-Caveat Lector-
In a message dated 11/19/01 0:53:23 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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<<Satan Is mentioned directly in the oldest of written Hebrew scriptures, the
Book of Job.
Satan means adversary. The adversary or enemy of the one true creator God.
Satan is mentioned indirectly as being around at the creation of the physical
universe and shouting with joy beholding the newly created universe. He is
according to scripture a creature called a Cherubim. God described him as
perfect in his ways until lawlessness was found in him. He became a
criminal, so to speak, through Pride and Commerce. All this way pre-dates
the fourth Century.>>
Extremist, I don't know if you noticed, but I did say that the church
"modeled" Satan after the Horned God. I didn't mean that the idea of hell or
the devil was made up in the fourth century and I apologize if I was unclear.
The point I was trying to make was that the church used the Horned God as a
picture of what Satan looked like, and as a result, led people to believe
that the pagans/witches were worshipping "Satan".
There have been many caricatures of what Satan looks like. My point is that mainstream Christianity and Paganism are one and the same. Different appearance, same religion.
There are only two paths. The narrow path of worshiping the one and only true creator God, whose name is Jesus. Or the wide path which is worshipping anything from rocks to self, whether it be Baal, the horned god, molech, nimrod, Zeus, Ra, magic powers, physics, existentialism, Allah, Judaism, Buddah, craft, atheism and as mainstream Christianity worships "the OTHER Jesus, the fake fraud, long-haired, weak, dressed like a sissy, Jesus, that the mainstream churches portray and worship." These are the wide path.
The narrow path worships the truth, the Creator.
The wide path, whose ultimate Head is Satan(who is a creation), can be summed up as the worship of the creation rather than the Creator.
<< As a nation becomes paganized, it becomes more corrupt, the people become
more decadent and unjust, and ends up destroying itself from the inside and
then gobbled up by it's enemies. Can't think of one exception >>
Good god. This is one of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard. Do
you realize that in this statement, you have substantiated my claims that
many Christians blame the pagans/witches for the evils in this world? We are
NOT to blame for the downfall of society, and any statement to that effect is
insanity. Our wish for society as a whole (pagan and non-pagan) is purity of
intent, open hearts & minds, and mutual respect. I wonder, do you know any
pagans/witches? Would you even ALLOW yourself to know one? I would never
claim that the world is going to pot because of one religious belief or
another. That is simply another form of prejudice - it's as bad as racism.
I do wish you well.
Lola
I absolutely stand by that statement I made. Mainstream Christianity(which is pagan) and what you call paganism both lead to the destruction of nations. The higher powers pit "Christianity" against pagans, Muslins versus Jews, left versus right, and on and on ad nauseam. Satan's rule pits his people against one another and they don't even know it. All worshippers of creation are pitted against one another. When you rail against mainstream "Christianity", you rail against yourself and when mainstream "Christianity" rails against pagans they rail against themselves. Satan is the master and author of Hegel's Dialectic. All the earth is in blindness, because all worship the creation, rather than the creator.
Pagans and mainstream Christianity are both on the wide path. All are to blame for the downfall of nations including Christianity which IS pagan.
All, I repeat, all, atheists, pagans, Buddhists, existentialists, mainstream Christians, Jews, satanists, Muslims, illuminists, witches, have one thing in common...they hate the true creator God and show it by worshiping the creation instead of the creator.
Note:
When the time comes and you see Mainstream Christians, Pagans, Muslims, Jews, Atheists, governments, etc. all go up against and persecute a certain group of people, then rest assured that that group of people are the TRUE followers of Christ. They are the only ones that are on the narrow path. And those that are on the wide path will seek to commit genocide on them.
Why must some followers your
church insist on breeding fear and hatred of those who believe differently
than they? Extremist, you and I are obviously NEVER going to agree on any
"religious" issues, so we might as well not even go there. I am happy that
you are content with your choice of religion and hope that you continue to
find comfort and peace there. However, I also feel sorry for you - your
beliefs seem to be keeping your mind tightly shut and cut off from some
really wonderful people and ideas out there. You could learn a lot.
I sit back and watch while both mainstream Christianity and pagans breed fear and hatred. Satan is like an evil father who delights in watching his children fight and kill one another. Only the child that comes out from underneath his evil father's rule and takes the narrow path will live. The children that remain (pagans, Christians, Hindus, atheists, Jews, ect) will continue to fight and kill one another until they and the entire house (the earth) are destroyed. Much to the evil father's delight. Now do you get it?
What you call Christianity and paganism are both under their evil father's rule. You are siblings with mainstream Christianity and you don't even know it.
Forget all the old stereotypes and open up your mind to the truth.
Blessed Be...The True God.
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-THe eXTReMiST
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
-Romans 1:22-25
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and FEW there be that find it.
-Matthew 7:13-14
