gay marriage

I will try to respond to your arguments the best way that I can: You said, "But the fact of the matter is, the Christians who believe gay marriage should be legal outweigh the Christians who don't. So the question is: If what I wrote was true, (And it was) then does that mean that satan can overpower God? It seems like God wouldn't be allowing most of the True Religion be corrupted by the dark force. If satan can overpower God, then we're screwed right??" Our country I believe was founded on God's principles. However, when the whole period of slavery was happening, can we say that a mostly Christian country was okay with it, or in your words that we are using for the gay marriage debate, that the Christians who believe it should be legal outweigh the Christians who don't, then it was part of God's vision? To this I would say that there was an element of the enemy's influence that infiltrated the country and those who were of God. Also, I very strongly believe there are shades of Christianity in this country with some closer to God then others. The founder of Christianity was a man who fasted for 40 days and did supernatural miracles. His closest disciples were those who also did miracles and were moved by the spirit and travelled. Today there are many who are born into the Christian faith, but few who actively engage it as it was in the beginning engaged. So when you argued, " It seems like God wouldn't be allowing most of the True Religion be corrupted by the dark force. ", I believe that if we are not able to keep the passion and love that were evident in the early days, then this religion, no matter how true it was in the beginning, will be open to corruption. I would also like to respond to the question you raised, "If satan can overpower God, then we're screwed right??" because this question made me think and it seemed too large to answer. I believe there are many issues that Satan (and his fallen angels) have gotten their influence into to confuse. Medicine for instance- where we are giving strange drugs instead of addressing root causes. Evolution- where some are arguing that human beings are in some ways like monkeys, when there is in fact a supernatural spark inside the human creation that is unlike the animal kingdom. Also, the government right now, which is in the middle of a shutdown, must in some way be influenced by the enemy, where there is a lack of compromise. Politics, however, I believe to be not my area of understanding. Also the issue of abortion. I believe this for myself and others, that if God gives us clarity and insight and we act upon it then it will open ways for us to defeat the fallen angels and the one who led them. In the bible it says that Jesus defeated the enemy. There was a point in time before the ministry of Jesus Christ began where he was fasting for forty days and nights, and the enemy actually came up to him with arguments. I don't have this memorized so I am going online to quote the specifics, and here they are: Argument 1: If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread. Argument 2, I will give you all [the kindgom's of the world] authority and splendor, for it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. Argument 3: If you are the Son of God throw yourself down from here (the highest point of the temple], for it is written he will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully. I believe that here Satan was giving three lies to Jesus and Jesus answered him: 1) Man does not live on bread alone. 2: It is written, worship the Lord your God and serve him only. And 3) It says, do not put the Lord your God to the test. So I believe that Jesus used the words of God to defeat the enemy, because the enemy wanted him to take some lies and act upon them, but Jesus did not. For instance, Jesus had the power to turn the stones into bread, as he later would turn 5 loaves of bread into enough to feed multitudes. However, in this instance he did not. He instead answered and spoke a truth, that man lives on what is given to him by God (spiritual food), and not only bread alone. In argument three he could have acted on what Satan said and since he was the Son of God the angels would protect him if he jumped from the high point. But he did not- and answered that we should not put the Lord our God to the test. I believe Satan wanted to corrupt the power that Jesus had been given from heaven, but Jesus, recognizing the evil intentions did not entertain the enemy. Likewise, I believe that the enemy is still at work, by wanting us to take on lies and act on them. And one of those lies, as I believe from my own faculties is the push for equalizing homosexual marriage as nothing different than marriage between a man and women. Which I hope will bring me to answer what you said in your opening argument: " And maybe you did have visions! But 1.No way to tell if you're lying 2. No way to tell if this was God, or just a dream. 3. Have you ever considered that satan was entering YOUR mind, not mine and many of the people in America?" I know not how to explain the dreams and insights I believe come from God except to say that sometimes when I have taken action in the world or done something for God with a pure heart then it feels as if my heart rate becomes more intense and maybe even accelerates before I sleep and that when I dream I enter purer realms were there are some aspects of revelation, and other visions, that I try to write down. And I believe that action, and prayer as well, were the catalyst that allow these doors to be opened so I can see more clearly and perceive in my dreams. I believe this would work for everyone, as I believe that when sin is removed from our world it opens the doors for the kingdom of heaven. For instance, if you take a strong stand for something you believe that is in God's will or agenda, I wonder if you could experience this in some way that is individual to you, as I believe strongly in God communicating in different ways to everyone based upon the unique ways we are created. So when you ask me if I am possessed or if Satan has entered my mind, I answer you that I believe in a supernatural God and believe in acting or expressing that which I believe was shown to me. I hope to do so not only with this small issue, but with others as well. There are many reasons I could take the side which is for gay marriage. One is that I am very strongly against discrimination, and it hurts me to see how our society has bullied and harassed others, and especially those who are gay. Another reason is that some of my friends are gay and I desire to accept my friends. I believe, however, that if I went somewhere and argued passionately in defense of gay marriage motivated by those two reasons, I believe that still it would not be in alignment with God's will, and I believe it would open the door for the enemy to trap my soul in some way.