God grants you Free Will. However, if you wish to embrace Satan and temptation, then there are consequences for that.
But that's only the first part. The problem for a lot of people is that they make the choice once and it gets easier to make the wrong choice over and over again, so that you feel trapped and unable to make the right choice because the consequences of making the right choice now are severe.
This is why the statement of "Get thee behind me, Satan", at least to me, seems so powerful. It's not a magical incantation, it's a recognition of the power that you had all along to simply choose not to do the wrong thing.
the consequences of making the right choice now are severe
Also the sunk cost fallacy makes people think they've already done bad stuff so they might as well keep doing bad stuff, which someone is more likely to do if they believe there's no chance of redemption.
It didn't work as advertised, but it worked as intended! 😊
The Devil makes you choose, and you have to invite the vampire in.
I can't believe it's taken me this long to understand the metaphor.
It's a running theme in Christianity.
God grants you Free Will. However, if you wish to embrace Satan and temptation, then there are consequences for that.
But that's only the first part. The problem for a lot of people is that they make the choice once and it gets easier to make the wrong choice over and over again, so that you feel trapped and unable to make the right choice because the consequences of making the right choice now are severe.
This is why the statement of "Get thee behind me, Satan", at least to me, seems so powerful. It's not a magical incantation, it's a recognition of the power that you had all along to simply choose not to do the wrong thing.
Also the sunk cost fallacy makes people think they've already done bad stuff so they might as well keep doing bad stuff, which someone is more likely to do if they believe there's no chance of redemption.
Next month on SyFy - Robodevil vs Cybervampire!
Needs more cheese.
Dino-rider Robodevil vs Cybervampire ninja-monk.
IN SPAAACE!
Hahaha... I feel sick.
I'm not getting the Fauci Ouchie, no thank you.
Lol if I learned anything from playing Resident Evil it’s when you inject weird shit in your body weird shit happens....
he got the kickbacks, he dont care. puppy killer