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To: rbg81
Maybe adding gay priests and blessing same sex unions will turn it around for 'em. If that doesn't work, tree and animal worship are tempting options.

How about THIS?:

This is not a joke nor an overstatement. In all truth and seriousness, leaders of the Episcopal Church USA are promoting pagan rites to pagan deities. And not just any new pagan deities: The Episcopal Church USA, though its Office of Women's Ministries, is actually promoting the worship of idols specifically condemned in Scripture.

"A Women's Eucharist: A Celebration of the Divine Feminine" is taken almost completely (without attribution) from a rite from Tuatha de Brighid, "a Clan of modern Druids … who believe in the interconnectedness of all faiths." But who cares where it's from? Look at what it says. Here's how it begins.

We gather around a low table, covered with a woven cloth or shawl. A candle, a bowl or vase of flowers, a large shallow bowl filled with salted water, a chalice of sweet red wine, a cup of milk mixed with honey, and a plate of raisin cakes are placed on the table. You might be wondering: What's with the raisin cakes? Is it just Communion wafers with raisins? No.

The plate of raisin cakes is raised and a woman says, "Mother God, our ancient sisters called you Queen of Heaven and baked these cakes in your honor in defiance of their brothers and husbands who would not see your feminine face. We offer you these cakes, made with our own hands; filled with the grain of life—scattered and gathered into one loaf, then broken and shared among many. We offer these cakes and enjoy them too. They are rich with the sweetness of fruit, fertile with the ripeness of grain, sweetened with the power of love. May we also be signs of your love and abundance." The plate is passed and each woman takes and eats a cake.

I read that they also have a rite for childbirth, and for girls reaching puberty.

68 posted on 12/15/2005 8:38:31 AM PST by ichabod1 (The left only wants the troops home so they can spit on them. Again.)
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To: ichabod1

Alas my only surprise is that it's happening now. I thought it would take them another decade before they devolved back into paganism. Is (male) human sacrifice far behind?


96 posted on 12/15/2005 1:03:52 PM PST by rbg81
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