and what do they believe?\nwhy do they wear red string on wrist?\nwhat's it all about really ????
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qabalah is jewish rabbinical mysticism.  it's basically a quite complex and scientific approach to understanding with great detail the how's and why's behind their god's creation.\n\nthere are many offshoots of qabalah, such as the freemasons, the golden dawn, and the aurum solis (which i'm not convinced isn't golden dawn, but i never took latin..  i know solis is related to the sun, and aurum is similar to aura?  so then maybe it IS golden dawn.. bah, i dunno).  and i hear tell that the illuminati are related as well, but i've not bothered to do any research on that tangent as of yet.\n\nbasically, they accept the practice of astral projection, reincarnation (under some circumstances, as far as i've read), and of course the existance of angels and demons, and the highly sophisticated hierarchies of each.\n\nas with any other practice, it's meant to help one make the crossover to the realms of the dead a bit easier...  and to have an effect on the world around the practitioner.\n\nas for the red string, i have NO CLUE.  that's NEVER come up in m'line of studies.  guess i've got something else to keep an eye out for now..  thanks!\n\nhere's a site that might help you with some of their terminology.\nhttp://home.earthlink.net/~lyam/KABDICT.htm
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Harri Chrishna (I probably misspelled that).\n\nThey're not trying to hypnotize you.\n\nThey're probably on some sort of drugs to induce a state of ecstacy...\n\nI think they're a sect of Buddhism or something.  I'm pretty sure they have no worldly possessions and live a wandering life.\n\nI am not an authority, though.
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They are a cult! They don't believe in the Holy Trinity, nor do they believe Jesus is the Son of God. They believe in the 2nd coming of someone and that person already came back a second time, in the late 1800s which means JW are the ones left behind, most likely condemned and trying to make up for it by doing what they are doing now. They have their own version of the Bible, changing certain wording.
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It's a bunch of junk based on the rantings of L. Ron Hubbard.  They believe because there is a lot of hypnosis involved in it.  It is a religion that uses a lot of psychobabble as it's base.  They teach that all mental illnesses can be cured with vitamins and exercise  It involves thetens (aliens that live in all our bodies), There is also auditing session and garbage about the earth being a prison planet for aliens.  Toss in there Hubbard was a good friend and great admirer of Alister Crowley and some of what is in it is almost word for word some of Crowley's rituals.  There is also rumors and stuff floating around, how true it is I haven't a clue, that when you reach OT8 you learn that Hubbard called himself the anti-Christ and that humans have it all wrong, that Lucifer was God and God was the evil one.  It's whacked out!
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I think some people have messed up intentions and unfortunately some of them have huge influence on the world. I heard recently that JZ has a song (not new) that if played backwards at some point says something anti religious - about doing something to Jesus (I don't want to repeat it). Lots of artist hide messages through symbols and song titles.-- Even what they call themselves. I think that sublimial messages in music are what have people doin some wierd things now days. Even ads and clothing we wear-- whats up with the skulls everywhere\n\nwe need to pay attention to what we watch and what it means.\nYou no that song litle kids sing about "ashes ashes we all fall down, yeah!" the song is base on a plague that kill people. They had to burn the bodies to stop it from spreading.
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For most it is actually a drive to be closer to something because the obsessed ones are always fairly clingy and lonely.\nFor others they join religions hoping to get a quick path to the answers to their questions, allowing them to evlove faster. Proof of that is in the constant praying for private desires to come.\nAnd then the last group are the ones who believe just because of tradition. (Got to believe in something, right?) that's what my friend said to me the other week on his way to church.\n\nanyway. Hope i cleared something up
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I honestly believe that many people are genuinely concerned about the well being of friends and family.  They believe that they are trying to save us.  The other, say ten percent, are only aware of the fact that they believe they are right, and that would make everyone else wrong.\n\nYes Wiccans believe in a Higher Power, and No, they do NOT believe in the Devil.\n\nHere are other questions about Wicca and WitchCraft and their answers.\n\n\nWhat is Witchcraft? Who are these Witches anyway?\nA practitioner of a nature-based belief system or religion. Not all Witches follow the same belief system. Some practice what is called the "old religion" which has its roots in pagan pre-monotheistic folk ways and beliefs and usually follows the seasonal cycles. These belief systems or "traditions" of Witches are often based upon the particular culture from whence they originated. Many Witches believe in a polytheistic deity structure (usually based upon the local gods and goddesses of the area of origin), but some simply practice magick (sometimes spelled with a 'k' to differentiate it from stage magic). Witches may practice alone as 'solitaries" or in covens. There are also family groups or traditions which trace their practices and beliefs within the same close group throughout several generations.\n\nTraditional Wicca:\nA modern form of Witchcraft is called "Wicca." Traditional Wicca is based on the teachings of Gerald Gardner, is coven based and each coven can trace its lineage (line of teaching passed on by initiated Traditional priests and priestesses) back to Gardner himself. There are offshoots of Gardnerian Traditional Wicca such as Alexandrian Wicca, Georgian Wicca and many others. Traditional Wiccans are considered a 'mystery' religion, require initiation by the coven and have a "degree system" or different levels of rank based upon coven training and the readiness of the initiate to accept the duties and responsibilities of that degree. They have a core of inner knowledge-often called the "Book of Shadows"-which is known only to initiated Wiccans. Most Traditional Wiccans believe in the balance of male-female divinity. Traditional Wiccans are seldom solitary except for those 'Elders'-usually former priests and priestesses-who may have retired from active coven involvement.\n\nOther Forms of Wicca:\nA newer form of Wicca has developed since the 1970's which is looser in structure and practice than the Traditional Wicca. These practitioners may follow a mixture of various or "eclectic' pagan and/or non-pagan beliefs. Some have formed 'traditions' or covens of their own, with or without a degree system, and have written a "book of shadows" outlining their own belief system and coven structure. Many are solitary practitioners who practice their beliefs and formulate their rituals in their own way.\n\nPagans:\nSince the terms Witch and Wiccan are often mistakenly interchanged, many simply call themselves "pagans" or Neo-pagans" when talking with others who may not be familiar with the complexity of the different belief systems. But just as not all Christians are Lutheran or Catholic, so not all pagans are Witches or Wiccan. Neo-paganism is a term used most often to describe people who follow an earth-based belief system or religion. Druids and the Norse tradition of Asatru (who tend to prefer the term 'heathen") are considered to be pagan belief systems, but their adherents are neither Witches nor Wiccans. Neo-paganism should also not be confused with the "New Age" movement as pagans are almost exclusively involved in distinctive nature religions or earth-based practices while New Age spirituality draws from many sources and esoteric spiritual techniques.\n\nQ: Are you a good Witch or a bad Witch?\nA: When you ask if someone is a "good" Witch or a "bad" Witch, it is
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It is my understanding that they believe that satan & Jesus are half brothers, or something close.  I too would like to know where they get this idea.\nWhere do they get this idea????
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I thought HIM was a christian band. Maybe not, I don't know. Besides, vampires aren't necessarily satanic. The vampire lore comes from many different countries, christian or not, and does not really have any specific origins in christian folklore. In fact the vampire myths are so ancient that they surpass christianity in age. So you can tell him that. \nBut I don't think you're going to persuade your friend. No offense but he sounds a bit um...closeminded. And if a band sings about a vampire, that doesn't mean they like vampires either.\nBy the way, I just looked at their website and the symol is very very similar to the satanic symbol, which was stolen from witchcraft by the way. Satanists are so unorginal.\nBut no, the symbol isn't exactly the same, because the top parts don't end in points like they should.\n\nThis is the satanic symbol as it should appear.\nhttp://www.religion-spirituality.org/images/satanismsymbol.gif\n\nSo you see, they are similar, but the one for HIM isn't close enough (for me at least) to consider them satanic.\n\nMy mistake. The orignal one I had a link to was freemason.Oopsy.
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I've just asked a similar question, but I'll gladly give my own opinion.\n\nI'm pagan. I believe in a unified creative force that's too big for us to comprehend, just like the Catholics. \n\nI believe that communication with this creative force comes through various comprehensible agents, like Jesus, the Catholic Saints, Buddha, Krishna, Odin, Pan and Gaea. \n\nI believe that these avatars can teach you how to be yourself, and that their strength comes from your faith in them. Strong faith comes from strong people. Belief in a higher power won't help anyone if you don't believe in yourself.\n\nI believe that your actions have consequences in this life, if you do something bad you don't have to wait til you die for the punishment, it comes back threefold. Likewise, if you do something good, you'll be rewarded threefold.\n\nI also believe that if you're only being good for the payoff, like going to heaven or gaining a karmic reward, it counts as a selfish act and you'll be punished for it.\n\nI believe you can do whatever you like as long as you remember the threefold rule.
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Your "incredibly caucasian" boyfriend?  I didn't realize Caucasian was so incredible . . . ;-)\n\nWell, you've asked what a red cord means to an Asian, and so my answer is a side-bar.  I can tell you what it means to a witch, although it would be worn around the waist, not the neck.  A red cord is an elder; one who is responsible for teaching and aiding the young, and carrying on the traditions, and doing the Great Work.  Said Great Work is, however, defined very differently by different witches.  But anyway, an elder.
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I like this one I heard about the watch. If you found a watch on a rock in the middle of a field, how do you know someone made it? If you are like most these days, you'd point to the manufacturing mark on the back (or inside the cover if it was a pocket watch). So, how do you find proof of God or the Mother Goddess? If she is a creator wouldn't she continue to create? What on earth continues to create through a means which they really don't fully control? Life of course. So, we ourselves are the watch. Now what about ourselves proves that there must be an intelligent creator? Maybe our own intelligence (or lack there of at this moment in history) and maybe own uncanny ability to 'hear' inner wisdom. This wisdom has led many to extraordinary things. So, I disagree with Carl (Goddess I never thought I'd ever do that) that claiming the existence of Goddess is extraordinary. I have seen her work miracles in countless lives and there is record (yes, verifiable record) of millions more. I think the real miracle of this age isn't in finding Goddess, but in realizing how common she really is. Just as common as every watch still built with a crystal movement. I'm sorry, I think it is a small miracle that a tiny quartz crystal would be willing to vibrate that regularly so that we can all keep time.
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I wouldn't worry about it, plenty of Pagan, neo-pagan, and Wiccans I know wear crosses.  Crosses have been used by tons of non-Christian peoples, gods, goddesses, and sects over time (Assyrians, Celts, Yorumbas, etc); the cross is not inherantly a Christian thing.  The Christians just co-oped the symbol from the pagans around them and made it popular.  My ex-roommate used to wear the cross his grandmother gave him for his Roman Catholic confirmation to circle all the time.  It's not a big deal.\n\nWhen someone asks you about your cross, tell them that you are not Christian and that neither is wearing a cross necklace.  Tell them that plenty of other cultures wore cross jewelry.
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are there people who think like this? yes\n\ndo they know what they are doing?   no\n\nif they are fooling with any kind of "dead" thing, it is probably a demonic spirit taking them for a ride.
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I've heard several different things about spider web tats...here ya go...\n\nA spider web tattoo on your body did originate as a prison tattoo with 2 meanings.  It was worn mostly but not solely by Arian Gang inmates who in the late 50's and early 60's basically ran every prison in the U.S.  If it was worn on the right side of your neck it did infact mean that you had killed someone while in Prison and were a predetor and not prey.  If it was worn on the INSIDE of your elbow it meant that you were a drug addict and was a symbol to all who sold drugs in the prison system that you were a potential customer and were always looking to be approached by drug dealers in the Prison.  After the Spider Web tattoos gang members in prison started wearomg a "tear-drop" under there eye. That too meant the same as a spider web on the neck. \n\nThis is all I've heard it can mean -\n\n- White Supremacist who has killed a minority.\n- Entrapment/imprisonment\n- Addiction to something, rather it be drugs, sex, etc.\n \nI've always heard it's something that a lot of Bikers, & people in gangs get....however, now days I think it can mean whatever you want it to mean, or simply, have no meaning at all. It's became more of a trend lately, & a lot of people get them because they think they're cool. It's good be cautious though, 'cause you never know who may see it, & take it the wrong way, & think you're something that youre really not.
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I have no idea...really...\nwhat kind of stuff would cross their mind to do it?
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It's like an ink blot test.  Everybody sees something different.  While I see a mother holding her child, I don't see anything resembling any of the imagery of Mary that I grew up with.\n\nPeople only SEE what they want to see.  People so desperately want answers to life's questions and to see if god really exists that they will FORCE themselves to see things for something that they are not.\n\nIt's laughable and sad that they believe proof is found in a gold nugget.  It's like me saying proof of unicorns can be found in Harry Potter.\n\nARE YOU FOR REAL!?!?!  I just read the answer above me.  Actually, the prison population is made up of MOSTLY CHRISTIANS.