Questions: Religion & Spirituality

Please tell me what your Jonah inside the belly of a whale for 3 days beliefs are. Do you think it literally happened but was hours and not days? Does it seem possible this could be literal bit was or was not?

Please share why you hold this view and how long have you held it and did you always hold it? Did you ever hold the literal sense view?

I think the details and events are too deep to be a fairy tale even if metaphorical. Maybe it represents you can't run from God without troubles swallowing you up. Please explain ways where your views could fall short also.

https://biblehub.com/matthew/12-40.htm

Yes, King James Version says whale so no junk about it doesn't say whale because it does.

Are you in recognition that the root cause to not showing reverence to God's power and authority is not being Holy Ghost filled or do you think there is another reason?

From my experiences, it seems that the demon possessed can not accept that God is the ultimate in power and authority and won't reverence that even if they hate His power and authority. Many people who seek fleshly standards of unbelief and idolatry are not capable, it appears, of showing the reverence. Can you give insight as to why? Why do they seem so blinded by Satan?

Not "that" kind of magic. The "other" kind. Black magic, white magic, Voodoo, etc. Do you believe in the world of mysticism? Do you believe that you, or another person can greatly alter yours, or someone's reality and tangent of life (for good or bad), armed with only candles, spices and spells? See, I've been curious about the world of "mysticism" for... 15 years. The more I wonder, the more I ask, the more I gather... Seems like everyone is involved in it one way or another. And, at the same time, everyone is denying it, and any/all involvement. What about you? What is your involvement? Were you ever anl victim of magic/voodoo and required healing/cleansing? Do you turn to magic for personal gain? For love? For health? ... or for vengeance... Or, are you among the very few who simply... Doesn't believe in it and have no involvement in it?

In your opinion do you think I have a responsibility to tell my friend that the faith they've had their entire life is 1 where they're being taught by false prophet? She is a Mormon and I have so much proof that says that Joseph Smith was a false prophet and that being a Mormon is only robbing her of her chance at heaven because she is being led astray.

I was curious if you think that exorcists should get paid or not. I think they should go it for free since it is doing God's work and feel it is mockery of Jesus to do it for a salary. I heard Bob Larson charges $600 per exorcism depending how many demons a person has or that per person. Can't remember. What do you think about this?

If you think it is professional work and business and they should get paid like pastors, please explain why. I'm interested in your views on this.

I wanted to know if Satanism, witchcraft and black magic was always evil and if all the same, all different or 2 of them are the same. If you know differences, tell me please.

Please share your deep spiritual knowledge if you have any spiritual expertise!

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/salvation

Please tell me if you think there is salvation but it is given in unknown ways or mysterious ways. I personally believe that Jesus Christ is the one in which all salvation is given towards mankind but is made as a option for the man. God does not force salvation upon us. We can walk away from the Holy Ghost's call to receive salvation from the Lord Jesus Christ. Except a person gets called by the Holy Ghost, they can not become saved. The Holy Ghost is who convicts our hearts that we need a Savior.

If you think we decide our own salvation, tell me how a person can save themselves. Anybody could make up their own path to righteousness and call it good. If we all could claim our own victorious path to salvation, then evil men who burn alive animals could call themselves saved. There must be an objective salvation path surely. Wouldn't you spiritually agree? If our spiritual death follows our spiritual life, then how can make up our own spirituality? Natural life is given to us. We don't give ourselves our own natural life. Why should it be different in the spiritual sense?

Please share the top spiritual values you know and give thorough in depth analysis about how our spiritual lives matter in accordance to our natural lives.