The main reason was the difference in tactics. Rome relied on small units that could be moved indibidually and seize the initiative, while the greeks depended on the phalanx, which took ages to set up and could get broken easily. Also, the greeks attacked rome on it's home turf, and rome had reserves. There were of course other factors outside of the battlefield.
The path of standing in front of a table with burning candles?Fifty years? How about thousands of years of history concerning occult practices and the worship of false deities? Witchcraft, communing with spirits, pagan idolatry, spell casting, deification of nature, worship of the horned god, the right hand path, celebrating the sabbats, it is all fruit of the same poisonous tree.
Leading your child down this path:
Is far more dangerous and potentially destructive than a spanking done in an effort to actually teach right and wrong would ever be.
Wicca is not a cult. Or an "extreme group".
Sistrin responded to a poster who identifies as a pagan. It was an ad hominem, ala' "well, beating your child might be bad, but your religion is worse". So you basically responded to a post decrying paganism and wiccah with "well, cults can be iffy".
So, again, you have nothing to support your claims. Gotcha.You really are formulaic. As clearly stated, I have thousands of years of history on my side. Wicca is nothing new, it is an aspect of the occult which has been in practice for millennium simply given new name. Those here who imply superiority because they oppose spanking in any form, ask yourself if you believe this practice is potentially harmful to children:
This image is from a website dedicated to encouraging parents to involve their children in spell casting rituals and ceremonies, to include the Samhain Ancestor Rite. None of which, I am sure, could ever lead to anything bad.
Wicca is satanism lite.
Wow, no we've gone to children sitting on rocks in bath robes. To what depths can we sink further?You really are formulaic. As clearly stated, I have thousands of years of history on my side. Wicca is nothing new, it is an aspect of the occult which has been in practice for millennium simply given new name. Those here who imply superiority because they oppose spanking in any form, ask yourself if you believe this practice is potentially harmful to children:
This image is from a website dedicated to encouraging parents to involve their children in spell casting rituals and ceremonies, to include the Samhain Ancestor Rite. None of which, I am sure, could ever lead to anything bad.
Wicca is satanism lite.
You responded to Sinstrin (and then a poster who asked him to back up his claims with studies), who had responded to me and said that teaching my kids my religion was worse than spanking. And in said response to him, you rather clearly compared my religion -the topic of the post you responded to - to cults, etc..
If you say you did not intend to compare my religion to these cults, okay, I'll accept that. Maybe be more careful in reading the context behind what you are quoting, and in reading the quote itself more clearly before posting, because the clear imlications of your post was that you were talking about Sinstrin's attack on my religion with your cults statement. And as you can see, it's not just me that got that vibe from your post with its quote of sinstrin's post, others drew the same conclusion of you trying to compare paganism/wiccanism to cults. Especially when you said: "We should respect people that feel spanking or in the above case of casting spells are both legitimate, and can't tell the person who experienced these things which is worse according to some study or other's opinions."
So in cases where it doesn't lead to anything bad, what's the problem? The slippery slope argument is way too weak for me to care.
One viewing of that video was enough for me. Too sad.
Just saw the link. Your police fellow seems to be talking straight out of his butt.
