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Can someone explain to me what the term "Spiritually Slain" is?
I was thinking in the terms of spiritually empty, bankrupt,etc...
But obviously this is a term and or an actual practice that I am unfamiliar with.
As usual, no bashing. Please be respectful with your answers, for I am only seeking knowledge.
Blessed Be
)o(
Trinity
I ask this question out of regards to seeing another question on the R&S forum.
7 Answers
- CarlaLv 45 years ago
Well, none of those make any sense at all. Love is not really explainable because there is nothing else to compare it to. Some people like to break it down to a neurochemical reaction that evolved to ensure the continuance of the species, but that is not sufficient, since love exists between all kinds of people who will never reproduce and are not necessarily even attracted to each other. Love exists between parents and children, people of the same sex, the elderly, and those who just cannot reproduce. Only the parent/child relationship actually has any evolutionary value, of the ones I mentioned. The rest have nothing to contribute to the species as a whole. As Christians, we are taught that God is love. We are also taught that God is one (unity). People who love each other unite together and do for each other without thought of self. At the risk of turning loose my inner hippie, if love spread across the globe, the Kingdom of God would come, finally, as the human race would unite as one being. This is why Christ said that the number one commandment was to love God, and the second was to love thy neighbor as thyself. "On these two hang all the Law and the Prophets," He said, and He was right. If everyone did these two things, what would the world look like?
- 1 decade ago
good ol Wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slain_in_the_Spirit
The correct term is "Slain in the Spirit"
I first heard this from my mother who had taken a "Life in the Spirit" seminar a few years before I did. (Takes a bit of gumption, that did). What she described to me was that when the priest lays his hands on you, (usually your head), you simply fall over. There is no control. And you don't really care. You are filled with an incredible peace that you will not find here on earth.
- Lady MorganaLv 71 decade ago
In light of the fact that Iknow nothing about it, I will refrain fro comment. Happy Yule,Trinity!
Lady M )0(
- Anonymous1 decade ago
well slain means to kill,so perhaps the term means spiritually dead?
- Anonymous1 decade ago
'spiritually slain' not found in the Bible