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From: James.Quilty@comp.vuw.ac.nz (James William Quilty)
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Subject: "The Devil Made Me Do It !!!"
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Date: 5 Apr 91 09:06:12 GMT
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 I looked at the Romans 8:5-15 reference - nothing there to prove the
original assertion that "Our thoughts come from 3 sources: evil
spirits, good spirits and ourselves" !!!
 The 4 Bible translations I looked at (to ensure that I didn't get the
wrong view from too small a translation base) spoke of us submitting
to the "sinful part of human nature" or to the 'good' nature of God's
Spririt.
 There was ABSOLUTELY nothing about thoughts being inserted into our
heads with no free will on our part !!!

 Anybody got any other verses (a little stronger than the above one, I hope !)

Yours, in the healthiest of healthy scepticism,

Jim.