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Re: What was the point of the website?

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Raven Kindshadow

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Date Posted: 12:28:49 02/27/02 Wed
In reply to: Diane 's message, "What was the point of the website?" on 08:08:15 02/23/02 Sat

>...Wasn't it to straighten out some misconceptions
>about the occult?

Yes, this site is to help people understand about the occult and better understand there own religion and how they intertwine.

>When I ask you about your own beliefs, you say you
>don't want to get into it because you have done so
>elsewhere.

I try not to go deeply into my beliefs because they are constantly changing and if I am to say "I believe the sky is Blue" and then the sun starts to set and I say "I believe the sky is Red" both are my beliefs but they somewhat contradict each other. I have learned to not trust most beliefs and to question even my own. What beliefs I have are the ones that seem to come closet to the "truth." It is hard to say that all beliefs should be questioned and still try to have beliefs of your own so this is why I try to stay more towards what others believe as a teaching material then what I personally believe.

>When I ask you to try out the New Testement - because
>in not knowing your opposition's argument, you really
>don't know your own - you run away from it.

I don't know maybe it is just me but it seems that you are trying to get me to read the New Testament so I will somehow realize it is right and become a Christian. As I said this is just how I feel. I will suggest an agreement in that if I read the New Testament you read Scott Cunningham's Wicca: A guide for the solitary practitioner, this way we are both learning about the others religion and it seems more "out of knowledge" then out of trying to prove one another wrong.

>Where's the sincerity in this Raven?

The sincerity is that those few beliefs that I believe in I believe in to almost the fullest and argue towards there truth and rightfulness even though I may question them. THAT is the sincerity.

>Raven, I wasn't trying to prove your beliefs were
>wrong. I was hoping that our beliefs were more similar
>than contrary, but that misconceptions may well have
>to be corrected for the Christian side as well.

Perhaps our beliefs are the same and I am sure that we could come to common grounds on a lot of things but I am not so sure we will agree on things such as "the existence of God" and "Heaven and Hell vs. Reincarnation"

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Subject	Author	Date
I accept your offer!	Diane	11:44:50 02/28/02 Thu
Re: I accept your offer! -- Raven Kindshadow, 15:03:27 03/05/02 Tue Re: I accept your offer! -- Diane, 07:31:52 03/06/02 Wed