All I am trying to say is we have free will to flick the switch -----we
If Darkness is the right option for sleep ----then we chose that option all by ourselves -----can't Blame anyone else for our choice to Sleep in the Dark ---meditate in the Dark ----battle a migraine in the Dark ------the light is there for the choosing as well -----but we decide to choose the Dark -----
Isn't it more accurate to say the two sides of the switch are Being With God OR Being Forever Seperate from God?
I would argue it's a false binary. A God who is active and present in the world isn't going to be an either-or relationship. There can be degrees of relationship, just as there are in relationships with human. God is present, but to what degree are we engaged with that God. Which brings me to ...
That's more the metaphor I would go for, the dimmer switch in my dining room. And it might get brighter with time as we become more attuned to and aware of the divine presence. Or dimmer at times, too. But I think absolute light and dark are rather exceptional. There's usually a bit of light in the darkness or darkness in the light. And human nature reflects that. We all have a bit of darkness in our light and light in our darkness. And it varies with time and what is happening in our lives.
that is not what I an trying to get at ---I am trying to get you folks to stop blaming God or other people for your own eternal choice -----you have in your own hand the switch to turn on the light or stay in the dark ----if you choose to keep the Switch in the dark then that is your own free will choice ------the switch to the light is there but YOU don't want to Flick the Switch to the Light ---so that is on You ---not me --not God ---not anyone else -----it is ON YOU -----your Free Choice ---
Nice try Mendalla
In fact, that's the correct opposition to my mind. Fear can be dispelled by faith, but it is not the opposite of faith. In fact, both faith and uncertainty can both cause and dispel fear.
Spiritually Faith is Belief ----Fear is unbelief ------Fear includes doubt ---
Ya -----and all I am pointing out is you Cannot be in the light and in the dark at the same time -----that is just common sense ----you say the person has both in them ---I am saying you cannot be in both at the same time -----you have to pick one to be in at any given time --
This doesn't say that Fear is the opposite of Faith
If we really want to get technical with this, there is no such thing as "darkness" in a tangible sense. It is merely the absence of light, light being photons capable of impinging on our retinas. And total darkness is quite rare. Even a room with no lights turned on at night often has a slight amount of light, whether that's the moon or a streetlight outside or whatever. We can certainly create total darkness, but turning off the lights in a house or similar generally won't do it. Maybe if you're in an interior room with the door closed. And even then, there might be something giving off a faint glow or leaking in around or under the door. So even in the darkness, there's generally a few photons still bouncing around. So we are rarely completely without light, even if the light is often faint or distant. So, again, light is not binary as you seem to keep saying. It's continuous. From very faint to extremely bright (if, for instance, you were close to a very bright star) and any value in between is possible. What is most unlikely is its total absence.
In God's word ---Satan is the Spirit of Fear ---Satan invokes fear and doubt and unbelief in the person so they stay away from God and His word --