Originally posted by JesusIsAlive
Why are you so fixated on the Ten Commandments. God told the Israelites more than just ten things that He wanted them to do. God's Word is His will not just the ten commandments.
i doubt you follow your gods instructiosn for arranging your candles on your table on the Sabbath.
Originally posted by JesusIsAlive
God Condemns The Following Practices: Necromancy, Augury, Witchery, Interpreting Omens, Soothsaying, Sorcery, Conjuring Spells, The Practice Of Mediums i.e. Calling Up the Dead, Spiritism (or Spiritualism), Stargazing, Prognostication, Astrology, palm reading, consulting psychics, and horoscopes--Leviticus 19:31; Deuteronomy 18:10-15; Isaiah 47:12-15; Acts 9:11, 13:6-11, 16:16-19, 19:19
These things are an abomination to God.
Originally posted by JesusIsAlive
God Condemns The Following Practices: Necromancy, Augury, Witchery, Interpreting Omens, Soothsaying, Sorcery, Conjuring Spells, The Practice Of Mediums i.e. Calling Up the Dead, Spiritism (or Spiritualism), Stargazing, Prognostication, Astrology, palm reading, consulting psychics, and horoscopes--Leviticus 19:31; Deuteronomy 18:10-15; Isaiah 47:12-15; Acts 9:11, 13:6-11, 16:16-19, 19:19
God is nothing but a judgemental arsehole. 🙄
Wicca is a religion. People who practice Wicca often cast spells, but they don't cast spells to harm people-that is not allowed. It is not a sin to practice witchcraft. Just because the Bible says it is doesn't mean we have to take that literally. The Bible says that it is a sin to eat shellfish. How many good little Christians have eaten shellfish? SINNERS!
Originally posted by autumn dreams
God is nothing but a judgemental arsehole. 🙄Wicca is a religion. People who practice Wicca often cast spells, but they don't cast spells to harm people-that is not allowed. It is not a sin to practice witchcraft. Just because the Bible says it is doesn't mean we have to take that literally. The Bible says that it is a sin to eat shellfish. How many good little Christians have eaten shellfish? SINNERS!
Praciticing witchcraft is a sin. There is nothing wrong with eating shellfish.
Ummm... LEVITICUS 11:10-12
"And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you.
They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.
Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you."
So you're dead wrong.
Originally posted by Darth JelloVery true and many other things are done with herbs....It's also the same as miracles in Christianity...It's the power of intentions...ie believing with your mind......The only difference is that the rituals only make it stronger, not by the rituals themselves, but in increasing ones belief, just as a wish in blowing out candles on a birthday cake. Only difference is in blowing out candles you are saying "I wish"...in intentions you are saying "It is.".........So it is possible for it to work........It does in many miracles by the church, though it is attributed to god, and if you believe god is in ALL things visible and invisible then you are still doing it in the name of god. Also you don't really need to acknowledge it being from god........It's just intentions as in quantum physics studies...
in regards to voodoo, yes.
zombification works. It employs a form of seasonal blowfish toxin. Hexes work. they're just a lethal form of hypnotic sugestion
Sins are stupid. No offence but i think you're too busy trying to please your god, just live life happily, just be aware of your karma.
In Wicca and Paganism and other Shamanic based religions there is one simple rule, "and ye harm none, do what thou wilt", just follow that and you wont be sinning, and also, what comes around goes around. If you cast a spell or any form of Magick you just have to ask yourself, is this spell neccasery and what will happen when it gets sent out, because, dudes, it's just gunna come straight back at ya! so, yeah, anyway, if the spell has a purpose (and the purpose is a good one) then magick is alright. And i think sins are stupid, especially christian ones, like, being gay.... is that really a sin? it's stupid! sorry if i offend anyone, it's just something which annoys me. no one should be judged or automatically labelled as a sinner with something they can't help.
(but i'm completely straight...)
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Originally posted by Alliance
Ummm... LEVITICUS 11:10-12"And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you.
They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.
Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you."
So you're dead wrong.
But, Jesus later changes this law saying that goes into the body does not make the body unclean. So he is dead right.
Originally posted by Nellinator
Some have practical use, some have moral principles. I believe that maybe following them might not be a bad idea.
So while Jesus went and changed the laws regarding Shellfish it still might not be a bad idea not to eat it?
My response, usually, is bah to any religion that has a concept of not eating a certain something. Pigs, shellfish. Impractical and pointless. Still can't work out why God changed his mind on the subject.
An example of possible explanation is this:
Pigs are parasite goldmines. God knows this, the Jews did not. God knew that they would not cook the pork well enough to prevent illness by killing the parasites. So he simply ordered them not to eat it. By Roman (or Jesus's) times this had changed. Food was no longer as unfit to eat.
Another explanation or an additional reason for God to order against pork (and I think more likely):
The Canaanites that shared the border with the Jews frequently used pigs frequently in their religous rituals and celebrations. God wanted to prevent the Jews from falling into the trappings of the perverse Canaanite religion and so ordered them to stay away from pork so as not to be tempted. A lot like the idea of mary jane being a gateway drup to cocaine or other drugs.