carol_au wrote:Naruto, may I ask you a question please?
What is it about Christianity that has made you so accusing? I know there must be a reason, as you are so defensive of psionics and your paranormal experiences.
May I tell you something that probably surprises you, but which I know when talking with mike and others where I live who are indigenous Australians, and is something I'm completely convinced about. Your involvements in the paranormal, have made you more aware of the spiritual dimensions of this world than even most Christians. My experience has been, that once any person opens them selves up to paranormal influences, they immediately become open to a world that is outside the visible world we see and know as humans.
Now, as a Christian, I can agree with mike's post in his thread on psionics.. that all power has it's ultimate need for expression in God who is the creator. There is plenty of counterfeit power around and I can honestly believe you practice and experience counterfeit "energy" manipulation. Problem is.. you are only tasting what the demons can themselves allow you to experience.
If you go to the source of all power God Himself, the powers you THINK you have, will become so insignificant that you will recognize them for what they are and their real inability to produce in you what you hope you can achieve by energy manipulation and other forms of control.
Now, please don't disagree with me on this point. What I am saying is, I don't in the least poke fun at what you are doing. I think it's extremely dangerous, but I don't for one minute think it's not real. I don't understand it, I don't practice it, but I know it's not something I can turn a blind eye to and try and rationalise. The bible tells me very specifically, that the power you are tapping into exists and I am not to have anything to do with it. Why? there are many reasons and we can get into that later, right now I want you to think about why you are in it in the first place, and why are you so accusative of Christianity and God talk, and so protective of psionic and paranormal experience?
Now, having said that, please think about this. Given that I am willing to listen to and agree, that you have experiences spiritually, that I am still learning about ( the existance of the demonic world), then please give us the right to believe in an experience you have yet to learn about and spiritual experiences you need to learn about (the world of the Creator God).
It's very easy to say all manner of things against the existance of God, but your words do not prove He doesn't exist. Just because I don't practise psionics, doesn't mean I don't believe you are actually doing what you are saying you are doing. The Bible says, "the fool says in his heart there is no God". I just pray, that you will be open enough to ask yourself "if there is a God, what should I do about it?"
Truth exists as truth, even if I don't accept it as truth. Just because I don't believe in something, doesn't mean it's not truth. Something is not true, just because I say it's not true. Am I making sense? You are more than aware that there is more to this world than what the average human being thinks, sees and understands. Is it not therefore possible, that there is more to this world than even you think, see or understand?
I am not saying give up psionics. I am saying, ask yourself the most important question you will ever ask yourself. ... "With all my knowledge of things the average human doesn't understand, why am I so sure, there is not a knowledge out there that even I don't know about? Why am I so afraid to accept, that there might be a TRUE POWER SOURCE above any power source I might currently be tapping into?" Why am I so afraid to admit, God might exist?
Oh, there's the question you were talking about. And here's my reply (by paragraph):
I just get told that I'm a minion of satan/that I'm going to hell/that I'm betraying god/etc. a lot. I'm defensive of my beliefs because when I'm frank about them, 40% of the time I get told that I'm a lunatic, and another 40% tell me that I'm evil.
Yes, that's true. I've been reading a book by Robert Monroe (Journeys out of the Body) that's about his travels while having out of body experiences. It's very interesting, and even if you don't agree with it, I think that everyone should read it.
I think that may be a possibility, but so far, all evidence is to the contrary. The problem with that is that psi comes from inside me, so unless you're going to tell me that I'm possessed...
I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but I never claimed that I was equal to god. If an omnipotent/omniscent being does exist, then by definition, a mere mortal like myself is nothing.
Because I know that my powers are real, and I think that your religion is false. But that's just my opinion.
I have no problem with you thinking that god exists, my problem is when you tell me that psi is just satan playing games with me.
Heh, I think about that all the time. And I'm willing to accept that there is god, given some concrete evidence.
Yes, it's quite possible. But just because something is possible doesn't mean that it's true.
I'm not afraid, I just don't think that it's true. But it's always a possibility.