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Originally posted by RomanianDacianHun
and Dacian religion
I believe in God as only a higher power with no direct influence, and I believe in Heaven as a certain kingdom that allows passage to those who choose to serve it
Originally posted by RomanianDacianHun
My beliefs of Paganism are that I believe there was more than one god at different times, but cease to exist because their energy has long faded. Hence Nordic, Egyptian, Greco-Roman, Dacian, and many other pagan religions.
Dragons have been found in every culture throughout the world, many which ahve had no contact with the each other until much later.
Originally posted by Sun Matrix
Originally posted by RomanianDacianHun
My beliefs of Paganism are that I believe there was more than one god at different times, but cease to exist because their energy has long faded. Hence Nordic, Egyptian, Greco-Roman, Dacian, and many other pagan religions.
I believe if you did enough research you could track all these false gods to Babylon.
Dragons have been found in every culture throughout the world, many which ahve had no contact with the each other until much later.
You're right, you can find dragons in all cultures just like you can find the story of the flood in all cultures. You might consider that all cultures came from the same origin right after the flood. That would be Babylon and the tower of Babel.
Originally posted by RomanianDacianHun
Please, tell me your views on my beliefs, I understand if you find them crazy. Feel free to share yours as well and how this could possibly make followers of widespread religions rethink what they were told and believe.
Originally posted by RomanianDacianHun
I believe in God as only a higher power with no direct influence, and I believe in Heaven as a certain kingdom that allows passage to those who choose to serve it. However spiritual things form the kingdom above and below us may affect us, such as excorsisms, aspects of demonology, and so on.
My beliefs of Paganism are that I believe there was more than one god at different times, but cease to exist because their energy has long faded. Hence Nordic, Egyptian, Greco-Roman, Dacian, and many other pagan religions.
This is where it starts to get strange, I believe in dragons not as unidentified dinosaurs or mythological creatures of the East because they are not found only there. Dragons have been found in every culture throughout the world, many which ahve had no contact with the each other until much later. I believe dragons have the highest form of energy in a solid body, they can do virtualy anything. I think they are the gateway to what other life lays ahead.
Originally posted by RomanianDacianHun
Well the Dacian religion had a main god, and its believed that they also had a god of war so I believe that their main god, Zalmoxis
I see the only banishment from such a kingdom would be betral
however if he chooses not to interfere but that kind of leads to the whole God works in mysterious ways thing that I dont really believe.
Plus the Dacians were an Indo-Aryan people from Asia Minor/Central Asia living among with other Indo-Europeans as Aryans/Indo-Aryans
point about the dragons was that seeing them in virtualy every culture which manyhave no relation or contact with another is very hard, for me at least, to simply discard them as folklore
Originally posted by Isaac101
I respect your beliefs...and I'm not here to start any kind of religous debate.....but I just want to ask you - How did you come to believe this? Is it from taking all of these idea's/theologies from the worlds different belief systems and meshed them together? In a new age-ish sort of way?
Originally posted by RomanianDacianHun
To start off, I think Zalmoxis had a connection to Zues and a Greek goddess but I forget her name.
It is possible that Zamolxis is Sabazius, the Thracian Dionysus or Zeus. Mnaseas of Patrae identified him with Cronos (Hesychius also has Σάλμοξις· ὁ Κρόνος). In Plato he is mentioned as skilled in the arts of incantation.
His realm as a god is not very clear, as some considered him to be a sky-god, a god of the dead or a god of the Mysteries.
Originally posted by RomanianDacianHun
Alright I was baptised a Roman Catholic but have questioned my faiht.
Originally posted by dbrandt
The Roman Catholic faith is not real/true christianity, and as such is not chriatianity at all. Good that you are out of it, don't go back and read the Bible.
Originally posted by Sun Matrix
If you eat a traditional ham on Easter.........now you know why.
Originally posted by dbrandt
Originally posted by RomanianDacianHun
Alright I was baptised a Roman Catholic but have questioned my faiht.
The Roman Catholic faith is not real/true christianity, and as such is not chriatianity at all. Good that you are out of it, don't go back and read the Bible.
First there is no such thing as Christian Mythology.
Originally posted by d60944
Originally posted by Sun Matrix
If you eat a traditional ham on Easter.........now you know why.
I am aware of lots of European countries where lamb is the traditional Easter feast. England and Eastern Europe for example. It is derived from the roast lamb of the Jewish Passover, as well as being particularly good quality at that time of year :-). I have a great interest in folk cuisines (someone has to!). As far as I can tell on a quick scout around google, it is in the US where Ham is more traditional at Easter (certainly ham could never have adopted from the Jewish customs of the early church!). But this being the case, without any kind of historical link backwards in time, I don't see how you can associate the ham with an early Christian mythology. Enlighten me.
Ta.
Rob.
It is an age-old custom, handed down from pre-Christian times, to eat the meat of this animal on festive occasions. Thus the English and Scandinavians ate boar meat and the Germans and Slavs roast pork on Christmas Day. Also, in many parts of Europe roast pork is still the traditional main dish at weddings and on major feast days. At Easter, smoked or cooked ham, as well as lamb, has been eaten by most European nations from ancient times, and is the traditional Easter dish from coast to coast in this country. Roast pork is another traditional main dish in some countries.