stuff like sounds and maybe objects moveing? and ghosts, evel spirits... visible and audiable?
2006-09-03 12:52:29 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Your main question: "do forces of evil actually exist?" -- Yes, they do.
Your sencondary question is so mixed with time and lore, stories - I can't say acturately if they exist or not.
"Sounds, moving objects, ghosts, etc." - I have not been involved with, so I can not prove or disprove these.
2006-09-03 13:10:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the devil is real. He is not just a symbol for evil, nor is he an imaginary figure that people dreamed up to explain the existence of evil. Evil is real—and so is Satan or the devil.
Don't picture Satan, however, the way the cartoons do—as a comic figure with a red suit and a pitchfork who bothers people sometimes but otherwise has little influence. Satan is a very powerful cosmic spiritual personality who has one goal: to stop God's work wherever it is taking place. To accomplish this he schemes and works every way he can, and he is behind all the evil that takes place in the world. His name—Satan—literally means "Adversary"—and that is what he is: our adversary.
More than that, the devil works to deceive us and convince us that his promises are true and God's Word is a lie. Jesus said that the devil "was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies" (John 8:44). Don't ever take Satan lightly!
But one other thing needs to be said about the devil: He is a defeated foe! By His death and resurrection Jesus Christ conquered all the forces of death and Hell and Satan, and when we belong to Christ, we are safe from all these terrors forever. Make sure of your salvation by giving your life to Christ today.
Satan will be defeated, and God will be victorious. And the reason is because God is stronger than Satan, and someday Satan will be a defeated foe. The Bible promises that at the end of time God will say, "Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels" (Matthew 25:41). Satan is powerful and we need to take him seriously—but God is more powerful, and someday His victory will be complete.
In fact, Satan is already a defeated foe. The war still rages, but the decisive battle has already been fought! When Jesus Christ rose from the dead, He overcame all the forces of death and evil and Hell—including Satan himself. The Bible says, "Thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ" (1 Corinthians 15:57).
This is why the most important step you can take is to ask Jesus Christ to come into your life, and commit yourself to Him. God loves you, and He doesn't want you to live a life of constant defeat. Instead, He wants to forgive the past and give you a new power for living—the power of the Holy Spirit. By faith ask Christ to come into your life today—and He will.
2006-09-03 19:59:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion is really just evil in disguise.
Religion is responsible for the majority of wars, conflict and murder of innocent life since humanity began. There is considerable evidence to classify religion as evil, and talk of religion (Gods etc) should be banned. Because the records prove over and over again throughout humanity that religion is clearly responsible for crimes against humanity, taking part in any religious activity should also be outlawed and made a criminal offence.
The world would be a much happier and peaceful place if religion ceased to exist. Although there are some decent religious believers and preachers, they are unwittingly spreading evil around our world, and that they should simply keep their beliefs and thoughts to themselves in the best interests of humanity, or suffer the consequences for their actions.
People should consider that the world would be like Heaven if religion ceased to exist, but all the believers and preachers have turned the planet into Hell.
2006-09-03 19:55:55 · answer #3 · answered by Brenda's World 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes evil spirits are present as well as their influence in a sphere of evil and falsity coming from hell, and that is why only the Lord instucts us from the Word or Bible.
Swedenborg is emphatic that there are two ways that evil influences you (1) societal influence from people who are confirming evil and falseness here in the world and (2) direct influence from the sphere of evil and falseness coming from hell.
Listening to voices and spirits is dangerous and useless as they don't have any real instruction to give. Only the Lord instructs from the Bible. Read the Bible every day. This is how communication is effected with heaven.
2006-09-03 20:07:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean Evel Knievel or don't you know to use the spell checker?
Ghosts (including holy ghosts), evil spirits etc are all nonsense for gullible and superstitious people
2006-09-03 19:59:00 · answer #5 · answered by deviANT 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Am not sure about all that moving stuff, I don't ever think about that, but I do know that evil does exist big time, this is what controls the murderers etc. Much of the other things can be disproved.
2006-09-03 19:55:55 · answer #6 · answered by trainer53 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-09-03 19:54:48 · answer #7 · answered by bald_head_deep_voice 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they do. I have an evil ex-boyfriend who I believe is actually Satan in a human form. I'm not joking and I am not insane! He has no conscience and shows no emotions.
2006-09-03 20:26:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I don't know about evel, but evil is a relative term.
2006-09-03 19:55:02 · answer #9 · answered by Kaiser32 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You should read http://www.booksamillion.com/ncom/books?id=3558378659090&isbn=1598240277 to see a bit about the spiritual war going on around us now. Evil is real
2006-09-03 19:58:51 · answer #10 · answered by Augustine 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋