Do Guarding Angels exist?

[Cathode]

Most Protestants do refrain from angel worship and praying to angels.

Catholics refrain from Angel worship as well, but we do use them as our servants.

And obviously most reject the superstition that there are angels for specific occupations.

And I genuinely ask them. What do you know about it?

What encounters have they had with the Angels?
None. Angels are just on the page for them, they are talking in ignorance of the reality.

They have never cultivated a relationship with the Angels or even their own guardian Angels. They have lived in complete ignorance of the whole spiritual ecosystem.

 

[JonC]

I haven’t just gauged from this board, but on many forums, and in life.

We often form opinions based on our experiences.

My experience as a Protestant for over 50 years, attending churches in over 8 states and 3 countries, is that you are wrong.

Also, I can attest to the fact that Baptist seminaries certainly do not teach that angels are literally and not encountered in our lives.

But my experiences strictly with Baptist churches (and not Reformed Baptist churches) and two Baptist seminaries.


I am sure you get the same. I know that Catholic doctrine does not teach you to worship angles, or icons. But my experience with Catholics (on boards and in person) has taught me that most do.

 

[JonC]

Catholics refrain from Angel worship as well, but we do use them as our servants.



And I genuinely ask them. What do you know about it?

What encounters have they had with the Angels?
None. Angels are just on the page for them, they are talking in ignorance of the reality.

They have never cultivated a relationship with the Angels or even their own guardian Angels. They have lived in complete ignorance of the whole spiritual ecosystem.

Some Catholics do refrain from angel worship, I agree. Most I have encountered do not (their obedience to God on that issue is merely on a page, not in practice).

I do not doubt that you have encountered people who rationalize anything supernatural that occurs today as natural - to include encountering angels. Just look at those on this board who declare that gifts of God no longer exist.

My answer -just to give you a different experience- is that I know angles exist and are active today. I believe we encountered angles quite often, sometimes unaware and sometimes realizing (often afterwards).

What I know is what God has told me. What I believe is in line with what God told me but not exactly the same weight (opinion vs fact).

I know that we do not use angles as messengers. I believe those who think they do are interacting with demons who draw them away from God.