http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/pagan/ en-us Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:55:51 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2414598/posts A writer for TIME magazine reports that the president and his family are not attending Christmas services. Gee, what a surprise! Barack Hussein Obama has consistently shown his lack of understanding of the Holy Bible, his disdain for the spiritual meaning of Christmas (no Nativity crèche in the White House), and his propensity to bow to Muslim leaders. But the fact is that NO TRUE CHRISTIAN can support abortion and the federal funding thereof. Don’t give me the “representative of the majority” nonsense. Here we sit on the precipice of the massive mountain of federal control of the health care... CFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2414598/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:55:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2388177/posts Because modern life is so marked by prosperity for the greater portion of the earth, we rarely grasp the full impact of our spiritual position as a people, nation, or global family. Tragedy and evil seem so removed simply because it does not dwell in our own homes, or does not seem to.The reality of evil is eerily similar to the reality of holiness. It is hidden in the clothes of daily life, so that its horror is disguised, and the evil that seeks entrance is casually allowed and even ignorantly embraced by those who would resist it if they... CE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2388177/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:53:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2334369/posts Kooky, Sexy, Cool – The Rise Of The New Witches [Pics in URL] Forget Kabbalah – paganism is the hot new religion, and thousands of young British women are embracing it By Eimear O'Hagan, 06/09/2009 Witches, covens, dancing around bonfires by the light of the moon and making offerings to goddesses - all the stuff of folklore and fairy tale, right? Wrong. Welcome to the world of paganism. Walk into any high-street bookshop and, alongside the usual chick-lit best-sellers, there's another set of books flying off the shelves, all about how to find your inner witch. Yes, really. Hot on... News of The World(UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2334369/posts#comment Tue, 8 Sep 2009 04:37:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2294886/posts POLICE who worship heathen gods will get eight days off a year to celebrate pagan festivals. They are also in line for thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money in recognition of their status as a “community” of pagans.Home Office chiefs this week gave their backing to the Pagan Police Association which will be entitled to public funding, along the lines of that given to other rank-and-file organisations like the National Black Police ­Association.Once recognised as a minority, officers will be given time off for the eight annual pagan festivals, including Halloween and the summer solstice.Last year the Home Office introduced... Daily Express http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2294886/posts#comment Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:19:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2284679/posts What did the Christians cherish from the pagan traditions, and what did they change? How Christians elevated culture What did the Christians cherish from the pagan traditions, and what did they change? They raised the status of women. It's dogma in our public schools today that women in ancient times were oppressed, because women had no voting rights, women had not the same opportunities as men, and so forth. You will be mocked if you deny that this spells oppression. If you're a college professor and you deny it, get ready for the stake. But the charges are anachronistic and... Catholic Education Resource Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2284679/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 06:49:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2275450/posts A witches' coven leader has accused the Roman Catholic Church of prejudice after her group was banned from a parish social club. Sandra Davis, 61, high priestess of the Crystal Cauldron group, booked Our Lady's club in Stockport, Greater Manchester for a Halloween Ball. BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2275450/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:25:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274304/posts A group of British witches is claiming religious discrimination after a Stockport Catholic church banned them from using its social club for their Crystal Cauldron Witches Ball. Sandra Davis, High Priestess at the Crystal Cauldron, had reserved Our Lady's Social Club in Shaw Heath, Stockport for her Pagan group's Annual Witches' Ball, the UK Telegraph reports. But when she rang to make payment arrangements she was told the event could not be held there and, despite already having printed tickets, another venue must be found. The Diocese of Shrewsbury have since confirmed witches are not "compatible with the Catholic ethos." CathNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274304/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:49:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2273963/posts “Paganism” is a term fraught with all sorts of connotations. It originally meant something like “country dweller”, “rustic”, or even “hick”. That’s because (contrary to popular myth) Christianity did not spread among the Hee Haw-watchers of antiquity, but among the city dwellers and urban folk. The very last people to receive the Faith were the rural folk who clung to the worship of the old gods and the customs of their ancestors long after Christianity had become thoroughly established in the cities. So the term originally referred only to “country folk”.However, because the country folk were devoted to the various... Catholic Exchange http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2273963/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:14:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269681/posts The media is a abuzed about this, and the lefty blogs are acting as though this being some nuance of the right. Wrong. Let’s not forget that Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Louis Farrakhan, both antisemitic and neither considered spokesmen for the right. But after some research it appears the shooter, James Von Brunn is in fact - despite the protestations of the Kos Kids - a registered democrat from Maryland. So much for the “Right Wing Conspiracy”. Fact is that most of the Holocaust Denier crowd is from the left. Many of the groups follow the writings of Naom Chomsky, the... Macsmind http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269681/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:27:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2252035/posts ‘Having our cake and eating it, too’ is a mindset that all of us fall into from time to time, albeit in differing degrees. Recently a U.S. Senator discovered that the political party he had been a member of for over 40 years had finally started showing signs that support for him was over. The polls were showing that his challenger in the upcoming primary was going to unseat him and this Senator decided that loyalty to his constituents and his party was secondary to his power. Rather than retire with dignity, this Senator decided to change sides and join... FirstCenturyChristianity.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2252035/posts#comment Sat, 16 May 2009 02:40:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234448/posts Sunspots could be seen by the Soho telescope in 2001 (l), but not this year (r) There are no sunspots, very few solar flares - and our nearest star is the quietest it has been for a very long time. The observations are baffling astronomers, who are due to study new pictures of the Sun, taken from space, at the UK National Astronomy Meeting. The Sun normally undergoes an 11-year cycle of activity. At its peak, it has a tumultuous boiling atmosphere that spits out flares and planet-sized chunks of super-hot gas. This is followed by a calmer period. Last... BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234448/posts#comment Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:28:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2231196/posts As volunteers with the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) rallied for traditional marriage in Concord, New Hampshire, a pro-homosexual advocate desecrated a Bible, shouting obscene anti-Catholic slurs. American TFP (via YouTube) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2231196/posts#comment Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:34:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2228338/posts The announcement that the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, MA, has chosen a lesbian, pro-abortion president to lead the seminary has sent shock waves around the Anglican Communion. The appointment of Katherine Hancock Ragsdale highlights a week that also saw TEC bishop-elect Kevin Thew Forrester replace a reading from the New Testament with a reading from the Quran at St. Paul's Marquette, Michigan. One wonders what Episcopal boundaries and barriers have yet to be crossed that the dying embers of historic Christianity could possibly fan into life. That the Diocese of Massachusetts has a functioning transgendered priest complete with a... Catholic Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2228338/posts#comment Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:24:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2224556/posts "The percentage of self-identified Christians has fallen 10 points in the past two decades. How that statistic explains who we are now—and what, as a nation, we are about to become." Newsweek http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2224556/posts#comment Wed, 8 Apr 2009 02:35:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2197639/posts Perhaps you heard about the NC mom, Lisa Pagan, who was recalled by the army and made the case that there was no one to care for her children. Her husband travels extensively for his job, and both sets of grandparents live out of state. Having exhausted the appeals process, she showed up for duty with her two kids in tow. Perhaps sensing a PR nightmare, the army has promised that she will be discharged. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090302/ap_on_re_us/military_mom Now I have to say that I have mixed feelings about this story. In one way I totally sympathized with this woman, having pulled... Clearly Nebulous http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2197639/posts#comment Mon, 2 Mar 2009 23:28:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2132703/posts Old Town Alexandria, Northern Virginia — Jogging through this gorgeous, historic town the first Saturday after the Tuesday vote, which elected the most leftist presidential candidate in American history, it isn't difficult to see how the typically Republican state of Virginia went Democrat in 2008... ...the vast majority of self-described non-religious voting Americans went for Obama, and they were decisive. CNN exit polls found that 76 percent of those who answered "none" when asked about religious affiliation cast ballots for Obama. They comprised 12 percent of voters. http://www.onenewsnow.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2132703/posts#comment Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:20:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2122767/posts Ahmedabad, November 1 : A Priest of a Shiva temple in Bapunagar hanged himself to death inside the temple premises reportedly while performing a sorcery ritual in the early hours on Saturday. B J Maharaj (40), who belonged to Uttar Pradesh (UP), was found hanging from a hook on the ceiling of the Lambeshwar Mahadev Temple, near Ajit Chowk in Bapunagar, on Saturday morning. The Bapunagar police have sent the body for post mortem and are investigating the case. According to preliminary investigations, said the police, the victim died accidentally while performing a ritual to get expertise in black magic... Indian Express http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2122767/posts#comment Sun, 2 Nov 2008 20:36:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1960773/posts Lately it seems that many of us are living as if we are over-caffeinated hamsters on well-greased exercise wheels. We run and run as fast as we can and still don't manage to arrive at our destinations. At the end of the day there are still a slew of chores undone on the to-do list. We struggle to find time to savor the company of our loved ones, enjoy life and relax. Our physical, emotional and spiritual needs often are abandoned due to the demands of modern life. Spiritual teacher and author Waverly Fitzgerald believes we'd all benefit by changing... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1960773/posts#comment Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:55:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1943017/posts One can only admire the humanity and wisdom of those Christians, like St. Boniface, who chose to Christianize the pagan festival, instead of outlawing it...[b]ut what can be said about those fanatics who today wish to apologize and minimize Christmas out of a misplaced sense of multicultural sensitivity...? TCS Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1943017/posts#comment Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:50:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1938149/posts Dear Ellen, Christmas is disgusting. It’s all pagan worship. Even most Christians don’t realize that all their decorations and traditions come from ancient Babylon. Our family doesn’t cave in to all this stuff and I tell friends at church they shouldn’t either. Signed, Ms. Christian Grinch Dear Ms. Grinch, By saying “all this stuff,” I assume we’re talking Christmas trees, mistletoe, hasty pudding, Yule logs, etc.? I grant that Christmas choices are a matter of personal conscience. I had a similar e-mail conversation with another Christian killjoy last month so I retrieve and relate to you my comments to him.... E-pistles to Ellen http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1938149/posts#comment Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:59:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1916813/posts On Dec. 7, 2007, the movie "The Golden Compass," based on the first book in the fantasy trilogy entitled "His Dark Materials" by atheist Philip Pullman will be released in theaters throughout the world. Pullman wrote his fantasy trilogy because he was so upset by the Christian evangelism of C.S. Lewis in his wonderful series of Christian tales entitled "The Chronicles Of Narnia." Pullman is an avowed atheist who has dedicated his life to undermining Christianity and the Church among young readers. The film's release is only another example of a culture spiraling away from faith, a culture into which... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1916813/posts#comment Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:54:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1923157/posts From ENS: 8 November 2007 The Rt. Rev. Jack Iker The Episcopal Diocese of Ft. Worth 2900 Alemeda Street Fort Worth, TX 76108 Dear Jack, As you are undoubtedly aware, it is my view that recent amendments to your Diocese's constitution violate the Constitutional requirement that the Diocese maintain an "unqualified accession" to the Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church. I have now reviewed several proposed constitutional amendments that will be considered at your forthcoming diocesan convention. It is evident to me that several of these proposed changes would further violate the Church's Constitution, while some other proposed changes... Stand Firm in Faith http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1923157/posts#comment Fri, 9 Nov 2007 03:08:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1920361/posts Tamara Morales paid homage to her grandfather on her lunch hour at the fast-food chain Chipotle on Thursday. "I told the guy behind the counter, 'Give me the most 'picante' salsa,'" said Morales, in Spanish. Morales was preparing for "El Dia de los Muertos," or "the Day of the Dead," a holiday when the spirits of the deceased are said to return and reunite with loved ones. Her grandfather, Manual, died six years ago at the ripe age of 87, she said. He had a loud voice and a penchant for spicy food, so Morales was going to savor the... northjersey.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1920361/posts#comment Sat, 3 Nov 2007 05:14:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1917595/posts Opening day of Dearborn meeting also features briefing on Church Center reorganization [Episcopal News Service] Members of the Episcopal Church's Executive Council received copies of a proposed Council response to the draft Anglican covenant during private conversation the afternoon of October 26. The Council, the church's governing body between meetings of General Convention, will discuss the draft response on October 27 in another private conversation during the second day of its three-day meeting at the Hyatt Regency in Dearborn, Michigan. Also on October 26, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, during her opening remarks to the meeting, discussed her plan to... Episcopal News Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1917595/posts#comment Sun, 28 Oct 2007 18:18:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1868307/posts CERNE ABBAS, England, July 19 (UPI) -- A 180-foot-long drawing of Homer Simpson next to an enormous, sacred carving in Dorset, England, has angered pagans, Sky News reported Wednesday. The group has vowed to do a little "rain magic" to wash away the cartoon character, which was rendered with biodegradable paint on a hillside next to the famous 17th Century fertility symbol, the Cerne Abbas giant. The picture of Homer Simpson eating a doughnut was etched alongside the chalk outline of the naked, club-wielding giant as a publicity stunt to promote the upcoming release of "The Simpsons Movie." UPI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1868307/posts#comment Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:30:10 GMT