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In actuality, the Bible presents almost no specifics or details about how the occultists engaged in the actual occult practices that the Bible directly talks about. Many Christians wrongly take such lack of specific information and argue that other things that are not talked about in the Bible...

I do not think at all that I am being overly combative. I certainly do not believe that I am doing anything wrong. I am seeking to make sure that what I have said is properly represented.

I have no idea what you are talking about. I am making sure that what I said is properly represented. Again, I am making a specific point about what the Bible does not explicitly say and the relevance of that point to false claims by Christians that such-and-such does not and cannot lead to...

You have removed words that I had in what I wrote that falsify your statement. This is what I wrote in full: Notice that I specified that God has not revealed specific information about how the people that Scripture explicitly speaks of as being demon possessed became possessed. I do not know...

Returning to the stated topic of the thread, "What should Christians believe about the causes of demon possession?", it is plain that God in His perfect wisdom has not revealed specific information in His perfect Word about how the multitudes of people whom Scripture explicitly speaks of as...

No, I am not merely looking for an argument. I never do that, and I read very carefully everything that people say and seek to understand what they are saying. My understanding of what you seem to believe is based on what you yourself said directly in an earlier comment: In this quote from...

At this time, I do not agree with your understanding of "possession" versus "degree of control." I will respond further to your views on that specific point after I have had time to consider them more and think through why I find it problematic.

You believe that 1 Peter 5:8-9 teaches that unbelievers are our brethren? This is a more serious interpretational problem than just about anything else that you have said. To say that "brethren" in that passage includes unbelievers is to mishandle the Bible in a very serious way. In spite of...

This is moving far from what the discussion should be in this thread. There are other forums for this kind of discussion. It is noteworthy to me that you have as yet not acknowledged that there are numerous people in the world who actually do knowingly and with direct intent engage in occult...

They cannot do so on their own apart from proper ministry from a servant of the Lord. No unbeliever can on his own open his own eyes and transfer himself out of the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of God's Son.

Wrong. These are the kinds of comments that are a key reason that a discussion like this is vitally important. 2 Timothy 2:24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, 25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God...

These are verses directed to believers. I do not believe that they apply to unbelievers.

You are incorrect in thinking that I do not allow for deception. I agree that television is a big problem, especially for children. The point in this thread is to probe what Scripture does reveal to see what we can and should understand about the causes of demon possession and what we should...

I'm not following what you are getting at here and how your remarks relate to what we should believe are the causes of demon possession.

Hmm. Your comments are interesting and will take time to evaluate. "What should Christians believe about the causes of demon possession?" is not the same topic as the focus of your comments here. I'd like to hear what your views are about the specific topic of this thread.

Of course, sin is an evil activity. Everyone sins, but not everyone is possessed, so there must be something more than just engaging in evil activity. What does God reveal in His Word that helps us to understand what caused some sinners to be possessed but not all? On a broader note, I find...

Because "engaging in evil activities is not an automatic demon possession," why are some possessed but the rest are not?

There are people who are involved in occult practices all over the world that are occult practices that have contact with spirits and possession by the spirits as their stated goals (shamanism, Vodún, Santería, Candomblé, etc.) The people who engage in these activities intentionally do what they...

Acts 26:18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. All unbelievers are under the power of Satan. This reality is not...

I did not say that drugs are demons. How do you know that God does not allow people to be "touched" by demons through the wickedness of others? Similarly, very small children have been trafficked by the thousands by wicked people. Did God not allow them to be "touched" against their will and...