[Traveler]

Originally Posted by prisonchaplain

Feelings alone can lead to heresy. Scripture along to the worst Phariseeism. When Scripture and Spirit align, then I know that the battle I fight is not against flesh and blood, but against spirits and principalities. And yet, greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world.

Thank you for your response. From my own background - I grew up in a family that did not hug. To be honest hugging makes me uncomfortable with the one exception of my wife. Touching is, without any question in my mind, a physical thing, a carnal thing and a sensual thing. I understand very well the difference between spiritual things and physical carnal sensual things.

I am confused in that you attempt to explain things that are spiritual with reference to things that are physical then imply that you are attempting to overcome (do battle with) something that is not physical but spiritual. Perhaps if I can ask again – if you are involved in “a battle” which is not flesh and blood – How do you distinguish light from darkness (which is a physical not spiritual sense)?

You seem to imply that if something in the flesh corresponds with scripture then it must be of G-d. I find this most interesting because my method is the exact reverse. It is only when that which is physical (including scripture) is validated by that which is divinely spiritual that I think it correct and all truth (including scientific) I believe to be validated in the end in this manner.

The Traveler