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 Jul 5 2017, 10:47 AM
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Can Christianity accept (as in not condemn) a supernatural creature that is not God and not necessarily in league with God but is nevertheless benevolent and helpful towards mankind?
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Jul 5 2017, 01:24 PM
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QUOTE(unknown warrior @ Jul 5 2017, 01:02 PM) In Christianity, it is recorded God is sovereign in the sense, there are no other gods. This was proclaimed by God himself. Shhhh.You will not be happy with our answer. Because we do not believe in supernatural deity as you call demi-gods, etc. We believe these are all the works of the Evil One (Satan Spiritual Forces) with the sole purpose to deceive Mankind that the Christian God is not the truth and not the only one, even though their purpose is to be benevolent and helpful to mankind. Sorry if this upsets you.  Nobody's necessarily talking about gods or deities. I merely state 'supernatural beings'. And nobody's upset or unhappy, either.  When I mention 'a supernatural creature that is not God and not necessarily in league with God but is nevertheless benevolent and helpful towards mankind', do your angels not fit this criteria? You know - Raphael, Gabriel, Michael and so on? Do you not accept and revere them? |
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Jul 5 2017, 02:03 PM
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QUOTE(unknown warrior @ Jul 5 2017, 01:32 PM) All the same whatever supernatural beings. The bolded portion is new to me.I accept they are God's servant as we are. But to revere them in as in respect yes, but to revere as in to pray or worship....even Angels tells us not to. I had previously been under the impression that petitioning the angels for assistance or mentioning them in prayers was not prohibited; could have sworn that I heard at least one Christian acquaintance mention Archangel Michael in his prayers. Does asking an angel for help necessarily mean that you are violating the rule of worshipping none but God, though? |
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Jul 5 2017, 02:52 PM
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QUOTE(unknown warrior @ Jul 5 2017, 02:30 PM) Sorry I need to correct that, Bible never says , You shall not pray to angels. Only the Do not worship is recorded in Revelation 22:9. You know what they say. Just that no where do I find a verse that tells me I can pray to the Angels but mostly prayer are pointed to either Jesus, God the father or the Holy Spirit. Catholics may have a differing view on this though...you can ask them in their thread. The devil is in the details.  |
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Jul 5 2017, 04:08 PM
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QUOTE(unknown warrior @ Jul 5 2017, 03:00 PM) From Christian understanding when we pray to God, God will instruct His angels to carry out whatever God commanded them to do. This is quite consistent throughout the Bible. So it's not okay to talk to or interact with the messengers/intermediaries?Hence, I don't understand the need to pray to Angels when you can have access directly to God for prayer. |
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Jul 5 2017, 04:44 PM
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QUOTE(unknown warrior @ Jul 5 2017, 04:30 PM) Never really bother if it's okay or not okay as there's no need to. At least you acknowledge their existence, I guess.Which sort of answers my original question regarding beneficial supernatural beings.  |
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