Satan is one of G-d's angels in my faith so it ignores nothing.
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Is transitioning (transgender) a sin?
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Prestor John
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Part of mainstream Judaism. It was Christianity that made Satan evil.
Prestor John
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Interesting.
Do you guys believe that Satan, Lucifer, the devil and Beelzebub are the same being?
Shadow Wolf
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Jews don't believe in Satan as a devil like Christians do. They don't even have a comparable figure to the devil.
Shadow Wolf
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God's opinions, as found in the Bible, don't wash with reality. They don't even wash with the Jewish god.
Lucifer and the name devil don't exist within Judaism. I am unsure about Beelzebub.
Shadow Wolf
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Beelzebub is one of the gods worshiped by neighboring tribes and city-states of the Jews. Sorta like Baal. Or the Golden Calf/bull worship. They undoubtedly were aware of him, but in my studies I haven't found a Jewish origin of this one. He wasn't made into a demon or devil until Christians came along.
Prestor John
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This is ringing a bell. Like I knew it, but super forgot.
Prestor John
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Isn't Lucifer mentioned in Isaiah?
Dome is usually a rounded vault forming the roof of a building or structure, typically with a circular base. It is possible that sphere is surrounded by a rounded vault (=dome). Thing can be a dome, even if it has not circular base.
If dome would be possible only on flat disc, these would not exist:
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Shadow Wolf
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Only in poorly translated Bibles as the name Lucifer originates from Latin.
No. A Babylonian king is being compared to planet Venus, known as the morning star or light giver, since it is visible in daylight. Light giver in Latin is lux fer or lucifer. This word does not exist in Hebrew.
Shadow Wolf
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I never knew that until I began studying the Left Handed Path, and traced the origins and histories of the characters and figures. It an interesting study though, one which reveals, frankly, that Christians probably didn't know much about Judaism as they set out to make the Bible, and not a damn thing about the people and religions of other peoples mentioned in the Tanakh, but they heavily demonized them anyways. Most of those "demons and devils," including Satanic entities, weren't even evil beings until the Bible came along. Who knew it would be so boring and a whole bunch of nothing to study the "Devil?"
God has never condemned the sinful human.....only the actions that sinful humans may commit. He teaches us how to overcome that condition in order to live in such a way that upholds his moral standards.
God himself declared to Moses..."...the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in loving kindness and truth; 7 who keeps loving kindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished..." (Exodus 34:6-7)
He understands better than anyone the way we are put together. In the new world that he foretold, (2 Peter 3:13) everything will be made right. No one will be anything other than what they truly meant to be.
When you think of the amount of hormones there are in what we eat, is it any wonder that gender identities get interfered with?
Human sinfulness takes on many forms.....we do not have to give in to it.
Hormones don't seem to have much to do with it in the macro. People who are trans don't usually have hormone deficiencies and people who aren't, like women who have high androgen hormones from PCOS, don't have higher cases of gender dysphoriaGod has never condemned the sinful human.....only the actions that sinful humans may commit. He teaches us how to overcome that condition in order to live in such a way that upholds his moral standards.
God himself declared to Moses..."...the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in loving kindness and truth; 7 who keeps loving kindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished..." (Exodus 34:6-7)
He understands better than anyone the way we are put together. In the new world that he foretold, (2 Peter 3:13) everything will be made right. No one will be anything other than what they truly meant to be.
When you think of the amount of hormones there are in what we eat, is it any wonder that gender identities get interfered with?
Like most things it's probably way more complicated than meets the eye, and not reducible to 'nurture' over 'nature.'
Shadow Wolf
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It's been going on WAY before modern society. And you have no idea how painful and tormenting it is trying to be someone you just are not. It's devastating enough to destroy your desire and will to live.When you think of the amount of hormones there are in what we eat, is it any wonder that gender identities get interfered with?
Shadow Wolf
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According to many that would mean I would be a male in this "new world." Please leave me out, destroy me for all eternity, whatever else god can throw at me, it would be a walk in the park compared to having to be male again.
Does anyone fully understand endocrinology? We are subjected to a diet in this time in history unlike any other. We live in an artificial world with artificial food grown by artificial means. Our natural hormones are affected in ways we probably can't imagine. Auto-immune disorders are also epidemic as a result of this, as are so many other problems presenting themselves in explosive numbers today. Medical science is left scratching its head. People are sick and tired of there being no solutions to their increasing health problems....mental and physical.
I doubt it occurred in the kinds of numbers we are seeing today. Something is responsible....
I understand how difficult it must be.....but so does God....and he will get everything put back to the way we all know it should be. Isn't that what we all want....just to live a calm, secure and happy life? Is the human race getting any closer to providing it? God is our only hope.....humans could well wipe us all off the map.
You would be what you see yourself as being. Either way, you will identify with your own body. Would you wish for more than that?