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[Wiccan_Child]

I haven't looked up the verses you mentioned, but the OT is man's best INSPIRED attempt at understanding God's relationship with and revelation to man. If inconsistencies do occur, that would be on account of man's understanding of God, which do not reflect God's actual qualities and essence.

Then which verses are reliable? The ones that say God is unchanging, unrepenting, and unlying? Or the ones that say God changes, repents, and lies?

BTW, Does Wicca posit One Supreme Being like the American Indian's Wankan Tanka--ie., Great Spirit--or does its beliefs only involve elemental powers in nature? :curious:

Wiccans worship nature, and posit two deities, a God and Goddess, who are representative of various aspects of nature (the Sun and Moon, the hunt and the harvest, fertility, etc).

Some Wiccans do believe in a single deity, from whom come the God and Goddess, akin to the Native Americans' Great Spirit or some Hindus' Brahman, but this is rare.

 

[steve_bakr]

Then which verses are reliable? The ones that say God is unchanging, unrepenting, and unlying? Or the ones that say God changes, repents, and lies?

Wiccans worship nature, and posit two deities, a God and Goddess, who are representative of various aspects of nature (the Sun and Moon, the hunt and the harvest, fertility, etc).

Some Wiccans do believe in a single deity, from whom come the God and Goddess, akin to the Native Americans' Great Spirit or some Hindus' Brahman, but this is rare.

I don't think it is a matter of either or, but a matter of taking the Old Testament in its entirety. I personlly believe, however, that prayer Does make a difference.

Does Wicca believe in a form of prayer? I have studied a great deal about religion, but of Wicca I confess to being ignorant.

 

[Wiccan_Child]

I don't think it is a matter of either or, but a matter of taking the Old Testament in its entirety.

But how can God both lie and never lie?

I personlly believe, however, that prayer Does make a difference.

Do you believe all prayers make a difference?

Does Wicca believe in a form of prayer? I have studied a great deal about religion, but of Wicca I confess to being ignorant.

Nothing as formal as in the Abrahamic religions. Worship can be nothing more than contemplation and reflection on the natural world, while prayer is anything from inherited rituals to speaking aloud in your mind. While I was Wiccan, I preferred the latter.

 

[razeontherock]

According to the OT, God is quite capable of changing his mind, relenting and repenting, etc. How this fits into a God who "doesn't change" I don't know.

It is because you have not applied yourself to learning what these texts actually say. Things are not as they appear, applies here

 

[razeontherock]

Then which verses are reliable? The ones that say God is unchanging, unrepenting, and unlying? Or the ones that say God changes, repents, and lies?

No verses say God changes or lies

 

[dollarsbill]

It might be good for you to study Islam because you are mischaracterizing Allah. He is also called the Responder to Prayers, the Forgiver of Sins, the All Compassionate and the All Merciful,not to mention that He is believed to be the God of Abraham.

Jesus is the God of Abraham. Do Muslims believe that?

 

[Wiccan_Child]

Jesus is the God of Abraham. Do Muslims believe that?

No. Muslims believe Jesus to be one of a line of prophets, second only to Muhammed. They consider the Christian inference of Jesus' divinity to be flawed, and the concept of the Trinity to be manifestly polytheistic.

 

[razeontherock]

No. Muslims believe Jesus to be one of a line of prophets, second only to Muhammed.

I have seen Muslims say Jesus is just as important as Muhammad, and even greater.

 

[UnamSanctam]

Some Christians also use the word "Allah". It is a technical term for "God", as opposed to the many idols.

 

[Sojourner1]

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