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I am increasingly hearing the term "spiritual warfare" pop up in the modern vernacular. Some obviously subscribe to this framing, but others I see cringe or recoil at this, as it appears to evoke religiosity and superstition.

I would argue that intentional and exacting attention needs to be paid the WORDS, however. Spiritual warfare encompasses the Christian connotation people think of. But it also has a more general meaning. I would argue that ANY struggle that transcends establishing exclusively physical submission of an opponent is spiritual. When a UFC champion takes a match into late rounds to dissect a challenger, that becomes a war of the spirit. When a prisoner of war is subjected to psychological torture, the goal is conquest of the POW's spirit. The intent is to BREAK his or her spirit.

So the question is: are there or are there not forces at play in society that strive, whether intentionally or otherwise, to break our spirit?

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R 3w ago 💬 1

When I say spiritual warfare, I mean there are distinct created entities (not human) in the unseen realm that are aligned or opposed to God’s plan for earth. Most commonly these are referred to as angels and demons and are distinct from the human spirit.

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Simon (2.₿y.2) Kofah 3w ago

Oh I absolutely agree. But there's rational atheist skeptic types who argue that supernatural framings aren't compelling. All I'm trying to imply is that even if divorced from the supernatural, the existence if a spiritual war is irrefutable.