Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site trwrba.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!unc!mcnc!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrba!jnelson From: jnelson@trwrba.UUCP (John T. Nelson) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: A question about Satan and deception Message-ID: <1179@trwrba.UUCP> Date: Wed, 12-Dec-84 20:39:09 EST Article-I.D.: trwrba.1179 Posted: Wed Dec 12 20:39:09 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 14-Dec-84 06:37:51 EST References: <320@pyuxd.UUCP> Organization: TRW EDS, Redondo Beach, CA Lines: 32 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"... 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. You can't know... unless you are absolutely sure that... 1) God has protected the Bible from any corruption by Satan. The one and ONLY source of truth and guidence in this evil and satanic world. 2) God protects those who originally accepted Jesus Christ with an open heart. Obviously those "awful Catholics" corrupted and twisted the word of God in their hearts so they were fair game for even MORE twisting by the evil one. and thus... 3) Satan has power over those who are amenable to "the other" ways of thinking. So there can be only ONE true way, and every sect thinks that they represent it. Praise be Strunk and White - John