects from those religions...It is obvious your friend is at peace, and it is obvious she found someone who could help her realize that we do not die.  \n\nI think you might do well to listen to your friend, and consider that there could be a much kinder reality than you believe you see in the pages of ancient script that has been interpreted and re-interpreted; translated and re-translated, from one language to another, for thousands of years...
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I had to reply to a question that he asked and was deleted, I hope you don't mind:\n\nServing God is a privilege and a great sense of joy and peace.\nIn order to stand up to a world where everything is OK and nothing is wrong; it takes a whole lot of integrity. It takes courage to be different, to stand up for what you believe in, even when doors slam in your face. It takes love for others and coming outside of oneself to make the effort to share what knowledge you have in hopes of giving someone life. How many other things can you do that could give you that joy? All other things that do give some sense of satisfaction are temporary and for the, "here and now." How many things can you do that last forever? Things that can change a person's life and make it better; forever. It is not an easy way out in fact it is dealing with this world's problems head on. And what is this world’s problem?\nRevelation 12:9\n9  So down the great dragon was hurled, the original serpent, the one called Devil and Satan, who is misleading the entire inhabited earth; he was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him. \nSatan Myth Or Sinister Reality?\nhttp://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2002/10/15/article_02.htm \nWhat happens to the loyal and the wicked?\nPsalms 37:28, 29\n28 For Jehovah is a lover of justice,\nAnd he will not leave his loyal ones.\nTo time indefinite they will certainly be guarded;\nBut as for the offspring of the wicked ones, they will indeed be cut off. \n29 The righteous themselves will possess the earth,\nAnd they will reside forever upon it. \nWhy do Christians try to talk to people? Not only is it love for others but it is a command from God.\nEzekiel 3:11\n18 When I say to someone wicked, ‘You will positively die,’ and you do not actually warn him and speak in order to warn the wicked one from his wicked way to preserve him alive, he being wicked, in his error he will die, but his blood I shall ask back from your own hand. \nSo what can we do now, whose side are we on?\nProverbs 2:4\n4 if you keep seeking for it as for silver, and as for hid treasures you keep searching for it, 5 in that case you will understand the fear of Jehovah, and you will find the very knowledge of God. \nEzekiel 33:11\n11 Say to them, ‘“As I am alive,” is the utterance of the Sovereign Lord Jehovah, “I take delight, not in the death of the wicked one, but in that someone wicked turns back from his way and actually keeps living. Turn back, turn back from YOUR bad ways, for why is it that YOU should die, O house of Israel?”’ \n\nLearn more use your bible, or contact someone to help you understand the importance of the knowledge available in it.\n\nhttp://www.watchtower.org/
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you are posing the same idea that Lucifer did to Eve. That God had some evil intent in His edict. Why or why not eat of the tree is not the issue. God could have just as well of said "Do not pee where the grass does not grow" The real issue is whether to obey God or not. The exercise of free will as according to Gods plan was initiated here so that after the full consequence of self interest is evident and the world is impacted as it has been God could then show that the exercise of the will by choosing to Love God through Christ would be possible, to the intent that the manifold wisdom of God might be known by the church to the principalities and powers in heavenly places.
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not really sure... what I have learned form studying about the spiritual side is... spirits want to inhabit a living being..not an object... yet they can be around the object waiting for a person to use it ....How true that is I am not sure.\n The bible says...always  and only...spirits in people or a living being (pigs)
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God answered that in Scripture. Those who are His will read His Word, obey Him, and live a life separate from the worldly abominations which He abhors.
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If someone is imposing their will on yours, then you may kill that person.  That's how I understood it when I read the Satanic Bible.  The whole book seems to be very self-oriented; if anything offends you, get rid of it.  They are just as nuts as all the other religions.
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I am not exactly sure if the Bible says " you do or do not have freewill" specifically. But I believe that we do not have freewill, and the definition of freewill is "lack of internal compulsions". it talks in Romans nine how every intentional act is predestined to happen by God, and how even the evil doers, are used to accomplish his plan. this is why we "End up doing what God wants anyway." I believe that bad things happen for a reason as well and that they are Gods plan for our life. We may not be able to see the reason and we may never be able to, but that does not mean it was not his plan. And any suffering we endure is Gods will, and it may not seem fair or just to us, but Paul says in Romans who is the clay to question the potter, I fully agree with this, who are you and I to question the creator of the universe, and our heavenly father? I encourage you to read, "The Christian view of Man",  I cant remember the authors first name but his last name is Machen. Also Romans Chapter Nine, and parts of Hebrews.