your presentation involves a number of appeals to logic that were mostly first espoused in Germany in the 19th century
OK. I had no idea. I have not looked at anything specific from Germany in the 19th century. I admit I briefly glossed at Friedrich Hegel and the Hegelian Dialectic, which inspired both Marxist theory and existentialist thought, albeit in radically different directions. But, I wasn't thinking of that when I replied to your message.
I'm interested in whether I'm wrong or not
I'm not sure either if you're right or wrong. To me that's really not that important, we have many lives to get everything right. I'm not trying to teach you who Satan is, I don't really know myself who he is or is not. I read to LaVeyan Satanism, Satan is a symbol of virtuous characteristics and liberty. To Christians Satan is the god of this world, who has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. I read to to Muslims he is known as Shaytaan. To Muslims he is the cause of deceptions originating from the mind and desires for evil. He is regarded as a cosmic force for separation, despair and spiritual envelopment.
You appeal to "critical thinking" but I've used that and gotten different conclusions, so it seems we need to be clearer on how we use critical thinking
Sure, you're right about this. Let me get back to you. Now I recall Jesus healed the man born blind. The disciples asked, "Who sinned? This man or his parents?". They were thinking in demiurgic terms. Jesus said, "Neither". Jesus was thinking in spiritual terms, the fullness/the Pleroma where there is no such thing as sin. It was not about critical thinking, Jesus and the disciples were not on the same page.
OK. I had no idea. I have not looked at anything specific from Germany in the 19th century. I admit I briefly glossed at Friedrich Hegel and the Hegelian Dialectic, which inspired both Marxist theory and existentialist thought, albeit in radically different directions. But, I wasn't thinking of that when I replied to your message.
I'm not sure either if you're right or wrong. To me that's really not that important, we have many lives to get everything right. I'm not trying to teach you who Satan is, I don't really know myself who he is or is not. I read to LaVeyan Satanism, Satan is a symbol of virtuous characteristics and liberty. To Christians Satan is the god of this world, who has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. I read to to Muslims he is known as Shaytaan. To Muslims he is the cause of deceptions originating from the mind and desires for evil. He is regarded as a cosmic force for separation, despair and spiritual envelopment.
Sure, you're right about this. Let me get back to you. Now I recall Jesus healed the man born blind. The disciples asked, "Who sinned? This man or his parents?". They were thinking in demiurgic terms. Jesus said, "Neither". Jesus was thinking in spiritual terms, the fullness/the Pleroma where there is no such thing as sin. It was not about critical thinking, Jesus and the disciples were not on the same page.