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Originally Posted by OnyxCougar
How do you know it was God? Why would YOU think it fake?
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I've had many spiritual/metaphysical experiences in my life and while experiencing them they seemed very, very real (feeling god's love, "eureka"-type thoughts about life, love, the universe, etc. and SPECIFIC answers to prayerful questions all count for me as spiritual experiences) but after the magic of the experience wears off--I wonder if it was real or something I made up. I think sustaining the enormity of the experience is near to impossible but essential to growth and to knowing God. I wish I had more faith. I wish I could sustain those experiences and learn MORE from them. I wish I believed.
It has always been my understanding that Christians teach that Satan cannot read minds or whisper into ears--he can only predict behavior and acts accordingly.
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic.
"Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her.
—James Barrie
Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum
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