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Originally posted by Seraphim_Serpente
Quote: "Because the Mafia was/is Catholic, does not mean Catholics are therefor Mafia. In the same way that, because the Mafia was Italian, doesn't mean Italians are therefor automatically linked to the Mob."
Yeah - I am Italian too!!! Obviously All Italians or all Catholics are NOT a part of the Mafia. Obviously other Mafias exist like the Russian & Japanese Mafias.
Why would somebody who was not Catholic wear a Big Crucifix around their neck? HELLO? And you are talking about my Logical Reasoning!!! Oh Yeah you almost got me - what about Christians & Protestants? Well in my experience Most Italian New Yorkers are part of the Roman Catholic form of Christianity.
Originally posted by LadyV
I am Wiccan I am NOT a new ager! My mother was a witch and my Grandmother a type of Shaman/Witch, if you will...
The New Age has opened up the access route to paganism.
Some people call themselves pagan, but with their manipulation, and/or rose-colored glasses outlook marks them as New Agers. Not to mention the lack of self-responsibility that marks them. "A demon made me do that." "An entity overpowered me on the Astral plane and made me do its bidding." Oh grow up. This kind of blaming placing is exactly what Wicca is NOT about. This also fully includes those of you who are whining all the time that so-and-so has cast an evil spell. Take responsibility for yourself and your own actions. Be brave enough to admit when you screw up.
Many New Agers stop at the "let's surround everything with white light and love so we can make it all better" attitude.
Wicca is an Earth-based, nature centered religion drawing on the ideas of pantheism, gnosticism, ceremonial magic, and the remnents of pagan religions.
Although the words "Wicca" and "Witchcraft" are often used interchangeably, they are not the same thing. Wicca is a modern revivial of the old, Pagan religions, using magic, nature and a female Deity along with Her Consort, the Horned Lord, as its central core.
A Witch as defined in the Wiccan religion is someone who has studied very hard, committed the Pagan ways to memory, and has given his/her life over to the Goddess for protection and guidance. The term Witch within Wicca is a high title--just because you are Wiccan does not make you a Witch
I still say Constantine was a Pagan til death.
Originally posted by mutehalo
not to mention christianity took many pagan tradions after they tried to wipe them off the place of the earth.
Originally posted by The Cockroach
If we're going to talk about "Pagan" ideas being "made-up, non-provable"
Originally posted by Thinker
Jews and the christians are the ones i believe are morally just. Everthing else fails moral laws.
Originally posted by Thinker
Jews and the christians are the ones i believe are morally just. Everthing else fails moral laws.
Originally posted by nathraq
Originally posted by Thinker
Jews and the christians are the ones i believe are morally just. Everthing else fails moral laws.
Thank you for posting this well thought out and provocative statement, and contributing to the thread. I know your research has left you unquestionably too tired to actually post something of substance. You name is an oxymoron, right?