Didn't the ancient Jews use a set of divining stones called "Urim" and "Thumim"? Didn't they cast lots to know the Will of YHWH?
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Volos said:I call the fake ones Glam witches They are usually more interested in jewelry and being seen than anything else. They like the idea of being a witch but dont know thing one about the religion. Why read difficult books about religion when you can watch bad movies like The Craft?
Originally Posted By: Aaron11
NeoPagan religions arent glamorous. They are hard work. They demand one be ethically responsible for ones actions (and inactions), they insist you think independently, and they frown on dogma.Originally Posted By:VolosI see what you mean... but since when has it been so glamorous to be a witch? Always has seemed anti-glamorous to me.I call the fake ones Glam witches They are usually more interested in jewelry and being seen than anything else. They like the idea of being a witch but dont know thing one about the religion. Why read difficult books about religion when you can watch bad movies like The Craft?
Arthur Dietrich said:When I told a group of 'friends' in highschool that I was a Wiccan the first thing one of them (I even remember her name...Stacy) said to me was,
"Prove it. Turn yourself into a frog."
Me: I can't
Her: Ha! I knew you were lying.
Followed by some explaining and some wanting to bang heads against walls.
The way I dress might be described as 'dark'. Not really goth. Actually, I could be in a Gap add and still look mildly goth. That's just me XP
Any ways....glam witches and fluffbunnies and fakes, oh my!
Havoc said:Here's a conversation I've had on more than one occasion....
"So you're a Witch Eh? Haw, Haw, Haw. Ok then... Haw, Haw, Haw... Go ahead, turn me into a toad. Haw, Haw, Haw."
"I'm sorry Sir, but it appears some other Witch has beaten me to it..."
Catholicw/adashofWiccan said:Since I have been a practicing Catholic and now a practicing Catholic/Wiccan, there is nothing that says you are commended. Most people blow this way out of scale. If you live a good life, you go to heaven. If you don't and you kill and rape and steal everything in site, then you go to hell. There is no way you're commended to hell. No one is until the decide it's better to be 'evil' then 'good'.
You'll only find a headache. And if that is the outcome: Then you'll see that the true meaning to life is a cold compress and Tylenol tablets.Badfish said:I am looking into becoming a socialistic-marxist, neo-Pagan Christian-Wiccan-witch-heathen-heretic. I wonder if I'll find enlightenment that way.
Originally posted by : supermagdalena
Well are the various message of them really that different? Im not talking about the mythology of floods or bhodi trees but the message that the religions are trying to convey.
My thought is that ultimately all religions teach the same basic tenants:
Do your best.
Be kind.
True these two things are open to a lot of interpretation, but if attempt to follow them chances are youre living a pretty good life.
Does a religion really need more than this?
Michali said:You'll only find a headache. And if that is the outcome: Then you'll see that the true meaning to life is a cold compress and Tylenol tablets.
Catholicw/adashofWiccan said:Since I have been a practicing Catholic and now a practicing Catholic/Wiccan, there is nothing that says you are commended.