Nana, Direct Internal connection to God, WWG1WWA, MAGA, Angels are here already #FightLikeGodIsBesideYou
Waaaaay oversimplified generalization.
By what definition?
Bible says "Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, to keep himself unspotted from the world" James1:27
And you think Satan and the demons aren't "spiritual"?? They ARE supernatural beings inhabiting the spirit realm.
And about these times Paul warned:
:For such [are] false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light" 2Cor11:13,14
check out the people who translated this book you quote
"Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord" Is1:18;
I would posit that every book that's ever been translated has been by flawed human beings?
Maybe I don't get your point?
Nana, Direct Internal connection to God, WWG1WWA, MAGA, Angels are here already #FightLikeGodIsBesideYou
Well hun you are within your rights to stay in that space. But I myself have been in God's presence twice in my life and I do not rely on the Bible that you know that humans created, I rely on my direct connection to God.
satan and the jesuits have changed some of the original Bible wording also changing the meaning.
Purposefully leaving out sentences that tell us how to connect directly with God by way of the soul and Earth suit He created here for us, and btw only quoting a fraction of it all.
I understand that there were actually over 700 books to what we should know as the Bible.
Not here to debate, I have been with God in my NDE, and have no need to justify anything to anyone.
You have your path and I have mine.
"Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord" Is1:18;
I know you've said all that before and that's fine but what does that have to do with my particular point? The description of pure religion from Paul is somehow bad? .. or flawed? .. *just* because it's in the Bible and came out of a human mouth?
You don't believe Satan and his demonic retinue are 'spiritual' beings?
The Bible actually teaches us to follow God, not man, when man tells us to do bad or foolish things.
In my experience Biblical Christians practicing 'pure religion' believe and follow that teaching.
Aside from the whole 'Bible's been changed'/'lost books' issues the Bible is still one of the greatest wisdom books that ever was surely?
My point is *religion* can be good or bad depending on how it's *practiced* ... or *defined*. Jesus criticized the Pharisees practice of 'religion'. I've seen "spiritual" people do some really hurtful, even evil things. Done plenty myself back when I used to be "spiritual" but not (certainly not) "religious".
Religion, Church, and bible all man made manipulates connection to God. Ive learned to always pray even for my enemies, Vaccine participants, etc. i feel myself becoming whole and at total peace