Happy Thanksgiving To My Fellow Canadians!
Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadians!
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Why do you worship your god YHWH as the only one? This is a legitimate question? What good does it do for you? Everything your god has done for you shouldn't have anything to do with his status, or uniqueness. I've seen the power of gods alien to your own, from Hel (the goddess I'm closest to, though I do worship others), I've seen her stop animals from moving, protect the sick and wounded, and cause a blind preacher to see her and flee. And I've felt her love, felt her comfort (I probably wouldn't even identify as agender if it wasn't for her help). But because she is not your god you would call this demonic? And say my soul is bound for damnation? Why not admit the existence of other gods, and keep to your own if you wish. How can your relationship with your god even be safe if you can't leave for another? How can it be called anything but bigotry to deny another god's divinity while you worship one yourself?
It makes no sense that there is more than one God. Are you saying that many gods got together to create the universe? Are you saying they are all vying with one another for our loyalties? If that is so, how did they "get together" to create the universe if they are that competitive? Who created what? How did they agree? If they are entirely agreeable, then why do they vie for different followers, giving them different rules for life, causing us to argue amongst ourselves and why would they do that? It is illogical to believe in many gods, because which one came first? If one created the many, what was the purpose, and doesn't it make the one the only one? I do not doubt that you have known and/or experienced powers in your life. They are there if you go looking. But they are minor powers and yes, quite possibly evil powers. Angels and fallen angels all have powers, certainly more than humanity does. And scripture warns that fallen angels can certainly appear as "angels of light", or wolves in sheep's clothing, or any other manner of things. I would not say you are definitely bound for damnation. The only time that will be written in stone is upon your death. Now, you are on a journey, like all of us, sometimes heading in the right direction, and at other times lost in the fog. That is a common human experience. If you would, and I think you will enjoy the book as most people do, and it will give you another side to what Christians think of the "dark side", lol, read C.S. Lewis's book, "The Screwtape Letters". And then drop in and tell me what you think.
Oct 7th Feast Day
Today in the Catholic calendar is the Feast of the Holy Rosary instituted by Pope Pius V to celebrate the anniversary of the defeat of the Turkish fleet at the battle of Lepanto on the first Sunday in October 1571, which ended the threat of Muslim domination of the Mediterranean and was ascribed in part to the prayers and processions of the Rosary confraternity in Rome. Later the feast was moved to the fixed date of 7 October. It is interesting that this feast day to celebrate the end of Muslim warlords in the Mediterranean coincides with the date other Muslim warlords entered Israel to maim and murder. Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for your people Israel on this first anniversary of that horrible day. Pray that the innocent are returned, that the innocents on both sides in the midst of war will not be harmed, that Muslim terrorism in the Middle East will have an end, and that enduring peace for all peoples would finally be found. Amen.
Well said, Mr Tolkien, well said.
“We are in God’s hands. Our lot has fallen on evil days: but that cannot be by mere ill chance.”
—JRR Tolkien