Posted on 02/04/2010 7:58:42 PM PST by TaraP
No I don’t...
If I saw a Wicca symbol in my church..I would ask if this belonged to anyone, if they did not come to claim it, I would throw it in the garbage.......
Would that be a Hate Crime?
This has been going on for years. Twenty years ago I had some prisoners (coke) who were into this. From what I see It is childish.
My family visited the AFA two summers ago. The chapel itself accomodates Protestant, RC, and Jewish services, as well as space for Islam, I think. The synagogue is breathtakingly beautiful, as is the whole structure. Maybe the Wiccans didn't want space there because their little spells wouldn't work. All that holy God mojo and all.....
Most Wiccans don't do "spells". More likely they preferred an outdoor space because Wicca is about nature-worship, and nature makes a better setting for that type of worship than a human-built structure.
well stated
Do you happen to know what a rhetorical question is? But thanks for confirming my worst fears.
Are you really, seriously going to claim that the service academy for the United States Air Force is a Christian founded school? Seriously?
If someone steals something from your house that you didn't care about, is it still theft?
Of course it would still be considered an attempt to impose upon your fundamental right to worship. Just because it wouldn't bother you, personally, doesn't mean diddly.
No... it's because Wiccans don't believe in any need for a building, and in fact, believe that one cannot properly worship inside a building.
Either Jesus Christ is the ONLY WAY...or he lied...
John 14:6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life ...no man comes to the Father, but by me....
I had a “liberal Christian” tell me concerning Jn 14:6 that “He didn’t mean it that way, you’re misinterpreting it.” Not much leaway for “misinterpretation” there.
And, another example: Christ Himself begged the Father when He was praying in Gethsemane - if there is ANY other way, please take this (torture and crucifixion) from Me. I guess, if there are “many ways to God”, that God was just being cruel to His only Son by making Him go through with it.
That is, until you disagree with their vision of Christianity. Then it's all about making this country a theocracy in their vision.
Here’s a little story that might make this all make more sense to everyone.
There was once a great and mighty country founded by people who believed (with good reason) that Twinkies are divine. In the early years of the nation, probably 80% of the citizens worshipped Twinkies — but there were always a significant percentage of people who worshipped Pop Tarts, some who worshipped Doritos, and a few who worshipped nothing at all. They were all accepted and given equal protection under the law.
A couple hundred years later, all these various snack food worshippers were, for the most part, happily coexisting. Most people still worshipped Twinkies, and some Pop Tarts, and some Doritos... but not you. No, you worship Oreos. You disagree with the Twinkie, Pop Tart, and Dorito worshippers about what you worship, but you all agreed on one thing: You love this country you all grew up in — partly because your country guaranteed that you could worship whatever snack food you wanted.
So when you were old enough, you and ten of your friends decided to join the country’s military, sworn to defend the very rulebook that guaranteed everyone the right to worship whatever junk food they wanted.
So you, Oreo worshipper, asked for a simple accomodation - a box of Oreos, in an out-of-the-way corner where it wouldn’t bother anybody else. The military agrees and then gives you one.
Then, the next day, you come in and find your little corner littered with Twinkie, Dorito, and Pop Tart wrappers. But... how could this be? Didn’t the rulebook that you swore to defend guarantee that everyone could worship what they believe? Even you, the Oreo worshipper?
Are you starting to understand why this is a big deal now?
At least it wasn’t a burning cross.
I'm a Christian and a Constitutionalist....and I'll fight with every breath I have to stop ANYONE from turning this country into a theocracy.
The wafer and wine became His precious body and blood during the Eucharistic Prayer - it's called Transubstantiation.
How do you define “theocracy”?
The left defines an American theocracy as basing our laws on Christian principles and God’s law of the bible. Do you?
Because that’s the way laws used to be written and/or justified in our country - “has the divine ruled on this topic?” - if so, then no law of man may override that.
Face it, our country WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL OTHERWISE, based on any other value system.
You are suborning your own argument. And you second paragraph is silly.
On the other hand why is there a narrow cross section of Christians who are determined to force their beliefs on others. Its not enough for some Christians to say “Merry Christmas”. They demand it from others and seek to punish anyone (individual or business) who do not recite the greeting verbatim, or try to pose a greeting more indicative of their belief or celebration (”Happy Holiday”, “Season’s Greetings”). They impose themselves on other beliefs as in this Air Force Academy case. I’ve never had a Saturday interrupted by pagans knocking on my door seeking entry to try to persuade me to believe the way that they believe.
I don’t use the left to define much of anything.
Webster defines it as “government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided.”
The United States is NOT a theocracy and never has been.
Placing this cross in that satanic circle was a bit provocative, I acknowledge it.
There is a better and non offensive mean to get rid of that awful, christian-hating pagan circle :
One has only to sprinkle holy (blessed) water every morning in that place to block Satan coming in.
I personnally watched the amazing effects of holy water on possessed persons (hence on Satan who is dwelling in these persons) to know that this so called “pagan circle” would be left soon after by the Devil’s adepts for a better and hidden place where to worship him without being disturbed by any holy counter measures.
Try this and you will be stunned.
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