Path: paganini.bofh.team!eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!news.mixmin.net!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Nightbulb.net" Newsgroups: alt.bible Subject: Re: Regarding Faith and fraidy cats -- to the believers Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2022 21:13:34 -0500 Organization: Mixmin Message-ID: References: <62d6b7d1$0$2250$1c4686b2@news.club.cc.cmu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2022 02:10:37 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: news.mixmin.net; posting-host="60254e3f23fca6a14f610385b9cd8004a58fa513"; logging-data="2558662"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@mixmin.net" Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <62d6b7d1$0$2250$1c4686b2@news.club.cc.cmu.edu> Xref: paganini.bofh.team alt.bible:650930 On 7/19/22 08:55, servant wrote: > Consider the presumptive unspoken content of these scripture bits. See how > this new "theory of scripture" is said to fit, words have power to make > things happen when uttered. Combined with enough faith even God is > compelled to delever those things the words bring to exist,ie. wealth/helth > and etc. alone by words you utter. What you are describing is nonsensical sympathetic magic and kabbalistic scripture magic. Even the early Roman Orthodox church in the East had the sense to condemn this heresy once upon a time. The only power words have is the power to condemn the fool who thinks his mouth is magical. The wealth and prosperity and word of faith gospels are nonsense. Truly effective prayer happens when God lays the prayer on one's heart. True prayer is prophecy of what God already intends to do. The prayer is the testimony of faith in what God is able to do, not what self-worshipful man thinks he can compel God to do. "Our Father who art in heaven ... THY WILL BE DONE ..." -- Nightbulb https://blog.nightbulb.net Flip the night switch.