lets note this is only your opinion and you may want to realize your religion is only 1/3 of the population, this i believe makes ever single point you make invalid
First of all it's not my opinion ,just merely stating what Jesus said, you can believe it or not.
How does the number of adherents make a religion or it's teaching valid or invalid ?
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satan blinds the minds
maybe you should back this statement up a little with a few bible verses that explain what satan can and cannot do. In my opinion he is a myth introduced as a scare tactic.
Well, I would be happy to reference this with scripture, keep in mind it;s scripture and not my opinion !!!.....and apparently only a myth to you, but here ya go
Satan's fate starts in Gen and ends in Revelation
Gen 3:14 And the LORD God said unto the
serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou [art] cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thee and
the woman, ( Mary)and between thy seed and her(Mary) seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt
bruise his heel.
Jesus defeats him at the cross
Col 2:15Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.
Satan created and fell with pride and arrogance
Eze 28:12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.You were in Eden, the garden of God. Your clothing was adorned with every precious stone*--red carnelian, chrysolite, white moonstone, beryl, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald--all beautifully crafted for you and set in the finest gold. They were given to you on the day you were created.I ordained and anointed you as the mighty angelic guardian.* You had access to the holy mountain of God and walked among the stones of fire. You were blameless in all you did from the day you were created until the day evil was found in you.
"How you are fallen from heaven,
O Lucifer, son of the morning!
How you are cut down to the ground,
You who weakened the nations!
Isa 14:12-17 For you have said in your heart:'I will ascend into heaven,
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;I will also sit on the mount of the congregationOn the farthest sides of the north;
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, will be like the Most High.'
15 Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol,
To the lowest depths of the Pit.
16 "Those who see you will gaze at you,
And consider you,
saying:Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
Who shook kingdoms,
17 Who made the world as a wilderness And destroyed its cities,
Who did not open the house of his prisoners?'
Power given to Christians over devil
Luk 10:19Behold, I give unto you(christians) power to
tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Satan's fate spoken of by Paul
Rom 16:20And the God of peace
shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with you. Amen.
Satan transforms himself into angels of light
2Cr 11:14
And no marvel; for
Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
Therefore
it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.
We fight against the unseen ministers /or angels of satan
Eph 6:12For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places].
He is ultimately defeated ,but carries many names/titles
Serpent,devil,dragon,pricne of the power of the air,god of this world,lucifer
Rev 20:2And he laid hold on the
dragon, that old
serpent, which is the
Devil, and
Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
2Cr 4:4 — In whom
the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not,
lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is
the image of God, should
shine unto them.
Jhn 12:31 — Now
is the judgment of this world:
now shall the
prince of this world be cast out.
Eph 2:2 —
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
Isa 14:12 thou has fallen from heaven,
Lucifer, son of the morning! thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
He is a liar and father of them
Jhn 8:44Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Ultimate destination
Rev 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet [are], and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
pretty arrogent ancient statement for modern man to hold on to, dont you think??? I know I am not a condemned man and I dont believe %95 of what the OT or NT states.
Now you are free according to Jesus, but Jesus says you can take that up with him on your special day in court
Mat 12:36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Hbr 9:27And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
...these are just opinions by
the writers of the bible,....or not...!!!!
not just in my opinion but the pope himself says that evolution is a science worth taking notice, in my opinion creation is a myth
Look around you at the natural wonders of creation and tell me what does logic say about the life cycle,laws of nature, specific mixtures of gases producing breathable air, exact proximity of the sun to earth, hydrological cycle, cell dna and repair.
...fluke,random chance,coincidence,evolution verses creation
thankfully creation soon will not be taught in any public schools
That will be something worth following up on to see if they are putting a secular world view spin to the creation story to make it more user freindly