There exists a covert counter-theology which is used to oppose the truth about morality. It says in effect that spirit powers purify.

In nonChristians religions of the Buddhist type, the spirit world is of not acknowledge to exist. Yet much of the obvious truth about the spirit world cannot be denied. Therefore, substitute terminology is used.

First, the basis for the odd position is derived through a nonsensical concept called "nondualism." It means two things are said to be one. Supposedly, material and nonmaterial existence are one and the same thing. That's as absurd as to say being inside of an automobile and outside of it are one and the same thing.

The purpose of the nonsense is to deny truth about the spirit world. But not all of the truth can be denied. Therefore, when opponents say something about the spirit world, they are knocked down with the nonduality argument. But the promoters of the absurdity have their own jargon for describing effects beyond material existence.

One of their key slogans is "transcendence." It means going beyond material existence. But it doesn't say what exists out there. It allows the corrupters to fill in the subject with fraud concepts.

In religions similar to Buddhism, where spiritual existence is denied, transcendence is supposedly the fix for everything. This is the same philosophy as saying spirit powers are the fix for everything, except that the terminology has to be adapted for denial of the existence of the spirit world.

The most obvious proof of the fraud is that satan has spirit powers and he is not perfect. But satan is denied to exist in the philosophy of such quasi religions.

The entire significance of the philosophy of claiming that spirit powers or transcendence purifies is that a group of elitists who have spirit powers (or have transcended) are supposed to be gods over everyone else. Their sin is not sin. Everyone else's virtue is not virtue.

This method of turning moral philosophy into rubble is so valuable to corrupters that Paul used it as the basis of his theology. He said that flesh is the cause of sin, and that entering the spirit world purifies (Rom 7:5-9). He was supposed to have been part of a religion that recognizes the existence of satan, which means his theology had to be extremely veiled in muddle and deniability. But his extreme promoters dig it out and use it to oppose moral truth.

Paul said (Rom 8:2), "The law of the spirit, the spirit of life in Christ Jesus, has freed you from the law of sin and death." This seems to mean that spiritual existence removes sin. But it could mean that adhering to Christ's commands to feed the hungry removes sin. Paul used two references to spirit, which allows two different interpretations. This is what muddle means.

The rest of Paul's theology says that people cannot save themselves through works, so there is a strong push in the direction of the philosophy of spirit powers creating virtue.

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