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NASB | 1 Corinthians 10:20 No, but I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to become sharers in demons. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 10:20 On the contrary, the things which the Gentiles (pagans) sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons [in effect], and not to God; and I do not want you to become partners with demons [by eating at feasts in pagan temples]. [Deut 32:17] |
Subject: Clearing up philosophical confusion |
Bible Note: Reply to CDBJ. I wish I wasn't so busy. I knew that when I started this "Religions of the World" class that I would have to keep on top of things. I probably should be into the Word a lot more than what I am. But that doesn't mean that I don't have knowledge of the Word. I have actually been studying the Word for a good number of years now. However, I have not studied it in a school or college. From first grade to twelfth grade I went to public schools. Religion was actually taken out of the school system a while back. When I knew that I would be studying "Religion of the Worlds", I actually got the book ahead of time. I started reading the book for pleasure only. I wasn't taken notes at the time. I only got so far before class started. When class started , I reread some of the chapter I had already read. This time taking notes. It takes a lot longer to read a chapter when you are taking notes. We had first studied Hinduism. I got between a 74 and an 80 on the first test. We just got finished studying Islam. I think I did better on that test than I did on Hinduism. Oddly enough we were suppose to be doing Buddhism next. But Islam doesn't go into Buddhism. If you think about it Hinduism goes into Buddhism. So now we are reading Christianity. This particular chapter I didn't get to read ahead of time. So I just finished reading it. I didn't take notes. Which means now I need to go back and take notes. I wish I had gotten to this chapter ahead of time. Why? Because of the subtitles under "Christianity." Which is in Chapter 8 of "The World's Religions" by Huston Smith. The book is seet up as such. You have an introduction to every chapter. Then under Christianity you have "The Historical Jesus." Not every religion is historical. Christianity is a historical religion. "The Spirit of the Lord is Upon Me." "By the Spirit of God I Cast Out Demons" "Thy Kingdom Come, on Earth." Then you have a topic called "The Christ of Faith" Under the same chapter as Christianity. Then you have subtopics of that topic. "He Went About Doing Good." "Never Spoke Man Thus." "We Have Seen His Glory." Then a new topic "The End and the Beginning." "The Good News" "The Mystical Body of Christ" "The Mind of the Church" "Roman Catholicism" "The Church as Teaching Authority" "The Church as Sacramental Agent" "Eastern Orthodoxy" "Protestantism" "Faith" "The Protestant Principle" All these are covered under Christianity. The book mentions the "Casting out of Demons " early on in the chapter. You can see this by the way I listed the topics and subtopics. The idea was that the teacher wanted us to define demon. I didn't come close to the answer until page 359 under "The Protestant Principle . It is the last sentence of the second paragraph. "For this, according to tradition, is what the devil is: the highest angel who, not content to be second, was determined to be first." Which brings me back to what I was researching. Which was "What is a demon?" I suppose a question that might precede that is "Who is the devil?" And then the answer falls into place a lot more. It is what Doc and others have been telling me . Something I sort of heard before. That the devil and one third of the angels were cast out of heaven. So a demon is a fallen angel. So Huston Smith's book "The World Religions" isn't necessarily a "kind book". Although it has a lot of information on different religions. One of the Pastors at "The Lowell Assembly of God" gave me another book to read called "The Compact Guide to World Religions by Dean C. Halverson, General Editior World Religions Specialist for Internaqtional Students INc." This is a very orderly book. And it is kind on the student. "The World Religions" by Huston Smith has gotten some praise. YOu can read the comments on the back of the boook. For example "The New YOrk TImes Book Review says "Intelligent, clearly written...reveals the spirit of each faith." Library Journal says "The best one-volume book on world religions." If I wasn't taking a "Religion of the World's Class" this might have been a book I would have started and put down. It is heavy reading. You can only take in so much at one time. Interestingly enough this is the only book we are using in my "Religions of the World Class.," So there are no supplements. The teacher says if we don't understand a word to look it up. And of course if I get stuck, I am one to research. Which is good. It might just keep me sane. I know this is a christian forum, but since a particular book I am reading in class started this whole thing, I thought I would mention just what I thought of the book. It isn't that it is a bad book. It is very informative. It just isn't kind to its readers. You read it like you would read a novel. That is sort of the way it is set up. |