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Darth Geist
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1/9/02 2:58pm
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"Churches like yours lead to heresies and people going to Hell."
Innocent, unless you want to tell me that God came down to you personally and told you that your view of Him is the right one, then anyone else's guess about Him/Her are as good as yours.
Coolguy: If I said-- "All Jews are [insert Jewish slur here] and I don't want to hang out with them," how would you react?
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Cailina
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"Note that the words witchcraft and sorcery are seperated by the conjuction 'and.' This denotes that they are treated as seperate and complete entities and are thus different."
Yes but you have to decide which meaning of a word your going to use. In this instance the definition which makes sense is the one which is similar to sorcery...otherwise praying would also be a sin(see next comment).
"Also, I believe, that Wicca does place emphasis on Gaia as the Goddess."
It depends. Not all Wiccans believe in the same form of the divine. Some Wiccans follow a God which is identicle to the Christian God.
"I believe that Wicca makes use of spells. This would be considered by some as sorcery."
In that case than prayer is sorcery as well. And second please, please, use the right term. Witches practice Magick but all Magick is, is elaborate prayer. Nothing more.
"I believe that wicca does engage in aspects of astrology which is divination by means of the stars. Divination of any kind is warned against in the bible and forbidden to those who would follow the Diviner of diviners."
Some Witches use divination, others do not. Wiccans do not unless they are also Witches.
"I lament your decision to turn away from the God of gods, but that is your choice and I love you as a potential intiate."
It's interesting how you automatically assume that I'm not Christian...I don't recall saying so(at least not in this thread) but either way it doesn't matter. For that matter being forced to attend Catholic religion classes for many years is what made me into an atheist for most of my life. I do not think that Christianity is wrong anymore however it is not a style of worship I am comfortable with.
"...or emphasizes the things of creation over the Creator of all"
Wiccans do not...they think that they are one and the same.
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LittleLadyVader
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I have no problem with Wicca. I think its just another way to worship God. I believe that all religions serve God and that He has many names. My only problem is when churches hurt its members or nonmembers.
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I am a gnostic, a knower
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ZorbatheJedi
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LittleLadyVader
"no ones a true Christian except the Catholics. Its the only church that can trace itself back to Jesus."
Not True. The ONLY Church that can trace itself back to Jesus and His disciples, is the Eastern Orthodox Church. The Catholic church split from the Orthodox Church.
I'm part of the Greek Orthodox Church
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sleazo
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really, you are greek, with a name like zorba the jedi, i never would have guessed :P
yassou
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The Musical Jedi
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I'm thrilled to know you have now just essentially nullified my Christianity.
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"Churches like yours lead to heresies and people going to Hell"
//rolleyes
That's perhaps the funniest thing I've heard today.
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The Musical Jedi
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Coolguy, so essentially you're saying it's a completely okay and somewhat Christian thing to do to say something to the effect of "All green-colored people are nuts"? Granted, I think its acceptabled to make statements along the lines of I think murder is wrong. However, I still think saying something like my first comment is judging other people. I'd rather leave that God in any form. I've got enough to worry about with my own actions, doing that which I know is wrong and don't want to do. Paul was completely correct (at least about me) when he said that.
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Coolguy4522
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Ok, perhaps my example wasn't the best, and we shouldn't be name calling and making wild generalizations, but my point is that we have to make judgements about the here and now, and what we are going to do and who we are around. You can judge a drug dealer to be someone you shouldn't hang out with, but you shouldn't judge that person to never-ending torment in Hell.
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eaglejedi
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I am a Buddhist, of the Karma Kagyu school, as taught in Amerika by the Vidyadhara, Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche. In particular, I am a member of the Dorje Kasung, the Vajra Guard.
All the sectarianism in this thread is quite disappointing. I see very little tolerance for others' religious beliefs. I also would like to commend those who are reminding these Christian extremists of their own religion's teachings.
The foundation of religious extremism is when religious dogma, such as a particular book, is placed ahead of one's personal spirituality.
I, personally, think that all religions can be good, if not interpreted too literally or dogmatically. However, all religions can be corrupted, and turned to extremism or other bad ends.
OZK, I'm not sure why you chose this thread to make a political flame against liberals and the left. What version of Amerikan history were you taught? Because you seem to have some details wrong...
I also don't see why TPMrules23's particular political persuasion is on trial here... everyone has a right to their political beliefs.
As for Wicca, witchcraft, etc. if anyone actually practices witchcraft or sorcery, AND it works, please tell me about it, how it works, etc.
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Jedi_Master201
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eaglejedi, please don't ask that question. Sorcery helps no one, but only gives "self" power. Anytime any one person gets too power hungry, whether it be politically, physically, or spiritually, they usually go insane. Don't mess with magic.
To answer the question of this thread, I like to think of myself as a Christian. Nothing more, nothing less. I am currently attending a Southern Baptist church, however.
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The Musical Jedi
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All right, I'll agree to that, Coolguy. 
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Darth Geist
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I wouldn't worry about black magic, 201. If anyone's ever transformed, or possessed someone's mind, or fired Palpatine-style force lightning, then my name is Elvis Presley. 
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You can judge a drug dealer to be someone you shouldn't hang out with, but you shouldn't judge that person to never-ending torment in Hell.
That's probably a good way to put it.
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