The Occult and People Poll
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DUCHESSAIMEE! HURRAH! Oh yes, the caps are intentional
You might be one of the few people in the unique position to really unpack the hermeneutics of that passage. Would love to message you about it if you're willing?? That one has bothered me for years. Its one of those hard set of verses christians have just shrugged their shoulders. The sentiment very much as you describe I think. People don't believe it can happen so they refute the text. Problem is for that one is its historical narrative text, and that text seems very clear .
End rant.
So yeah, would love to chat about it.
Blessings,
Rush
It's very pretty. I never had any thing odd happen to me there but an old friend did, she was there sight seeing in a store and a woman who she didn't know came up to her and said, Sam wants you to tell his Sister Cheryl hello. Sam died in a car accident when he was 19.
That was shocking, but cool at the same time.
That was shocking, but cool at the same time.
I see more occult stuff in church than I do most anywhere else.
People doing a candlelight prayer seance in a room where they claim to "Spot Jesus" in the corner, accompanied by warm fuzzies.
Hypnotic social suggestion being performed on congregations to induce a euphoric "God feeling" Come each Sunday and "Experience God" for some purple lights and pretty music IS GOD.
Transcendental worship, "floor time", "catchers", Word-faith healers, seizures, etc.
Superstitious monetary rituals to gain wealth, prosperity and power. Usury, homosexuality, congregational materialism passed off as the new generations way of doing business. Its the new Meta-church, ever farther from Repentance, humility and charity.
People doing a candlelight prayer seance in a room where they claim to "Spot Jesus" in the corner, accompanied by warm fuzzies.
Hypnotic social suggestion being performed on congregations to induce a euphoric "God feeling" Come each Sunday and "Experience God" for some purple lights and pretty music IS GOD.
Transcendental worship, "floor time", "catchers", Word-faith healers, seizures, etc.
Superstitious monetary rituals to gain wealth, prosperity and power. Usury, homosexuality, congregational materialism passed off as the new generations way of doing business. Its the new Meta-church, ever farther from Repentance, humility and charity.
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Just because people call it a 'church' doesn't make what goes on in there christian.
'15 “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?17 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.20 Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.'
(Matthew 7: 15-20 / NIV)
You left out catholic rituals btw.
'15 “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?17 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.20 Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.'
(Matthew 7: 15-20 / NIV)
You left out catholic rituals btw.
When I was 12, I was reading the Bible on my own, my parents were non-believers, although I had a praying grandmother.
By the end of that year, a close friend and I had started experimenting with Ouija boards, telepathy, and astrology. From there, I got pulled into the occult, and totally away from God. A native woman I met in Seminary said that Ouija boards are a portal to evil, and I believe she was right!
I just want to warn people that you cannot serve both evil and good. Evil is real, and the occult is real. I won't even read my daily horoscope in the newspaper since I got saved. Now I realize most of that is just for show, but Satan is quite capable of taking something silly and making it turn into something evil.
Stick with Jesus, obey his Word and you won't go far wrong.
PS. I didn't answer the poll, because it was so long ago, and Jesus has forgiven me for getting seduced by the darkness!
By the end of that year, a close friend and I had started experimenting with Ouija boards, telepathy, and astrology. From there, I got pulled into the occult, and totally away from God. A native woman I met in Seminary said that Ouija boards are a portal to evil, and I believe she was right!
I just want to warn people that you cannot serve both evil and good. Evil is real, and the occult is real. I won't even read my daily horoscope in the newspaper since I got saved. Now I realize most of that is just for show, but Satan is quite capable of taking something silly and making it turn into something evil.
Stick with Jesus, obey his Word and you won't go far wrong.
PS. I didn't answer the poll, because it was so long ago, and Jesus has forgiven me for getting seduced by the darkness!
