Sure. I’ve been talking with her for several months now, and every time we talk, she encourages me to persevere in the faith. She encouraged me through RCIA. Yet soon after I began to pray the rosary more often, it was as if someone took her identity and warped it. She was not herself - talking about suicide, being a slut, etc. Totally NOT her. So I asked her what was going on and she said, “What’s wrong? You don’t like my new tune?” Then she stopped speaking to me. I wonder if she is really doing the talking now.
Sorry to hear that.
Correction! the above should read:Get the best option for you is not to be too involved with her and pray for her.
That doesn’t mean he fails to exist, either. The existence or nonexistence of a given entity isn’t based on who believes. In one way, disbelief is astonishing, and sad. But on the other hand, I am glad they haven’t had experiences mandating belief. I myself have, at the hands of those who, albeit unknowingly, have done Satan’s evil work in my life. I am still trying to heal from those disgusting encounters.
Satan is the ‘prince of this world’ because of the fall from grace of the angels (and, as a result, mankind), but his greatest power over man is his power of persuasion, just like it was when he tempted Adam and Eve. He will do whatever he can to influence what men do, but in the end, man is responsible for choosing whether to do good or evil. “The devil made me do it.”, is a cop-out that doesn’t take any of the blame off of us. Ultimately, we’re still responsible for our own actions (or inaction), except in the case of true ‘possession’ but that’s extremely rare.
wowWell, I can appreciate your question about the “Evil One”.
A year-or-so ago, a family member was invited to visit us and stay awhile.
Until she arrived with her suitcase we did not know what a _atanist really is, and did not know
she was one.
We soon found out, and it was not a pretty picture. Even my big dog’s ran with their tails between their leg’s whenever she came out of her guest room. She would laugh at seeing them frightened, and say: “Oh, they just can see the giant Snake following me.”
It actually was difficult to breathe deeply, to think clearly when she was around, or to sleep.
It was even hard to complete a paragraph verbally when trying to speak to her(kind of felt like you were being choked). I then knew, for the first time ever, what that dark spirit can do, and what it feels like.
Needless to say we were quite happy when she ended her stay a week later. Plus the bottle of Holy Water had to be replenished.
This is a very true, and tragic story.
that is very scary…
(he already is, by the Cross 
)Don’t be gullible, guys. It’s one thing to feel Satan’s influence in other people. That’s God equipping you to be safe from Satan. It’s quite another thing to see someone’s eyes change color. I don’t believe that for one moment.Well stated!
When she saw my St. Benedict Crucifix pop out from behind my jacket, she flew into
a maddening rage, and her eye’s actually went from blue to black in color.
Ahriman is the force of evil you call Satan. He coexists with Ormuzd, the Force of Good, from the beginning, and their battle will never end, according to the holy scriptures (i.e. the Zend Avesta). All this was revealed centuries before Jesus by the holy prophet Zoroaster.
Amen to following Christ and the Bible!
Not so: the holy Zoroaster was raised from the dead to prove his divine mission. This was proclaimed by his followers, who were transformed when his risen self appeared to them when they were hiding for fear of the Persian authorities. Inspired with holy courage because the Holy Prophet had conquered death through the Fire of Ormuzd, they spread the holy word of dualism throughout the world. We know this is true because they suffered horrible martyrdom because of their faith, and no one does a horrible death for a falsehood.
So where are the millions of followers of “holy Zoroaster?” Where are the millions of churches risen in his honor? You are simply posting a clumsy paraphrase of the Gospel story. Try again.
Of course I am. But think how annoyed it made you. That is how annoyed a lot of people get when somebody – not necessarily you, but several people on this list – makes some definite statement of fact based on nothing but a literal reading of the Bible or what “the Church teaches.” Maybe the person saying that is totally convinced, but pronouncing as incontrovertible and self-evident Fact an assertion backed by nothing but one religion’s authority is not going to impress those not of that religion, especially if it’s something that strikes many people as silly, such as, for example, “Adam and Eve were real people,” or “Satan tempted them in the form of a snake.” What is true for some is a fairy tale to others, and the others will not be convinced by mere assertion, no matter how strident. If you (i.e. plural, “you Catholics”) want us to believe, give us a reason better than “the Bible or the Church says so.” We don’t see your doctrines as self-evident.
