[Faith-talk] blindness NOT equivalent to demon-possession!!!

[Penny Golden]

Dear Steven,
Yes, blindness in the world and other things are a direct result of the Fall.
Just the same way as death is in the world; disease is in the world; 
imperfection of any kind is in the world.
I totally agree with you about the glib way the uninvolved have all 
the answers of why you are not a first-class citizen but should just 
get to the back of the spiritual bus, as it were.
I'd better shush or they'll throw me out of here!  But well, I do 
know the moderator--will that help me?
At 10:08 PM 5/31/2008, you wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>To even link blindness and "possession" is eccentric at best and outrageous
>at worst.
>
>Now it may be considered a delicate way of expressing it, but I believe that
>blindness is a result of the influence of sin in the world; that's not
>saying it's direct cause is necessarily sin -- as Alicia quoted from John 9.
>
>I do believe in the possibility of "possession" not because of moral laxness
>but the worship of demons which usually results from it.
>
>Some misguided Christians, though, seem to want to attribute far too much to
>Satan's direct work and (for that matter) talk too glibly about miracles as
>well.
>
>Stefan Slucki.
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