Sanctimonious much? There are non-atheistic religious people who believe in God or gods, but don’t believe in Satan. There also are people who believe Satan exists but at the same time don’t believe he is attacking America. I was never taught to believe that Satan is behind every single sin that takes place. Our country is suffering from sinfulness but it’s a whole ‘nother leap to blame our problems on supernatural powers. And it’s arrogant to claim that you KNOW that is happening while everyone who disagrees with you is stupid. That’s called the sin of pride.
“There are non-atheistic religious people who believe in God or gods, but don’t believe in Satan”
Not many. Christians (the overwhelming majority religion in America, comprising between 60 and 76% of the population) believe in Satan because Jesus mentions him more than 20 times in the Gospels. For a Chritian to deny the existence of Satan is to make Jesus Christ a liar.
Orthodox Jews believe in Satan as well. Christians and Orthodox Jews comprise close to 80% of the American population. Your candidate, Newt Gingrich, believes in Satan and his pernicous influence in the modern world. (Read his book on John Paul II and his contribution to the destruction of Soviet communism (what that great religious zealot, Ronald Reagan called, “the evil empire.”) Reagan must have been as nutty as Santorum, huh? /sarc/
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“I was never taught to believe that Satan is behind every single sin that takes place. Our country is suffering from sinfulness but it’s a whole ‘nother leap to blame our problems on supernatural powers.”
Don’t put words in my mouth or in Santorum’s. No one said Satan is behind every sin. He is, however, behind many sins. Christ himself spoke of the three enemies of mankind....the world, the flesh and the devil.
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“And it’s arrogant to claim that you KNOW that is happening while everyone who disagrees with you is stupid. That’s called the sin of pride.”
You started off your post calling me “sanctimonious”, a not so subtle dig at Santorum whom you attack regularly. You proceed to judge me guilty of a sin and them call me sanctimonious. Do you understand the meaning of the words you use?
You affect to support Gingrich, but you are a bad advocate for him. You make fun of those who believe in the devil. I imagine Newt, a practicing and well formed Catholic, would disavow your comments in in the premises.
Your efforts to associate your self with Gingrich do him no good. He deserves better.
I suggest that you pick up the nearest copy of the King James Bible and read it, beginning with the book of Genesis and paying particular attention to the story of the Serpent and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.