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Originally Posted by Nicodemus1968
Do you believe a spirit can afflict a person through sickness?
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Yes.
But it doesn't matter what I believe here. Correlation does not imply causation. Some people go to BOTT and afterward, subjectively claim they were being harassed by a spirit of infirmity, and are so weakened by it, they have to call an AFF member to be delivered, with one even heading to the hospital and receiving medical attention for what they claimed is a demonic affliction, and then the AFF member they called comes here and makes a claim they picked up a spirit at BOTT because of something that was allegedly released there, whatever that means?
Whatever happened to loving the LORD your God with all your mind?
Do you not see that the more parsimonious conclusion is that, even if these folks really were afflicted by a spirit of infirmity, and it wasn't just Montezuma's Revenge or a migraine or some other NATURAL health issue, it's because they were already so spiritually infirm it was EASY for such a spirit to take hold of them and give them a good trouncing?
Let's be honest here. If Holy Spirit-filled, truth-believing and preaching saints of God are so easily whipped by a devil, how Holy Spirit-filled, truth-believing and preaching are they, as saints? Tred on serpents and scorpions? Bruise Satan's head under your feet? Cast out, devils? Anyone?
And why couldn't they recognize the attack for what it was, and rebuff it in the name of Jesus? Why did they need to make a phone call to someone who knows how to "pray deliverance"? Why don't they know how? BOTT is for ministers of the Gospel, right? But they can't kick the devil in the teeth when he comes smiling in their faces?
See, it's always blaming someone or something else for your personal weaknesses. It's not me, it was BOTT. It's not me, it's the depressed sister who takes meds who got a handclap. It's not me, it's R. Kelly's silly song being sung. It's never me, it's a spirit. It's not me. Not me, not me, not me. Sounds like Adam's finger-pointing at God and Eve, to me.
Grow up and take some responsibility for your own current level of spirituality, already.