Scratch couches into pieces This is my cardboard fort Poops in boxes where you can't see it Get it's dinner or it bites the hand that feeds it
Scratch this couch into pieces, tear down the blinds just to kill a bug that needs it, do you even see the ghosts I'm seeing and I'm contemplating bird-a-cide
Losing my bell, losing my mind, need some catnip to tell me I'm fine
Pentecostals believe that ultimately the Lord has already cast Satan into Hell, that all creation exists to worship God and that while a war is coming, God has already won and while Satan can influence man that man can choose correctly and that Satan has no real power, only the power you give him. Pentecostal churches are one big "Carman" music video with less production value.
They also believe the gifts of the Pentecost include gibbering and gyrating all over the church. It's a difficult doctrine to understand once you are outside of it or if you actually read the Bible.
Evangelical churches/pastors would say something about the devil lying and being the father of lies and therefore what he promised to Jesus in the Temptation wasn't his to give but I don't know if there are supporting biblical references. I was raised in an evangelical doctrine but that is not my church anymore.
OK this is a great big logical fallacy on my part and I realize that absolutely, but I am very curious and enjoying this conversation a lot, no bullshit.
But wouldn't "rulers of the darkness of this world" imply there is also light or even rulers of light in this world?
Does gnosticism say that the devil is the ruling force on the earth?
I know I should research these things before going this deep into a conversation.
Isn't the commonly held belief more that the world is "influenced" by the devil or have we gotten into a time period where "controlled" should be accepted?
At which point one asks is there still free will or are more people possessed than not possessed, bothered or not bothered, under the control of unclean spirits or only nudged along, goaded into their own ultimate damnation?
They are a huge life improvement if you are a machinist or operate a machine or work in a factory. If you put in years on concrete your knees and ankles feel it.
He isn't just some random fed. He's founded multiple cyber security firms and was military special forces before he was a career fed. The mother was CIA. They might as well be a power couple mascot for people you don't want to piss off if you want to be left alone to run your gossip website.