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Originally Posted by neo1234  |
*Shudders* Are you mad!? They might rub off on me. I'd come out missing half my brain. Don't make me go to church, mama! Please don't make me go!
Joking aside, I'm not exactly what you'd call a believer in spirit guides and the like. I'm open to the concept but I've never tried contacting them and I probably never will. That sort of thing is best left to the mediums. Why? Exactly because I don't know all the holes in my own defenses.
I piped up on the basis that I find it logically incoherent that Christianity would hold any kind of special power. The initial post just screams 700 Club and I know from personal experience that such accounts are heavily skewed. The way I see it religious symbols have no inherent power, they are simply a means of focusing/summoning energy. In fact the story makes perfect sense when viewed through that lens considering that the person conversing with demons had quite a few chinks in their armor whereas the Christian had absolutely no qualms with the deity of her faith.
I'm rejecting the lens that favors Christianity solely on the basis that it's absurd. The vibrational hypothesis probably has flaws in it but it's a lot more consistent considering the numerous religions that exist and the power their symbols seem to have. Prayers get answered no matter who you're talking to, demons have been casted out using the names of many deities. All the reasons for that can be debated but it amounts to verbal masturbation so I'm not going down that road.
There's an inherent risk in messing with this stuff no matter what discipline you follow. Yes, even some Christians are walking the path to hell. But where's the reward if, at some point, you're not scared half to death? That's what makes a man great- coming out of that with strength and insight to spare. I wouldn't worry about Steve or Erin because they know how to correct their course. The people that boggle my mind are the ones that know where they're going and keep going.