Is it superstitious to believe that a blood sacrifice is necessary to go to heaven or make it rain?
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STOP SMOKING CRACK! It's not good for you.
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1) Cats were the devil's animal in folk belief and were thought to have power over good and evil. This power extended to control over the weather. Superstitious people believed that if a cat washed it face then that meant that it was going to rain. If seen clawing or leaping - that meant gales.\n\nOdin was a Viking god and his attendant was a dog, which symbolized the wind.\n\n2)"Raining cats and dogs?" That's a sad story. In the 17th century in England, cats and dogs ran wild. After a heavy rainstorm, many of them would be found drowned. Their bodies would float in the rivers, or be swept down the streets by the floodwaters. People would see the dead animals. They would look up at the sky. "Been rainin' cats and dogs," they would finally conclude.
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I think an anthropologist would say that belief in a higher power was a way for humans to rationalize the unknown and frightening (e.g., fierce animals, lightning, fire, starvation, illness, etc.); and that soon after it began, opportunistic humans took advantage of the fear and turned superstition into a business, organizing sacrifices, providing privileged communication with the god(s), collecting offerings, recruiting acolytes and suppressing dissent, all in the name of tribal safety and prosperity. Now we call these entrepreneurs preachers, pontiffs, imams, rabbis, etc. and with the assistance of compliant civil governments, they can aspire to more effective means of retaining belief and power.
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Nope! It is Bad Luck to be Superstitious.
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"No, I am not superstitious. I dont believe in that crap. Technology is just a tool created by man, nothing more. "\n\nSuperstitious???? How can something written almost 2,000 years ago be accurate today? Read Revelations Nukes, broadcasting, mark of the beast etc... are all in there. Technology is a tool created by man that will be abused by man! So my answer is absolutely this is setting the stage and the technology is just waiting to be abused by the Beast/one world order.\n\nOT
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your question is out of context.\nChrist said "drink of my blood and eat of my flesh" that does not mean literally drink blood and eat flesh. It means quench yr thirst for righteousness through accepting Christ's blood shed for us. It means to follow his righteous path and to preserve his memory in our hearts. Its a symbol!\n\nNothingn to do with blood transfusions. Those who cannot accept a blood transfucion usually are radical and sects that have not understood much of the context in which Christ instructed us since he came to earth.\n\nI would accept blood transf. if it s not contaminated with hiv thats for sure . So you make sure you go to a blood bank that absolutely has no hiv in their blood bags.
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"...without the shedding of blood is no remission of sins."  Hebrews 9:22\n\nGod requires a blood sacrifice to wash away sin and cleanse the heart of all who believe.  The symbology is found in the life's blood of the sacrifice...one life to repay for another.  Why?  Because God said so.\n\nJesus Christ is the "once for all" sacrifice.  He gave His life, so that all might live.  Whoever turns from their sins, and believes in Him, that He truly did this for us, also believes God.  This is the cleansing and washing away of sin that is acceptable to God.  God declares all who believe Him as "righteous" (justifies them) by His grace because He loves us.  Those who turn from their sin and are redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ are given the Spirit of God to dwell in them and teach them and help them obey God.  \n\nSo, Christ died that all might live.  This is the will of the Father who is not willing that any should perish (die the second final death).  Will all receive eternal life?  No, sadly.  Those who reject God will still bear the penalty for not receiving the cleansing by believing on Jesus.  The penalty is death.\n\n"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God."  Romans 3:23\n\n"But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.  Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him."  Romans 5:8-9\n\n"Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed uon all men, for that all have sinned."  Romans 5:12\n\n"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."  Romans 6:23\n\n"If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." Romans 10:9\n\n"For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."  Romans 10:13\n\n"...for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ...So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God."  Romans 14:10-12
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I would feel that if one wanted to be a true Christian then one should  be willing to give blood to help others live. Children with lukeamia rely on blood tranfusions and this can not only help them live but help them beat the disease. \n\nWould a JW feel in their heart that giving blood to save another is fundamentally a good thing but not do it because of their literal interpretation from their own version of the Bible?
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(I'm assuming that we're talking about Communion under the appearance of wine, and that we're also talking about a church which believes in the Real Presence. If either of these are untrue, kindly disregard this post.)\n\nWhile it's true that you aren't required to drink a particular amount of the Precious Blood, it still maintains the "accidents" of wine, so it can still make you drunk. And of course, it also tastes like wine. \n\nHowever, because the body, blood, soul, and divinity of Christ are present in each species - the Host and the Blood - you aren't required to take both. In my church, I'd say only 15% of people actually partake of both species. At least from a Catholic viewpoint, it's absolutely-100%-okay to abstain from the Blood if you feel you need to.
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This is superstition, there is nothing like bad luck or good luck, whatever happens, good or bad is from God and in all cases , it is for the good of all.
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I like the way they used to do sacrifices before Judeo/Christian Religions were born. In Ancient America tribes used to rip the victims heart out while it was still beating. \n\nMaybe this "God" will be pleased with us, if we do it in this manner. I mean if this "God" forgave people by killing his own son, then he would be even more pleased if we kill Jesus as cruelly as possible.
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I'd rather be good cause I believe in the thing called Karma. As they say: "what goes around comes around." So, when you do good, good comes back to you.\n\nHowever, there are times in a man's life when doing a bit of evil could bring much good. This is what I call, a sacrifice.
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No, what God does is not a parlor trick. God's will is true, \n\nThe only magic I "believe in" is more ha-ha slight of hand fun,.
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well, starting with Jesus lineage, it is not at all clear that he had the right bloodlines to fulfill the prophesies. I know that you are going to say that the Bible says he did, but it was written hundreds of years later, and there is more reason for doubt than there is evidence.\n\nDon't get me wrong, I do believe in him, and believe him. He said a lot of important things, and the world would be a better place if more people listened to what he said. But that does not mean that the Bible is the literal truth, or that prophesies are even possible. \n\nTaking that as a for-instance, why is it so important to you that certain events in the Bible were foretold? It was the subject of your question. Not that Jesus was right in what he said, but that, darn it, he fulfilled prophesies. I realize that magical soothsaying and fortunetelling is important to superstitious and non-monotheist people, but I've really never understood why Christians have embraced it. \n\nListen to the Word. Forget the magic.
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I'm not superstitious. Superstition is bad. It is a violation against the first commandment. It contradicts our belief in God. It contradicts God. God is not superstitious and he did not create superstition. When we believe in God, there is no more superstition. God all the way!
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Considering I believe in a great many things, this one does seem a tad on the far-fetched side; but considering that a great many things also can't be explained, why not?\nEvery one of us is going to die, but knowing the date of one's death is both a blessing and a curse. You can set your affairs in order but how badly might one freak when the time draws closer?\nBesides, why does it have to be a satanic church? Why not one of the Protestant or Catholic ones? Either way it would still be a church (ooo this might annoy some people....apologies) Bye the Bye, my Child, I happen to be a nondenominational Happy Heathen.
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It is a fable. Realism is not required in fables.\n\nBut, for the sake of the discussion, had enough water fell from the sky to cover the highest point on Earth in 40 days, or if features such as the Grand Canyon were carved by the turbulence as is claimed by religious zealots, Noah would have been sitting on a mass of very turbulent thin mud similar to surfing on a mudslide.\n\nIntersting how Creation "Scientists" never try to determine the amount of water needed or the thermal and kenetic effects of the impact of that many raindrops.