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From: vm0t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Vincent Paul Mulhern)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian
Subject: Re: Spiritual warfare
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Date: 27 Aug 90 02:56:32 GMT
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I, for one, am convinced of it, for several reasons.  
 
   1.  Jesus spoke to demons and satan, so they obviously exist.  
        (This itself is enough reason for me)

   2.  Many people have had tangible encounters with them.  The claim that
         "they're misinterpreting things" or "it's psychological" wears
thin when
       the person is known and spoken with.

   3.  The Bible is filled with references to evil spirits.

   4.  My prayer time is much more effective when it has two facets:
              Worship/praise/conversation with the Lord and
Binding/rebuking of      
              satan, instead of just the first.  (What's Eph. 6 all
about?  A good 
              allegory?  Give me a break!)

   The Bible says that God is waiting for His enemies to be made His
footstool.  Well, that means that there are enemies, and that Jesus
isn't going to come and defeat them for us.

-Vince Mulhern