The Devil and Demons, and Jesus... and religion(s)

For me no problem. His rant just makes me smiling about. Because @andersdahl has now proved, that he is a human being with emotions. And everybody gets sometimes upset. And will later calm down again. We are all just humans, and no angels.

Oh yes, that forum is very very heavy to load. I told him several times. Thanks for the feedback.

The Aerial Toll Houses
(a succinct description with pertinent references)
orthodoxwiki.org/Aerial_Toll-Houses

'Journey of Theodora'
(one of the most detailed and methodical Byzantine descriptions of different kinds of demons as well as the soul after death and underlying justification for (and guide to confession)
orthodoxinfo.com/death/theodora.aspx

Aerial Toll Houses
By Fr. Thomas Hopko
(30 minute podcast about toll houses by a mild mannered mainstream, but knowledgeable Greek priest on his national radio show)
www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/illuminedheart/toll_houses_after_death_reality_or_heresy


Life of Saint Basil the Younger
(important tenth century Byzantine saint's complete life recently translated into English [2014, parallel with entire original Greek text on left hand pages] - it contains within the entire account of Theodora's journey as it is the original history in which it occurs)
www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780884023975

'Journey Beyond Death' (audio)
(the Journey of Theodora's soul excerpted from the Life of Saint Basil the Younger in audio)
www.ocrb.org/collections/unabridged-books/products/journey-beyond-death

Passages from Church Fathers and Ecclesiastical Writers about Aerial Tax Collectors
classicalchristianity.com/2013/07/21/on-demonic-encounters-at-the-departure-of-the-soul/

Miley Cyrus to Get Devil Horns Implants !?!
The Vigilant Christian

Flat Earth & Other Hot Potatoes #10 w/Patricia Steere & Rob Skiba
Flat Earth and other hot potatoes

hour 1:05:00 to 1:15:00
Rob Skiba tells us about his experience with the "shadow people" (which he considers to probably be the same as demons): they go away if you stop caring about them. "Spiritual hijackers" that "feed on fear".

He also talks about angels, demons, fallen angels... very interesting.

Nicolaus Copernicus Was A Satanist.
ka rol

Pope Lucifer Francis believes, Jesus is the son of Satan. BLASPHEMY
john lockett

Hello! Thanks for inviting me here! First of all I would like to thank you for watching what I've sent. Now, I consider myself a beginner Christian so I have still to understand a lot of things myself but from my limited understanding I can tell you that there is one main reason why God lets evil happen: freewill. God has gifted all of his beings with free will. So God respects the freewill of everybody, even of evil people. The fact that Lucifer rebelled against him is the best proof that we have this freewill and we're not  "robots" preprogrammed to love Him. Lucifer had the full liberty to reject God. Now, God has set a date when He will Judge all according to their deeds, Judgement day. So until that day He will let things unfold to Earth. Furthermore, a lot of what is happening is part of our "curse" of the original sin, since our ancestors Adam and Eve gave their will to Satan, the whole of Earth became a dominion of Satan, which became the King of this world. A lot of the evil happening in this world is also a direct consequence of our sinning. For instance, a country allows gay marriage, which is very unpleasant before God, so shortly after some kind of wrath might fall upon it. Or take Nepal for instance, just days before that major earthquake, Nepal just had a very pagan festival in which 250.000+ animals were slaughtered for pagan "gods", again very unpleasant before God and as a result hundreds of temples were destroyed in the process. God does not destroy anything but He can allow the evil forces to unfold their plans which might come as a punishment for our wrongdoings as collective. But that doesn't mean He has completely abandoned us to the powers of Satan. Many times plans of Satan are simply not allowed to unfold, see for instance all this hype about 23/9 when nothing happened. Satan and his minions always want complete and utter destruction, he would literally eat us alive. But he can only do as much as God allows him to. And if we become real bad, God might allow him to. Remember Sodom & Gomorrah? The Flood? One last thing I would like to say is that whenever you don't understand something, just give it time and patience. We don't really have the right to judge God in any way whatsoever. But we can pray to him and ask him to reveal to us some of His mysteries. However don't tempt God as we're not supposed to know everything. Like for instance why babies die at birth, or very young and very evil people live up to 100. It's not for us to know everything or to imperatively demand answers from God. First step for us is to become good and pleasant before God. And then through prayer to try to build a relationship with him. We must treat him with all the respect possible. Also, keep in mind and try to understand the saying : "Fear of God is the beginning of wisdom". 

 
You don't understand one thing, God's laws are sacred and can't be broken. Ofcourse God loves all people and wants to see all of them in Heaven but it's us men and women who CHOOSE the other side. We are serving Satan by not doing the right things, the will of God, and this is our free will, God never want's to reject anybody, on the contrary. We can't go to heaven on our terms, it must be in God's terms so that means at least to choose one master because nobody can serve 2 masters. But how can we say we serve God when we do all the ungodly things like abortion, killings, perversions and so on? It is our own free will that ultimately decides where we go, God can never brake this free will and save us by force otherwise he would brake his own sacred laws. God is all merciful and he always tries to call us to him, to bring us closer, he sends us good people to try to open our hearts and eyes to the truth of God, Jesus Christ, which offers us the ultimate gift: Salvation of the Soul and restoration into Heaven. Only people deceived by Satan reject this amazing Gift. God did so much for us, he even became human and came to give us the  biggest moral lesson, that of self sacrifice, and we still don't get it. Remember, we can't get into heaven on our terms because we are lustful by default. Meditate about that for a moment... When we say as human beings that God doesn't seem reasonable to us it's only because of our limited knowledge, wisdom and understanding of God. Better to think with this attitude: "because of my limitations I don't understand yet..." but never question God's righteousness or love. God made this Universe and all in it, all the creation around us speaks of a God of love. Remember that Earth was made for us humans with all the love possible, it was our primordial parents that messed things up. But even so, God gave his only son Jesus Christ to redeem us, isn't that the ultimate proof of love that God has for humanity? 

People who have no fear of God, the creator of all, tend to be arrogant and too self centered. Thus, deceived by Satan, the one which had the original sin of pride. It's not as fearing a monster but as respecting a parent and trusting Him that He knows best for us, His children. Given the fact that He created us and everything else, it is very not right to have an attitude of disrespect, pride or superiority to Him. Therefore fear of God actually means to be humble to him and respect Him for what He truly is , our Lord, our Father, the Creator of everything.

"Proverbs 9:10 says, “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” Basically, this verse teaches that the fear of God is foundational to true wisdom; all other types of learning are worthless unless built upon a knowledge of the Lord Himself. Many other passages talk about the fear of the Lord (e.g., Psalm 111:10; Proverbs 1:7; 14:27; 15:33). Before we can understand how the fear of the Lord leads to wisdom, we need to define what the Bible means by “fear” in this context.



In the Bible, the word translated “fear” can mean several things. It can refer to the terror one feels in a frightening situation (Deuteronomy 2:25). It can mean “respect” in the way a servant fears his master and serves him faithfully (Joshua 24:14). Fear can also denote the reverence or awe a person feels in the presence of greatness (Isaiah 6:5). The fear of the Lord is a combination of all of these.



Fear of the Lord can be defined as “the continual awareness that our loving heavenly Father is watching and evaluating everything we think, say, and do” (Matthew 12:36; Psalm 139:2; Jeremiah 12:3). As Jesus told each of the seven churches in Revelation 1—2, “I know your works.” Nothing escapes His attention.



In order to develop the fear of the Lord, we must recognize God for who He is. We must glimpse with our spirits the power, might, beauty, and brilliance of the Lord God Almighty (Revelation 11:17; Hosea 12:5; Isaiah 6:1–5). Those who fear the Lord have a continual awareness of Him, a deep reverence for Him, and sincere commitment to obey Him."

You can't offend me with anything even if you try. Feel free to share your contradictions, questions and so on, if I can in any way to help you understand I will gladly do that. We all have questions that need answers... 

PS: i've updated the post above with a few things I've found

Here's a video where at the end they show a possessed person, working with demons to implement his magic tricks:



What if Satan, Flat Earth, and Jesus are not what you think
BIOlogically ToXiouS

Thanks for the detailed feedback. We could go on and on forever, because I still disagree with many things. But for now let's take a break and let's wait for someone else to say their opinion.

Thanks for the feedback. You speak a complex language, which shows great knowledge, just like dionysios, who hopefully will drop by to write a line or two.

Personally I don't have much knowledge (but a lot of thinking yes).

Also, I am not saying that those who speak simple, like for example paulsmith777 and I, do not have knowledge. Sometimes people like to simplify things, whereas other people don't do it as much.