Sentences with phrase «as a pagan who»

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I wonder if, as pagan beliefs went into inevitable decline in the Roman Empire, there was the equivalent of a journalist who asked «Whatever happend to Zeus in the Empire?»

Egyptian Pagan Religion: Osiris is a savior - god who had been worshipped as far back as Neolithic times.

The ten tribes had been concealed in the pagans who came to the Church, and as each one was baptized into the Church he became part of the new Israel.

And if we add Hitler here (since he was not a Christian, despite his rhetoric and symbolism, but a pagan, as well as an equal opportunity murderer who murdered 2 million Christians), we can add another 11 - 13 million to this total.

you guys have to understand, we as followers of christ (not christians) it is our job to tell you (society) that god exist and that he loves us and is willing to forgive us for the f @ # $ up things we do to each other daily, not prove he exist, b / c he sent prophets through out the ages to do that, some listen (hebrews, muslims) some didn't (pagans, atheis, new agers), then you have those who have had their souls violated (gays) who feel lost and confused.

What I experience as I stand in face of — and in the very depths of — this world which your flesh has assimilated, this world which has become your flesh, my God, is not the absorption of the monist who yearns to be dissolved into the unity of things, nor the emotion felt by the pagan as he lies prostrate before a tangible divinity, nor yet the passive self - abandonment of the quietist tossed hither and thither at the mercy of mystical impulsions.

A 2008 survey counted about 342,000 Wiccans in the United States and nearly as many who identify simply as «pagans,» a significant increase from the last American Religious Identification Survey, taken in 2001.

like the pagan I worship a God who can be touched; and I do indeed touch him — this God — over the whole surface and in the depths of that world of matter which confines me: but to take hold of him as I would wish (simply in order not to stop touching him), I must go always on and on through and beyond each undertaking, unable to rest in anything, borne onwards at each moment by creatures and at each moment going beyond them, in a continuing welcoming of them and a continuing detachment from them; like the quietist I allow myself with delight to be cradled in the divine fantasy: but at the same time I know that the divine will, will only be revealed to me at each moment if I exert myself to the utmost: I shall only touch God in the world of matter, when, like Jacob, I have been vanquished by him.

This tack has been quite effective in working with pagans, wiccans, and several people who have joined some questionable new age groups... like the mother of a friend who after years as a pentacostal became a scientologist... were still working on that one... time to go to bed.

The people of Israel wanted a warrior Messiah, one who would slay the enemies of Israel, overthrow the corrupt and pagan Roman Empire, slaughter the wicked, and set up Israel as the ruling nation over all the world.

There the church was Latin - speaking and produced great writers and leaders such as Tertullian (c.160 - c. 225), who was brought up in Carthage, and Cyprian (d. 258), who was a pagan orator who was converted to Christianity in about 246 and who, two years later, was elected Bishop of Carthage.

Your spiritual experience is valid to me, and most Pagans don't think of other religious traditions as being «wrong»; we just disagree with anyone who thinks they have a stranglehold on the truth.

From Kat W.: I've known of pagans who run the gamut from secular agnostics who treat their spirituality as completely metaphorical, to those who are pagan re-constructionists attempting to resurrect ancient tribal religions and espouse a literal belief in their chosen pantheon of gods.

But again, you who believe in the daddy - o of jesus as the only god call this belief pagan and mythical... aka not real... here is a quote i'm sure has been on these blogs many times and will be again...

So lets not seek for another as the pagans do, seek yee the One who save, Jesus, because there is no other name that can save.

Actually, you are completely wrong about who the Koran thinks of as pagans.

The treatment of people outside Christianity was even worse, such as our treatment of «pagans» who refused to convert to Christianity after it became the official religion of the Roman Empire, or the Jews during most of Christian history, or other religious groups in Germany and Great Britain who were slaughtered and enslaved by invading Christian armies, or the enslavement of Native Americans and Africans by imperialistic Christian settlers of the «New World.»

These new devotees of evangelism are imperialistic, attacking those who deviate as secular humanists (read pagans) and demanding conformity of its adherents under pain of excommunication (read being targeted for defeat in the next election).

the golden rule came from Kong Fuzi an (Atheist) which which was brought over from the Shinto golden rule (love others as you love your self) which you cant really love others until you love your self,... and the idea of tolerance and acceptance is a Pagan ideal not a christian who are completely intolerant of evething not in the bible or mention in the bible as evil,..

In fact we have a range of Jewish and pagan attacks on early Christianity and, as we will see, both groups» sole strategy was to treat Jesus as a real wonder - worker who made blasphemous claims to divine authority.

Even in the midst of calamities, such as plagues, it was Christians who went with help whereas the attitude of pagans was very negative.

They used their public relations powers to begin vilifying those who did not share their beliefs, such as atheists who were branded for many many many years as satanists, pagans, etc..

It treats the Holy Spirit as some sort of pagan deity who must rely upon ecstatic utterances and erratic behavior to get his message across to people.

Please don't listen to these people on here they have so many different views and ideas of their own but don't listen to them they have closed their heart to God and are doing Satans work of misleading people away from the Almighty they look for men who like to have their ears tickled so don't take mine our anyone else's word for it look it up for your self history attests to the bible as true and The writings of Moses is far older than anything they have ever found thats right Moses wrote the first parts in the bible 3,500 years ago The scriptures weren't inspired by Pagan stories Pagan stories was inspired by actual events just like those in the bible because if you notice that a lot of the stories found in the bible have a lot to do about people worshipping false Gods.

Pagans who worshipped Odin, believed in Isis and Mithra, believing that natural guilt and corruption of their new - born children could be washed away by sprinkling them with water, or by plunging them, as soon as born, into lakes or rivers.

The other is either passed over in silence or without distinction looked upon as the stranger, the foreigner, the pagan, the one who is different, the outsider and the threat, the unbeliever, the one to be ministered to, the object for mission.

For all those who feel as if they've got Christians by the throat simply by pointing out that Christmas is celebrated at a seemingly arbitrary or previously pagan time of year, get your facts straight.

All started off as Religious people, who grew to hate religion, tried to ban it, and ultimately became mass murderers on the scale of millions — in Pol Pot and Hitlers case, killing especially those who opposed their brand of Atheist and in Hitler's case slightly mystic pagan «beliefs».

From the vestments (which are really nothing more than the Fourth Century CE court clothing of the Eastern Roman Empire), the canonized saints (which are essentially «Christian» demigods that replaced the pagan pantheon), the numerous feast days and holy days (which replaced pagan holidays), the statues and painted icons (which replaced pagan idols), and the episcopal structure (in which «third sons» of landed aristocrats who had no hope of inheriting their fathers» titles and lands could become «princes of the church» with as much worldly comfort as the «first sons» and almost as much wealth and power), the Anglican Church was practically indistinguishable from the Roman Church except that they used English in the Mass instead of Latin.

Ironically, the Puritans who came to the New World saw the land as a howling wilderuess; it was from those they called «pagan primitives» that they learned to husband its resources.

There is a scripture that talks of a pagan people who pass their children in the fire, this made God angry as he states it is something that has «never even come to my mind».

When some of them became Christians, whether from pagan families or from Jewish families assimilated to Hellenistic culture, they came to Christianity as persons who had already been schooled in this way.

Are they the one's on Earth controlling our lives or are you about God the creator of universe that is worshipped by mankind in different ways, given different names, given different looks and combinations, partners, sons... others worshiped Satan or made him partner to God... The Message of the «Monotheism» was there from time of existance up to Noah PBUH and the monotheist derived from those saved by Noah named Abraham PBUH who came up then with the message of «Submission» and rebuilt the house of worship in Mecca for religion teachings redirecting pagans worshiping idols, trees, or worshiping many Gods they made and named as in Greek mythology...

The status quo was good for them, as it was for those «who sold the needy for a pair of shoes,» or for those who made entangling alliances with pagan nations and trusted in military might.

Brown explains the importance of this connection: «Knights who claimed to be «searching for the chalice» were speaking in code as a way to protect themselves from a Church that had subjugated women, banished the Goddess, burned nonbelievers, and forbidden the pagan reverence for the sacred feminine.»

A view of God as one who can receive nothing because He already has or is everything is a pagan conception; it is an idol which no Christian should pretend to worship.

And it was only the early, nonwriting prophets, such as Elijah, Elisha and Micaiah ben Imia, who preserved the nature of the Mosaic covenant faith before the threat of total corruption by pagan religion and culture.

This has sometimes proved difficult, and I have often found it easier to converse with universally minded Buddhists or Hindus than with fellow Christians who not only dismiss such people as pagans but also want to dismiss me for not dismissing them as such.

Hindus and buddhists and sikhs and muslims and pagans and greeks and romans and zulus and aborigines all had their gods who gave them just as much hope... or more since some of them are much older than your Jesus.

In the second half of the tenth century the Scandinavian hordes who as pagans had laid waste much of Europe began their outward conformation to Christianity.

But, in general, he was speaking up for the option and practical possibilities of a «true» Catholic Christianity, and against the sinful Christian vices of the (Christian) rulers and citizens of the day by showing the «natural» virtues of «good pagans» (who, incidentally, he depicted as practising euthanasia, an option for «reasonable» men unenlightened by Christian faith) in his imaginary faraway republic.

Only the languages, dress, food, customs and religion of the foreigners who invaded and robbed the natives of the lands are considered true and legitimate while the ways of the natives continue to be despised as pagan, savage and inferior.

I'm not Doc, and «worship» is one of those tricky Christian words, but as a Pagan, I know many people who serve / believe in / work with any number of those gods.

Adams saw her as a Christian version of the pagan Venus, who likewise represented the mystery of reproduction, and therefore life itself.

Like his more speculative contemporary Ptolemy, a moderate Gnostic teacher, he undoubtedly thought of himself as standing in «the apostolic tradition» in a «succession» of teachers.24 Like pagan teachers and rabbis, Justin laid hands upon the head of each disciple on the completion of the course.25 At his trial, Justin, philosopher - prophet - teacher, describes the «school» where he has been teaching for the examining prefect, who will presently put him and several of his students to death.

She is divorced from Hector Pagan, Jr., who was exposed as an FBI informant, and with whom she has a son, A.J.. She's been the subject of feature articles in People, US Weekly, and OK!

If Davenport, who has shifted from third to second (replacing Hiller) and Shortstop Pagan can click on the double play and if Hart can handle third base, the Giants will not give up 95 unearned runs as they did a year ago.

The US Probation Department had recommended 6 1/2 to 8 years of prison for Halloran, who tried to claim insanity as a defense at trial and is a «prince» in a pagan order that includes public floggings.

A kinda» pagan, Buddhist, rasta, guy who makes a living as a Chef and studies and teaches Traditional West African Drumming.

It's pure Hollywood hokum, with the Vikings reduced to pagan cartoon barbarians who make sport of terrorizing women and take pride in the torture and murder — the fact that Janet Leigh's character lives in constant threat of sexual assault makes for uneasy viewing when the film plays it as some kind of «Taming of a Shrew» situation — but it is spectacular hokum.