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  1. Sirona

    ever encountered a cult?

    If I remember correctly, a couple of days ago somebody warned against alcohol as the possibly deadliest poison on Earth. They may have done this because they are teetotalers and may have an unconscious desire to consume alcoholic beverages. I think cult hysteria may be similar. The biggest...
  2. Sirona

    Where Were You...

    ... on your spiritual path at 11 years old? At the age of 11, I had studied a lot of mythology (especially Greek mythology) but also the books owned by my grandmother who was a Catholic. Technically, I wasn't a Christian due to the lack of a baptism but I had a father who idiotically forbade me...
  3. Sirona

    I found the goddess I want to serve

    Please share how you worship Apollo ?
  4. Sirona

    Witches: where to begin?

    Well, without knowing anything specific about your friend's worldview, I can only make general statements, but most of the books sold with titles like "witchcraft" or "magic" deal with Wicca, a truly "new religious movement", which was first published in 1954 and which claims to represent /...
  5. Sirona

    Why did you leave christianity.For spiritualism?

    @Frank Goad It would be helpful if you defined what you mean by spiritualism. For me, this term creates mental images of necromancy and glass moving, which I can't identify with very much. As for your question, I have a Catholic background, which at least in my culture has a kind of depressing...
  6. Sirona

    I found the goddess I want to serve

    Maybe I am influenced by my background as an ex-Christian, which you may not have, and maybe it's more of a father archetype than a real similarity, but the original JHWH was a tribal god caring for a specific people. Both are often depicted as "bearded old men", they both live in the sky. Both...
  7. Sirona

    Will you read Prince Harry's autobiography / scandal book, "Spare" ?

    I think I will. I mean, we have to do something so that these poor underprivileged people won't lose their 12 million Euro mansion in Santa Barbara. That would really be a tragedy. :D
  8. Sirona

    And yet another Gaudiya Vaishnava group ...

    I think there are too many competitors in the Gaudiya Vaishnava field crowding around the same little "food bowl". Many Gaudiya Vaishnavas claim to be better/more enlightened than "the rest", but I personally came to Hinduism via Advaita Vedanta and also believe in Advaita Vedanta. I also keep...
  9. Sirona

    And yet another Gaudiya Vaishnava group ...

    Hare Krishna, by a chance find on the internet I came across a website Krsna.org run by an organization Bhagavat Dharma Samaj. It is headed by Mahamandaleshwar Mahant Krsna Balaram Swami, who was once an ISKCON devotee and is said to be Prabhupada's only disciple with Gaudiya Vaishnava Brahmin...
  10. Sirona

    I found the goddess I want to serve

    @Xavier Graham May be a bit off topic, but is there like a "God of the gods"? Technically Zeus (Latin: Jupiter) but he probably shares a lot of similarities with JHWH so I would understand if he wasn't your god of choice. ;)
  11. Sirona

    I found the goddess I want to serve

    Fortune telling was serious business with the Ancient Greeks, it was the domain of Apollon (Latin: Apollo).
  12. Sirona

    I found the goddess I want to serve

    Hindus have a similar concept about Goddess Lakshmi. It's said that you can invite her to come to your home, but the minute you try to "force" her to stay permanently in your place, she will disappear.
  13. Sirona

    Second-hand ritual items

    (How) do you consecrate or bless ritual items that you have received from others? (example: candle holders / tea light holders).
  14. Sirona

    My socialistic faith

    The idea of European Union after World War 2 is based on Catholic social teaching, an area of Catholic teaching that deals with issues of human dignity and the common good in society. According to Wikipedia, its ideas deal with oppression, the role of the state, subsidiarity, social...
  15. Sirona

    My socialistic faith

    German television produced a documentary based upon these very claims that the Brexit was originally planned by some super-rich to undermine the reach of European laws protecting workers and consumers, but at the time I didn't believe it. However, from what you say, there seems to be something...
  16. Sirona

    I learned a new word today

    Hi, I learned a new word today, Holiday Christian, referring to believers who only show up at church at the occassion of a religious holiday, especially at the afternoon / midnight service on December 24th. And I used to think that Christians shouldn't be judgemental. :D
  17. Sirona

    Lack of wisdom

    Well, maybe the Russian Orthodox Jesus has different plans for Putin than the Jesus of the Western churches, considering how much support Putin has been giving to the Russian Orthodox Church. Russian grassroots democracy? Park-goers rally against church land grabs. Putin's unholy alliance and...
  18. Sirona

    The Book or the Prayer

    When I sat through my class in German legal history, the professor said that that according to the doctrine of the Catholic Church, abortion was allowed up to 1913, because there is a part in the Bible saying that unborn boys receive a soul only after 45 days and unborn girls after 90 days. As...
  19. Sirona

    USA - Happy National Bacon Day!

    Is the National Bacon Day before or after the National Heart Attack Day?
  20. Sirona

    Holidays in Saudi Arabia

    I've been seeing a lot of internet ads for holidays in Saudi Arabia lately, showing a man in Western clothing visiting what seems to be a very green corner of Saudi Arabia. My question is: Assumed you had the necessary cash, would you like to spend your holidays in a country with a...
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