Imagine There's No Satan

I recently received a gentle nudge that suggested I give my books away for free. The sentiment was shared in the nicest of ways. It intoned that because the content and ideas in them were freely received... as in it is God's knowledge and I did not do anything to earn it nor do I have rights to it... perhaps I should give them away for free. I would just like to respond to that in kindness for a moment.    ...Please come out meet James at the upcoming book tour... First of all, I do my best to provide for free to any who ask.  FOR YOUR FREE COPY OF "SATAN CHRISTIANITY'S OTHER GOD" EMAIL jrbrayshaw@scog.ca   And is it not also a biblical instruction that we are to ask if we have a need or want something? Yahweh has everything and because He is God, one could say He received it all for free. Yet we are instructed to ask of Him. So that said, it is my privilege to offer for free, copies of my books to anyone who asks, and that has always been my po...

Should we take Santorum’s word about Satan being real?   ``Satan has his sights on the United States of America,'' Read more: http://www.canada.com/Rick+Santorum+Satan+2008+speech+resurrected+2012+campaign/6191536/story.html#ixzz1nLleQXFw Is Senator Rick Santorum's mantra good enough to settle the issue of what Satan is up to?   Should folks be given a fighting chance to decide if Santorum should be believed about Satan or not?  Generally, it is good to let the people decide for themselves if an entity is real or not. And this is a healthy axiom to adhere to when all sides of a concept are readily served up to the massed. As far as this concerns the question about the existence of God, we pretty much are in the place where enough commentary is available on both sides of the discussion.  Content and conjecture has been widely broadcast so folks today can draw from the resources and begin to make an informed choice. But perhaps the question of Satan's existence i...

Resist The Devil But Know What You’re Resisting? Do we believe the truth or do we believe our emotions? Do our emotions always lead us to truth? Is it possible when we are being told something different than what we have always believed that we have an emotional response before we can assess the logic of what’s being said? When it comes to reading about Satan and the devil in the New Testament it is hard for most of us to not make decisions based on our emotions. Especially if we have been trained by a church or religious system to believe Satan is actually a real being who wants to get you into his Kingdom. Emotional interpretations of biblical writings will almost always cause a mental blockage. Reacting to information from our emotions invariably short circuits our ability to hear reason and logic. Believe it or not, many of us have an emotional connection to any of the words associated with Satan. It is because of our emotional connection to terms such as devil , demon, satan, and...