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The church believes God is goodness itself and wills and creates only good, even working for the good of those who love him. [74] God could have created a world without the possibility of evil, but he willed to create the world in a "state of journeying" to its consummation (the time when evil will no longer exist). [75]
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: The New International Version translates the passage as: For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
The Vitakkasanthana Sutta (MN 20) (The Removal of Distracting Thoughts) is the 20th discourse in Majjhima Nikaya of Pāli Canon in Theravada Buddhism.. In the Theravadin Tipitaka, the Vitakka-saṇṭhāna Sutta is the twentieth discourse in the Majjhima Nikaya (MN) and is thus often designated by "MN 20"; in the Pali Text Society (PTS) edition of the Canon, this text begins on the 118th page ...
Thus, magic in the Biblical context would be viewed as only an act of evil, whereas in literature, pretend magic is a morally neutral tool available to conduct both good and bad behaviors. In literature, magical abilities have many different power sources. Technological ability (science) can appear as magic. [37]
Jesus drives out a demon or unclean spirit, from the 15th-century Très Riches Heures. In English translations of the Bible, unclean spirit is a common rendering [1] of Greek pneuma akatharton (πνεῦμα ἀκάθαρτον; plural pneumata akatharta (πνεύματα ἀκάθαρτα)), which in its single occurrence in the Septuagint translates Hebrew ruaḥ tum'ah (רוּחַ ...
sexual thoughts about God, saints, and religious figures; bad thoughts or images during prayer or meditation; thoughts of being possessed; fears of sinning or breaking a religious law or performing a ritual incorrectly; fears of omitting prayers or reciting them incorrectly; repetitive and intrusive blasphemous thoughts
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In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: 27 was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: 28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. The World English Bible translates the passage as: 27 "You have heard that it was said,