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Originally posted by gYvMessanger
Be fair to her this time of day is not consistent with her posting pattern you cant expect her to reply instantly to you when shes not online.
You also all know she can't answer your questions, I just hope that enough people have helped to open her eyes a little bit. Shadowfluxs first post on page 4 was particularly good.
[edit on 5-3-2010 by gYvMessanger]
Originally posted by gYvMessanger
Of course Melissa is demonstrating classic Christian Lay Person traits, in my opinion the importance of this thread should not be is Occultism Satanism which anyone who has taken part in the topic who has a shred of idea what Occultism is doesn't think, but instead we should be trying to help Melissa explore her own spiritual ideas in a more constructive way.
This isnt the place to list the million and one evils of the Christian church, for a Christian thats something they have to discover themselves and find a way to reconcile with their faith.
Originally posted by LeoVirgo
Jesus teachings are very occult, for he told them that there was somethings he shared with his disciples that he did not give away to those that would call them foolish.
[edit on 5-3-2010 by LeoVirgo]
Originally posted by krill
hello op, i have a few things id like to address.
1) what inside knowledge do you have on peoples levels of faith? is there a meter that im unaware of? you speak of faith as the reason you understand this alluded to but not addressed connection. but faith its self is defined as beliving in something you cant proove, so how does beliving in something unproovable allow you special perception that prooves it?
2) you may not intend to offend but you do, as with your example "why would mother nater allow the weather" well because with no weather everything dies, we need rain, storms, lightning, wild fires, earthquakes, ect. you use these type of examples but they belittle the belifes of others.
3) you say that satan is behind all evil but do not seem to want to address that by your logic god created satan as part of his plan, and satan makes people do evil things so therefore by default god is responsible for all evil. by this logic its gods fault little children get raped, that crack addicts steal and murder to get crack (which was made by a man but sience god made man and satan its his responsibility).
4) heres the big one for me, i am neo pagan, i worship universal forces that i represent as the gods of ancient greece to better visualize them when i worship, specificly my patron god is thanatos the god of death, my antropomorphic imagining of the force of death and decay. so by would you classify me as evil and tricked by satan ?
thank you for your time
Originally posted by LeoVirgo
Jesus teachings are very occult, for he told them that there was somethings he shared with his disciples that he did not give away to those that would call them foolish. Parables are hidden wisdom's....occult is nothing more then hidden knowledge. It means you must search, you must figure, it means that the answers are not just ever given to you....which is why one must have eyes to see and ears to hear.