Nothing is known that did not come from Satan or the Holy Spirit, this includes ALL earthly knowledge. Contemplate the implications!!!
This is the most ironic statement I have seen yet and back it up with numerous of the most anti-philosophical posts on this thread, I can only say this whole discussion is the worst example I’ve expected from ‘spiritual’ Catholics.
Are you aware that the act of choosing is a thought
in of itself? So hence, if such an act belonged to another entity, then it’s not ours. Autonomy is a myth and our salvation is dependent on outside forces rather than a decision that is
our own.
You cannot say that my thoughts are controlled yet claim that free will, which is a thought
in of itself, still isn’t. Furthermore, to attribute people’s thoughts
entirely to outside forces strips them of accountability.
“I raped a 13-year-old girl because I was possessed!”
“He blew himself up because Allah told him to!”
You sir are presenting the line of thinking responsible for the erroneous (if not blasphemous) caricatures secularists and liberals concoct about religion.
Over a hundred years ago man learned how to make dynamite. His original intention for its use was solely for the mine and the quarry. In fact, his invention succeeded and many placed orders for it.
He did not foresee that it would also be used to make bombs and cause the deaths of many.
Over a thousand years ago, man learned how to craft knives and spears from mere rock. Such weapons were originally intended to aid man in the hunt of woolly mammoths and in defense against sabre-toothed smilodons. In fact, they did just that.
Decades later it was used against man himself by other men. The hunting tools became the first weapons of war.
When men first discovered medicine, they enhanced the quality of life. Such healing power however, prompted men to fight and wage war over its supplies.
And let’s not just stop at scientific endeavor, let’s throw religion in as well.
In the early days of the Church, when Christians just began its mission of evangelizing, they believed they were preaching a message of love and hope.
Fast forward to the start of the 19th century that same religion was now being used to justify imperialism in Europe’s colonies of Asia, Africa as well as North and South America. I myself, despite being a conservative Catholic Filipino, will never forget the atrocities committed by corrupt Spanish friars and how it was through the manipulation of a pro-Spanish bishop who ensured the execution of our national hero.
All I’ve presented to you are thoughts. Inventions were conceived with only the good in mind. They did not foresee how they can be put to use in evil ways. Strangely enough however, the good in which they were originally intended for truly did deliver. Dynamite did make rock mining easier; the first knives and spears did ensure the survival of early man; and medicine really did save many ailing brothers and sisters from the clutches of death.
In that regard, you claim the thoughts conceived were of the Holy Spirit. However, what about during times when they were used in the service of evil? Has it all of a sudden became a product of the devil and we should thus, shun it?
Here is were your faux-spiritual dichotomy breaks apart.
Our thoughts are ours and ours alone. They can be influenced. They can be tempted. However, the decision to control them is a thought
in of itself. It is autonomy. It is controlled by neither Holy Spirit or the Devil.
It is Man’s.
Tis truly ironic for you to implore people to ‘contemplate’ yet claim that it’s either the Holy Spirit or the Devil doing the contemplating for us.
) and I love your language.
