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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: A question about Satan and deception
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Date: Sat, 8-Dec-84 14:23:09 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec  8 14:23:09 1984
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Here's a question:  ...

(... or two)

If Satan is so good at deceiving people into false beliefs (i.e., those who
adhere to other "wrong" systems of belief), how can you KNOW that what you
have experienced is "real" (i.e., as you would like to believe), when it might
really be the manipulations of Satan?  Hasn't your own introduction of Satan
into the fabric of your belief system made your whole set of beliefs suspect?
Remember, you can't use the Bible as evidence here.  Many of those that you
feel are deceived by Satan (e.g., Ken Nichols mentioned Catholics) use the
Bible as their source, so your use of it would be equally suspect.

(This question was originally directed to Ken Nichols, hence the "you"s
all over the question.  Take "you" to mean each one of you who would like
to answer the question.  By the way, don't complain that this belongs in
net.religion.christian, not because I'm "anti-subgroup" in general, but
because our administrator won't create it here.  So, don't complain to me...)
-- 
"Send the recording back into the medium."	     Rich Rosen    pyuxd!rlr