Witch gets 'burned' by Supreme Court (Wiccan priestess angry that Christians favored)

WorldNetDaily ^ | 10/11/05 | Joe Kovacs

[Elsie]

http://www.saintsalive.com/mormonism/testimonyof3.htm

[Chanticleer]

Although I agree with your sentiments, I do wrestle with the idea of public prayer, especially from the point of view of God.

Does a communal prayer, given up from a body of people who do not necessarily believe, move or please God?

It is good for a body of believers to join in communal prayer -- we were made for both personal and corporate worship. But does it please God to hear the prayers of people who may or may not believe, who do it as a matter of ritual or public appeasement? Perhaps it is in a small way a public acknowledgment of His existence, but if this is not believed in the hearts of those who say or hear the words, does God delight in such acknowledgment?

Years back, my husband's local bar association had a meeting opened with a prayer to the goddess. He and the other Christian attorneys with whom he sat were disgusted and did not participate. Fortunately, there was a Christian Legal Society with whom he met to pray and address issues pertinent to law and faith. Within this group of like-minded individuals with a common core faith, prayer was natural and blessed. But I would prefer to do away with prayer altogether than to offer the deity-of-the-month style supplication so common in governments and institutions. Instead, I'd like to see Christians gathering together before meetings to offer prayers.

This nation has lost its moral compass. Our hope, our standard, our true north must be found in the Word of God. Rather than looking to the government for direction and for restoration, we need to look within ourselves for areas which need repentance, seek forgiveness and transformation from God, and work to make our own thoughts, words and deeds pleasing to Him, all with the indispensable aid of His Spirit. We begin with ourselves and our families, then our neighborhoods, communities, and outward, until these community prayers can be offered in earnest.

[Sam Cree]

Yeah, Freudian typo there, to say the least.

[Surtur]

Not to mention the 7-11's. Be ye another revealed Moroon? If so, I can get you a church membership at the, low, low, low introductory price of just $19.95. That's right, I said $19.95. Hurry now, and we will include at no extra charge a free subscription to The Morooni Chronicles. Shipping not included. All licensing fees are the responsibility of the purchaser. Offer not valid in Wisconsin, Idaho, New Jersey and South Philly below 53rd Street. /parody

see above post re. /parody tag.

[Elsie]

(Free Trade is NOT Fair Trade unless both economies are equivalent.)

But... they will be soon.

Wealth, like water, flows to the lowest point.

[Elsie]

(Free Trade is NOT Fair Trade unless both economies are equivalent.)

But... they will be soon.

Wealth, like water, flows to the lowest point.

[PhilipFreneau]

>>>But at the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, she lost when jurists found Chesterfield County had amended its policy and directed clerics to avoid any mention of Jesus Christ. <<<

A more accurate ruling would have been that Chesterfield County is guilty of violating the original intent of the founding fathers by forcing the avoidance of the use of the doctrines of Jesus Christs as a foundation for the morality our society.

[augggh]

Also, selling the idea of Satan to other humans was one of man's major victories of the 0th century.

I think it was Anton LaVey who said "Satan is the best friend the Church ever had - he kept them in business all these years".

[add925]

What a mean thing to do to "Broomhilda", on the eve of Halloween to boot!

*snicker*

[tortoise]

There is only one Truth.

Unfortunately, if mathematics has any validity at all, you and I can never identify or know the Truth. All we can know is that it exists and that we will never be able to discern it.

[longtermmemmory]

the VAST majority of petitions are rejected. The petitioner knew this. She is just milking the rejection for the fake religion.

[alarm rider]

Moonbat Dirt Worship Ping!

[longtermmemmory]

one crazy cult at a time.

[longtermmemmory]

I bet dollars to donuts she will now write a book and sell it to all the new age stores.

She is a snake oil salesman who is going to push her made up religion (see Gardner) to other suckers for $9.95.

[fzx12345]

And when I am far on the road to conviction, and eight men, be they grammatical or otherwise, come forward and tell me that they have seen the roofing too; and not only seen those sheets but "hefted" them, I am convinced. I could not feel more satisfied and at rest if the entire Whitmer family had testified.

/Obscure?

[Elsie]

Not so obscure if one is knowledgeable.....

 

 

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We recently received an email from a Mormon that stated, “Try as you might, you cannot refute the testimonies of the three and eight witnesses found in every copy of the Book of Mormon.  They saw what they saw and bore witness of it, and nothing you write to the contrary can alter the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon, of the testimonies of its witnesses, and of the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ through the Prophet Joseph Smith.”  Indeed, much weight is given to the testimony of the three and eight witnesses, which preface every Book of Mormon. Another Mormon wrote to us saying, “I am amazed that not one of the three witnesses of the Book of Mormon ever denied his testimony of seeing the gold plates and the angel Moroni.”  Given this input, let’s examine the testimony of the three and eight witnesses.

(go here ---->  http://www.contenderministries.org/mormonism/witnessesontrial.php )

 

 

 

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and here.....

 

http://www.irr.org/mit/bom/1830bom-books.html

 

http://www.irr.org/mit/bomwit2.html

 

http://www.exmormon.org/file9.htm

 

[AppyPappy]

What does this have to do with the subject?

[steve-b]

I fail to see any sanity in this decision. It elevates certain religions above other religions (or no religion).

*** DING DING DING ***   No more calls; we have a winner.

[Elsie]

Strange, offshoot sects growing into a major player.

[steve-b]

Does a communal prayer, given up from a body of people who do not necessarily believe, move or please God?

To a believing Christian, the answer -- an emphatic no -- has already been given:

But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. --Matthew 6:6