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Can a Christian collect crystals?

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I collect shells and books... I dont think anything wrong with collecting crystals, but the bible warns us not to store up treasures on earth that thieves can steal and moths destroy. Well moths cant eat crystals but theives can steal them. So if you become too attached to any of your stuff, then its become an idol.

I am not one of those obssessive collectors. Some ppl get like that and dont share or ever give their stuff away. Dont be a hoarder.
 
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What sort of books do you enjoy collecting? I'm not a hoarder, I give away unwanted items to local charity shops. I wouldn't have a huge collection, just a handful.
 
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Crystals, or gemstones are mentioned in the book of revelation. Also i think the ephod had them, ones of different colours, this was something the OT priests wore at the temple.

Cool. I'll look that up. Thanks.
 
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What sort of books do you enjoy collecting? I'm not a hoarder, I give away unwanted items to local charity shops. I wouldn't have a huge collection, just a handful.
Well at the moment im interested in learning how to garden so ive got lots of gardening books when i go to the op shop I like to look for them. I have other books, but got about two shelves of just gardening books. They contain lots of useful information about plants and ideas.
 
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I doubt that they do, but that wouldn't really be a religious issue, would it?
It depends on what you believe:

I have a few crystals myself. Been a long time since I've looked at them. I always thought of them as beautiful creations of God. I am partial to believing they have a mostly untapped source of power, but as much as I may or may not believe that, I haven't tried to experiment, not even constructing a crystal radio receiver.
 
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I like crystals, but really dig making bead jewelry, I love lapis & jasper. . . jade, onyx. . . so many pretty stones and God made all of them, with big and small crystal structures & things with interesting mineral structures like mica or ryholite . .. to His glory. I see nothing wrong with keeping some stones that are pretty or have a cool structure (quartz & geodes for example).
 
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I better not, then. I heard they have the power to affect radio waves.
Better safe than sorry. Anything remotely connected to occultism should be avoided, and witches do believe in the magical powers of crystals. I won't post the link but you can do your own research.
 
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Better safe than sorry. Anything remotely connected to occultism should be avoided, and witches do believe in the magical powers of crystals. I won't post the link but you can do your own research.
I even cut down all the bushes around my property because demons like to hide in bushes.
 
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Someone was asking about praying over crystals and then another is asking about collecting them.

Well I dont pray over any of the books I collect except the Bible. Books are not like magical objects for me. I do not have any occult books in my house.
As for crystals they are pretty and have no real powers of their own. My collection of crystal rocks, that I had I just put in a goldfish bowl as decoration, and i have shells around them. Some shells i use as mulch and decoration in trays and pots in the garden.

One shell I had had the Lords prayer etched on it. i gave this away to a sister in my writing group.
 
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