Comments by "Peter deWolf" (@StoneShards) on "Listen and Weep | Eric Metaxas | EP 371" video.

  1. "We're in a battle for freedom between good and evil; our job is to fight!" Battle...fight...war...such aggressive terms evoke fear of disobedience to authority, promoting hatred of that authority...conflict ensues. "God" requires you to be "all in", else you are guilty, Guilty, GUILTY! We used to refer to this as "fire and brimstone" preaching. It is enervating in its oversimplicity--I wouldn't recommend it, but to each his own. I don't see "war in heaven"--I see Order utilizing the pressure of Chaos to power the Designs of Order. Nature makes sure that all that is is in agreement. There is no war, battle, or fight between Order and Chaos, but rather the navigation of the tension of the attraction and repulsion. The Cosmic Dance feels like war, battle, and fight to US in our entirely personal apperception of existence. We bear the guilt of our error solely for the purpose of its correction! God is all that is--your devils included! There is no malice in the operation of the universe except what you imagine there to be.
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