Why does God believe the practice of mysticism and witchcraft(wicca) to be a sin?
Can someone give me example from the bible or explain to me by their own religious experience as to why it's a sin?
I don't think God thinks it is wrong.
I believe the people who wrote the books that made it into the Bible believed God thinks it was wrong.
The people who debated which books went into the Bible and which didn't probably liked the idea (whether they believed it or not)... it was a way of keeping authority soley in the church, and thus under government control. The gentiles sought answers in divination, looked to spell casters and healers for help but when Rome was converting they wanted everyone under obedience to the new religion.
whats a good place to find tribal, celtic, pagan items/clothing stuff?
just generally? like what stores or specifically in melbourne?
try locating the shops upon the net. Because I know from looking upon the net. That they have their locations for melbourne on there. I hope that this helps you.
Many people in the U.S. think Wicca is the religion, but Wicca is a denomination of the religion. Think of it this way; Wicca is to Pagan Metaphysics what Baptist is to Christianity. Not everyone who practices the religion of Pagan Metaphysics is Wiccan, but all Wiccans are practitioners of Pagan Metaphysics. Wicca is a fairly new tradition that was established in the early 1950s by Gerald Gardner, who based his initial coven on a combination of practices he learned from other existing traditions. It's what we call 'hiving'.
Each tradition of the religion defines their own group of pantheons to work with. So there is not a single "goddess", nor is there a single "god" that fits the entire religion. If you choose to work with the pantheon of India, then embrace them and walk your path as you like.
hey i made a wiccan and pagan website. i was wondering if u guys can look at it tell me ur opinion maybe even join. i want to make it better and i want it to help newbies understand what wicca is and b able to ask ?s and get answers from their fellow wiccans and pagans to see if this is the path they would like to take. my screen name on there is athena if u would like to send me a message with some suggestions. this is the website wiccanpage.webs.com thank you for you help and opinions and thanks if you do join.
The background art is a little much. Maybe try just one image instead of filling the page. The links aren't clearly visible on most of the pages. It's a good start. Keep tweaking and adding. Maybe use frames instead. To keep everything separate and easy to read. Also you are making members fill out a form to become members, so you really need a "terms of service" and "privacy policy". The link to become a member should be more prevalent. I would put it in more places. Maybe with a different pic associated with the link.
A PhD can be very customizable and flexible to adapt to the particular interests of the student (and thesis advisers, of course). The purpose of the PhD is not only to attain expertise in a certain discipline, but to demonstrate the ability to successfully design and perform independent research and the ability to critically examine ideas relevant to the area of study.
Yes the thesis has to be factually correct to the satisfaction of the thesis advisers. In the physical sciences, that's pretty straightforward. In areas of subjective analysis such as psychology, it's not so much. The thesis advisor may actually disagree with a conclusion in the thesis, but as long as that conclusion was made on sound analysis of the data and the student can defend it on that basis, that is what is key. Sooner or later it always boils down to math, even in psychology.
As far as this Wiccan thesis, yeah it does sound frivolous to me from what I read in the article. However, if this thesis downplayed the woo-woo and focused on the psychology of learning mechanisms among those given to mystical beliefs vs. non-mystical believers, I could see some scientific value in that. I don't know if that's the case or not since I haven't read it, but given the information in the article and the bias of her background I have a hunch it's not that rigorous. And her comment, "I say what the hell do you know?", doesn't sound like much of a reasoned defense.
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