Does the devil use other religions to divide?

[czakita]

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[jarhead714]

All I know is he is a liar, and the Father of Lies. That means anything goes.

[jarhead714]

I don’t know man, I just got home. Only agenda I have at the moment involves a little siesta before my little Moors get home from school to wear me out .

[wpage]

Jesus said. Satan is the ruler of this world. Which answers many questions of why things are always in a mess here.

Yes, the devil does all he can to use any method to cause hate, division, and murder in religion and all places in this relm.

[sonofeugene]

Other religions are no more cults than Judeo/Christian religions. Every religion on earth started as an attempt to understand what cannot be explained and every one has been perverted at one time or the other.

[Yodaman]

Does the devil use other religions to divide?

All I know is he is a liar, and the Father of Lies. That means anything goes.

Jarhead nailed it. This [emoji1369]


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[theLBC]

no.

the "devil" is the absence of faith, not an entity.

conflicts blamed on religion are not about god or faith, it is man using religion to gain power or wealth.
all religions are flawed because all men are flawed.

[Garand Hunter]

For # 8, the devil, Lucifer by name, IS NOT the absence of faith, he is an entity but you can call if however you choose. The absence of faith is " Unbelief."

Psalm 1

[theLBC]

For # 8, the devil, Lucifer by name, IS NOT the absence of faith, he is an entity but you can call if however you choose. The absence of faith is " Unbelief."

Psalm 1

you may have your own opinion and that is great.

i believe "god" resides in our hearts, not in heaven. it is our inspiration to be good and help others and our faith is demonstrated in our actions.
religions puts god in the hearts of people where it might not already exist.

in the absence of this, we have evil.

religion becomes dangerous when it starts to serve itself, instead of focusing on putting god in our hearts, Isam being a perfect example.

[RAMCLAP]

Of course he does. It's his MO.

[TrailerparkTrash]

you may have your own opinion and that is great.

i believe "god" resides in our hearts, not in heaven. it is our inspiration to be good and help others and our faith is demonstrated in our actions.
religions puts god in the hearts of people where it might not already exist.

in the absence of this, we have evil.

religion becomes dangerous when it starts to serve itself, instead of focusing on putting god in our hearts, Isam being a perfect example.

[TrailerparkTrash]

If this is true, is the devil using other religions to 'divide and conquer'?

What do you think? Have you experienced anything in your own life that supports or refutes this? Thank you for sharing.

Yes, as far as Christianity is concerned and what the Christian Bible says, anything but.... is indeed of the devil to divide and isolate from Christ. Call other religions “false doctrine,” “false religion,” “cults” or whatever, it’s what the Christian Bible clearly states in more than one way or another.

This is plain and simply put. It’s not what I’m saying based on my own opinion. it’s what the Christian Bible says in black and white and what any non Christian would easily read and clearly discover what the Bible says on the matter as well.

...It just so happens to be what I believe in and have faith in as well.

2 Timothy 3:16
and
2 Timothy 4:2

[mossy]

A fellow member of Christian faith shared the idea that other religions besides Christianity are basically cults. Specifically other religions divide worshipers by denouncing God and Jesus, or require an intermediary (the church or priest) instead of focusing on your direct personal relationship with Jesus. If this is true, is the devil using other religions to 'divide and conquer'?

What do you think? Have you experienced anything in your own life that supports or refutes this? Thank you for sharing.

As a follower of a different religion I could use the same logic to say that Christianity is a trap designed to keep people blinded with the promise of liberation by a savior that does not really exist.

[Mayor McRifle]

is the devil using other religions to 'divide and conquer'?

[Wordupmybrotha]

No, I wouldn't call other religions besides Christianity a cult. Judaism, for example, is not a cult.

And you're probably referring to Catholicism when you mentioned intermediary. That's not a cult either.

As for Satan using other religions besides Christianity to separate people from a personal relationship with God, of course. But he uses everything to do that. He'll use Christian religiosity to do that also.

Implicit in your question is the assumption that all non-Christian religion was directly caused by Satan. I don't think that's true. We're all fallen and depraved by sin. Our natural inclination is to run away from God as Adam and Eve did. And we also have the desire to be God ourselves or at least be the boss of our own life. Stands to reason that we intentionally or unintentionally created religions to suit our own desires by our own fallen volition without being influenced by Satan.