Dear SBC & Reformed:<br><br>Thank you for sharing your experience with your family. Mine is very similar and so I could identify with your situation. It is nice to know that we have a spiritual family where one day all will be perfect beauty and harmony and love and it will all flow from Him who is Love and Peace and Truth personified.<br><br>I did some reading on the occult a few years back from conservative authors and they seemed to converge on the opinion that physical idols (as opposed to mental ones) such as you speak of are a place of congregation for fallen spirits. I could go into the details for the basis of their opinions, which was very interesting and convincing but it would take too much time and space. Suffice it to say that I don't permit anything that is designed to pay homage to any false God in my house or property and I avoid them in others', not out of superstition, but rather respect. I always remember that Jude said that Michael didn't pronounce a railing judgement but said "the Lord rebuke you" to satan. I believe there is more to the realm of spiritual wickedness than most realize.<br><br>In Him,<br><br>Gerry <br><br>

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