letter from a satanist

taylor (roblin@bellsouth.net)
Sun, 05 Dec 1999 15:33:28 -0600


The devil has a much power in our lives as we let him have.  That is all I meant.
We know he exists.  But I would rather discuss my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,
than that scum bag!!

"Robert J. Brown" wrote:

> >>>>> "Robert" == Robert D Taylor <roblin@bellsouth.net> writes:
>
>     Robert> Praise the Lord!!!  Let us not even talk about satan.  He
>     Robert> and his imps love to be talked about.
>
>     >> My humble advice is to completely ignore the subject.
>     >>
>     >> Those people, and their guide, love nothing more than exposure.
>     >>
>     >> Let's NOT discuss this AT ALL.
>     >>
>     >> Marion Fretwell fretwell@aol.com
>
> So what are we supposed to do, ignore the fact that there is a devil?
> I was once an athiest myself, 22 years ago.  Is there no hope for the
> satanist?  If we can't talk about their "god", then we can't really
> expect them to listen to us talk about our God.
>
> Denying the existence of satan by refusing to discuss the subject at
> all is a good way to get people to believe that he does not exist at
> all.  This is exactly the situation C. S. Lewis describes in "The
> Shrewtape Letters" when he relates the story of an old experienced
> demon telling a young apprentice demon that the best thing to happen
> would be for men to not believe there even was a devil; then they
> would be able to operate with impunity!
>
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