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What is your religion?
vkm91941:
--- Quote from: David925 on July 16, 2006, 02:04:55 am ---Victoria, I have heard many good things about the Episcopal/Anglican church. If I was ever to ever to attend church again, the Episcopal Church would probably be the church I would attend. For two reasons:
1. It is very close to the Catholic church (from what I understand). I have attended some Anglican Masses before and they are very close to the liturgical structure of the Catholic church.
2. They are more accepting of gay people than my religion (the Roman Catholic Church) is.
However...
It seems that nearly (if not all) Christian religions teach of a vengeful God. A judgemental God. My God is not like this. My God is a God of Love. My God tells me in my heart that it is good to love others and accept others. My God says that it is not only okay, but good to love another human being.. no matter who he or she is. My God teaches me that love is never wrong. My God tells me that I am a good person, and He loves me because He created me. My God always loves me, and He always encourages me to try to be a better person. My God believes in me... and He believes in you.
Yes, I believe in Hell. But I don't believe a person goes there for loving another person. People go to Hell because THEY want to. They go there because they do not love God. They CHOOSE to go there. They NEVER go to Hell because of love. It is unfortunate Christianity disagrees with my God and what He speaks to me in my heart each and every day. My God loves His Creation, and He believes in them.... He believes in us. He believes in us all. And He will NEVER give up on us.
I wish Christians would only understand and accept this. And I cannot attend a church that tells me otherwise.
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Oh David I could not agree with you more! Everything you said is at the very root of my personal belief system. All the negativity and judgement comes from man not God. We are his creation, all his children and he knows us better than we know ourselves, yet he loves us unconditionally, we only have to open our hearts and receive the gift no strings attached.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: David925 on July 16, 2006, 02:04:55 am ---However...
It seems that nearly (if not all) Christian religions teach of a vengeful God. A judgemental God. My God is not like this. My God is a God of Love. My God tells me in my heart that it is good to love others and accept others. My God says that it is not only okay, but good to love another human being.. no matter who he or she is. My God teaches me that love is never wrong. My God tells me that I am a good person, and He loves me because He created me. My God always loves me, and He always encourages me to try to be a better person. My God believes in me... and He believes in you.
Yes, I believe in Hell. But I don't believe a person goes there for loving another person. People go to Hell because THEY want to. They go there because they do not love God. They CHOOSE to go there. They NEVER go to Hell because of love. It is unfortunate Christianity disagrees with my God and what He speaks to me in my heart each and every day. My God loves His Creation, and He believes in them.... He believes in us. He believes in us all. And He will NEVER give up on us.
I wish Christians would only understand and accept this. And I cannot attend a church that tells me otherwise.
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So the gist of what I'm getting from this David is that you pretty much worship a god not recognized by the Christian Church.
Yes, many churches emphasize the goodness and love of the Xtian god, but unfortunately, if they call themselves a Christian Church and/or have a cross sitting around somewhere in their houses of worshp, then at the core of their theology is the bible and its teachings.
And the bible is full of rules and regulations that are still in force as far as that god is concerned and you disregard them at your own peril.
I was like this once. If anyone I felt comfortable with asked me my religion, I'd say 'I made up my own religion' because everything I believed and supported and was dedicated to wasn't in the bible or part of Jesus' or Paul's or Moses' teachings and therefore was of my own making.
After many years I had to finally leave the Christian Church because I could no longer honestly say to others or to myself that I was a Christian and loved god and followed Jesus' teachings when I didn't. I am very spiritual myself, so I had to be honest with myself and the universe and didn't want the bad karma - if you will - of saying one thing and being/acting another, so I left.
Luvlylittlewing:
I am a member of a sect called Pentecostal, or holy rollers. We are also called Holiness, the "noisy group!" We were called holy rollers because members of the church got "happy" fell on the floor and started rolling. The holy rollers were wrapped in blankets and allowed to do their thing. People in my sect speak in tongues, do the "holy dance," sing and shout, thus the designation, "The noisy group!" If you have ever witnessed a "Snake Handlers" service, there is little difference in the manner of worship, except we don't handle snakes!
I haven't been to church in many months for a variety of reasons. Perhaps one day I will return, but I can't say for sure.
Daniel:
Does anyone know where I can buy Tincture of Gold for an alchemy ritual I'm performing...?
Or if not Tincture of Gold, where I can buy pure gold by the gram?
vkm91941:
--- Quote from: Daniel on July 16, 2006, 09:27:57 pm ---Does anyone know where I can buy Tincture of Gold for an alchemy ritual I'm performing...?
Or if not Tincture of Gold, where I can buy pure gold by the gram?
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Yes actually, you can buy Tincture fo Gold here:
https://www.thecountrygoddessshop.com/displayProductDocument.hg?productId=1073&categoryId=productDisplayInfo&sourceCode=froogle
I buy my incense from them.
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