I've yet to come across much in the way of angels interfering, and I've heard a bit about "guardian angels", but it mostly seems to be from non-literary sources.
From a purely Christian point of view, a human's ability to choose right from wrong has to be sustained - with all the consequences attached - or the entire point of our existance ceases to be.
If an angel interfered, how could we truly take responsibility for our own actions?
My girlfriend has been raped several times, so I can understand why you find it abhorrent, but you also have to realise that any individual who commits that act is also slowly isolating themselves from everyone else, and thereby doing themselves just as much harm as they do others (even if they don't realise).
And you also have to keep in mind that it is our
struggles that define us as individuals. To truly become the beings we should be, it's essential that we can be able to come to grips, not only with our own actions and their consequences, but the consequences of other people's actions.
To put it simply: Learning is not an easy process.
I'll take from my own personal philosophy now to explain what I mean in more complex terms. (IMG:
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If an individual doesn't like me or takes an action against me, what can I truly do about it? Yes, I deal with the consequences, but the true problem either highlights my own deficiencies, or a problem inherent in
that person's existance. So I'm faced with two possibilities - either a possibility for self-improvement, or something that is mostly out of my hands.
I say mostly, because one is able to highlight a deficiency in others simply by outshining the darkness they spread. If someone intentionally does you harm, and then you do them a nice thing in return, how will that make them feel? Generally, small, confused, surprised, undeserving.
So as I said - hardship is an opening that allows us to move forward.
Angels, Do they really protect?
mystick Angels Jan 16 2006, 12:18 AM
Jan 16 2006, 12:18 AM
