From Darkness to Light

Strange Plane said:

I'm accustomed to baring things on my own shoulders, so this is all new to me. Also, private sounds good.

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Strange Plane said:

I suppose I should add a few more things to clarify what I wrote originally.

1) I no longer have gender dysphoria and identify as the sex I was born as.

2) I somehow... some way, ended up heterosexual.

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Strange Plane said:

I suppose I should add a few more things to clarify what I wrote originally.

1) I no longer have gender dysphoria and identify as the sex I was born as.

2) I somehow... some way, ended up heterosexual.

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mnorian said:

Hi SP;
welcome to CF; May the Lord Jesus guide you here as well as in the world; and may you find friends and what ever you need from the Lord here. I do have a question for you; do you like music--Praise & Worship music? Well we have a new forum here at CF just for P&W music and at the top is a directory of other Christian music threads around CF; come and take a look!

Thank you but I have to respectfully decline the music. I'm very selective about what I listen to, and I am currently listening to worship music in 432 Hz.

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Strange Plane said:

Just over fifteen years ago, I was making an oath of Satan. 10 years ago, I became a Globalist and adopted Transhumanism. 8 years ago, I realized I was a lesbian. 4 years ago, I came to identify as a male. 2 Years ago, I chose Luciferianism and sought to become an Illuminist. 1 year ago, I wanted it all and would have given anything to get it all.

Just over 6 months ago, my entire cosmology was flipped upside down. 5 months ago, I denounced Satan. 4 months ago, positive change began in my life. 3 months ago, I embraced Christianity. 2 months ago, I accepted the reality of Jesus Christ. 1 month ago, I surrendered my life to Him.

Today?

I'm a whole new creature and while this change has been a struggle, I know that with faith in the Lord my God, I will endure, grow, and someday be ready for the call He has placed on my life.

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Background

For years, I've studied the Bible, though it wasn't for any reason I'd consider to be good. My intention was hostile towards Christians and Christianity.

My main interests were politics, psychology, theology, ancient history, and space science.

Growing up, I was always given the ability to freely explore various theologies and believe what I wanted, even though my family identifies as Christian.

My childhood obsession was dinosaurs and space. My obsession as a youth was UFOs and space. As a young adult, my obsession was the occult, politics, and space.

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Statement of intent

I'm here to learn, share and fellowship.

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Strange Plane said:

Luciferianism, much like Satanism has numerous denominations. The one I followed was of a Theistic sort.

Luciferianism is similar to Satanism. However, it's also different. Luciferianism focuses on mind, spirit and the apotheosis of man. Luciferianism also considers Lucifer to be the liberator of man. To them, Lucifer is the origin of man's self awareness and burning flame of individualism. They consider him as a symbol or literal embodiment of rebellion, and value the breaking free from all moral conditioning.

Satanism, on the other hand is a practice which is focused on carnality, exalting the flesh, excess, and living as if one may die tomorrow. Most Satanists are Athiests, at least at the lower levels and excluding angsty youth.

Regardless, at higher levels, they are mostly indistinguishable from each other and the separation is minimal.

I hope that brief explanation of the two helped you understand them somewhat.

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Strange Plane said:

I'm actually not sure where to put this, so I'll place it here because it seems to connect fairly well to my introduction.

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It is unlikely that this writing will be understood by most, as it's intended for a specific audience who will understand.

In my belief, the Faith isn't cut and dry; it's deeply personal. Neither do I diminish the importance of rules and boundaries.

The enemy and those in his employ have altered how many perceive a variety of terms and practices. For example, in the corruption of how words are perceived, "obey", "submit", and "surrender" have become terms which bring discomfort.

When most think of a term like "obey", they tend towards the context of "slavery". For example, "obey your master" or "obey your government". Neither of these examples will sit well with the audience I'm writing to here, and that's not by chance; it's by design.

What is glorious, the enemy has made to be perceived as offensive. "Submission" to God, has become entangled with "slavery to God". Likewise, phrases such as "living on my knees" or "a servant of Christ", also have been made to be perceived as undesirable.

In the darkness, I was taught, "the only person who could help me was me." Practices like kneeling weren't advised, though I didn't agree as I found the gesture to be one of respect. I was taught that "RHP" "religions" were systems, invented to control weak and gullible people.

It was better to be an "adversary", a "rebel", a child after the fierce black flame of "Lucifer". It was better to stand against traditional morality, even all morality because as I was taught, morality was relative and not absolute.

Pride was a virtue, though not in conditions of birth. Instead, one was to be proud of their accomplishments; one was also to be proud of their "grade" or "degree", though openly discussing it wasn't acceptable.

While this was the common teaching, my prior "faith" included a set of "morals". For example, I was taught never to claim what I didn't earn. I was also expected to offer absolute reverence, trust, obedience, and humility to "Lucifer", not because he particularly cared but because it was a mockery.

What I didn't realize at the time was that the observances he expected and teachings he provided, weren't just to mock God, they were to mock me as a creation of God. However, the enemy failed because I'm now a child of Christ.

Returning to the prior subject, consider the term "lamb" or "shepherd". In the darkness, it was impressed on me that these were offensive and degrading. The opposite is true, though requires details.

What I've noticed is that the words of the faithful are foreign to the world, and often considered to be offensive. The reason for this is missing details. The world isn't having a personal relationship with Christ, they are living in accordance with the desires of the flesh; the things of Spirit are uncomfortable to them.

It's like when I text someone or talk to them in a chat room. While the words are there, and perhaps even the voice, there is a missing element. This element is physical proximity or "face to face" as it's often called, and it's incredibly important because we weren't created to speak over machines.

"The devil is in the details"

In conclusion, the world will perceive scripture, its glorious language, and the language of those faithful to Christ as foreign for the following reasons:

1) The flesh rejects the Spirit because it's fallen.

2) The enemy has worked diligently to cause good to be perceived as evil and evil to be perceived as good.

3)The enemy always leaves out certain details so the figurative puzzle is unfinished, yet is perceived as complete.

4) The enemy is wise as a serpent and speaks with a forked tongue. In other words, he speaks "out of both sides of his mouth."

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God bless.
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The enemy is unable to change reality, he's only able to change how many perceive it."
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Strange Plane said:

I'm a lady, not a guy.

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