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John T
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Date Posted: Friday, June 03, 08:17:57pm
In reply to:
QUITTNER
's message, "Spiritualism" on Thursday, June 02, 06:39:42pm
>Please confirm, or otherwise,
>..... That spirits and spiritualism have nothing to do
>with specific religions/belief systems; that clergy of
>the very many belief systems are just speculating on
>and/or trying to "explain" what happens in nature.
To a certain extent, yes. Spiritualism is not the same as other belief systems in that it tries to prove the existence of the spirit or soul after death. It has no creeds, or dogma, and is not tied to a "holy" book. As for clergy, everyone is trying to explain what happens, even Spiritualists!
>..... That there are good amd bad spirits - God (or
>whatever other name) is one of the good spirits.
God is the Great Spirit - the source of all life, whether human, animal or whatever. Good or bad spirits? I believe there are both, but some Spiritualists` do not believe in bad Spirits. The terms we use are hard to define when talking about Spirits - their knowledge far exceeds our own.
>..... That some people are more "open" or sensitive
>than others, and communications, if any, may be
>sporadic and subject to garbling and interference just
>as in oldfashioned very early radio communications.
Yes. But I would delete the "if any". Spirit is never wrong, but the medium can get the message wrong.
>..... That some mediums try to interpret too much, and
>that therefore they get it wrong.
>..... That some mediums use fakery to get as much
>money as possible out of gullible "believers". That
>also applies to some members of clergy, or people
>maskerading as clergy.
There are fakes, just as there are fakes in all threads of society. True mediums do not fake anything and pass on whatever they are given by Spirit.
Hope this answers your questions, and welcome to the board!
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