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Posted by Nikki --Previous Message--
on 4/1/2001, 8:37 pm
Hi, i just wanted to thank you for your help with everything, it means a lot to me and I greatly appreciate it.
god bless
Nikki
: +JMJ
: Okay, here are some more:
: Christianity teaches the existence of
: the devil. Neopaganism rejects
: this belief.
: Many forms of paganism and
: neopaganism teach some sort of
: reincarnation. Catholicism
: rejects reincarnation.
: Some pagan religions perform animal
: sacrifices (Santeria, etc.) or
: even human sacrifice (Aztecs,
: etc.). Christians abhor human
: sacrifice and consider animal
: sacrifices unnecessary because of
: Christ's one Sacrifice on Calvary.
: Soem neopagan rituals are performed
: in the nude ("skyclad");
: Catholics always keep their
: clothes on during worship
: services.
: Some pagan and neopagan rituals
: involve sexual activity and/or
: temple prostitution; nothing even
: close to that exists in
: Catholicism!
: Some forms of paganism have
: priestesses; Catholicism has only
: male priests.
: Neopaganism has no "papacy"
: or centralized clerical heirarchy
: like Catholicism.
: Neopaganism has no concept of
: infallible truth which everyone
: must accept, as Catholicism does.
: To neopagans, anyone's belief is
: as valid as anyone else's.
: Neopaganism's moral code is "As
: long as you harm no one, do as you
: will". Christianity's moral
: precepts are more precise and
: entailed.
: Paganism is a human attempt to
: understand reality, while
: Christianity is a religion
: revealed by God.
: I suppose you also want a list of
: similarities. Well, all religions
: tend to believe in a reality
: beyond our mundane world.
: Catholicism teaches the existence
: of a Deity (as do other
: Christians, Jews, Moselms and
: others) and Paganism believes in
: many deities. So there is both a
: similarity and a difference there.
: Both Catholicism and paganism have
: sacred texts and stories, though
: Catholic ones are mostly
: historical while pagan ones are
: largely mythical.
: Both Catholicism and paganism have
: religious rituals, though the
: differences between them are
: great.
: Both have feast days, though Catholic
: feasts have a Christian emphasis
: while pagan ones are more
: nature-oriented (ie. solstices and
: equinoxes).
: Both Catholics and pagans wear
: certain clothes, jewelery or
: symbols to express their religious
: beliefs. The difference is
: they're not the same; Catholics
: wear scapulars, medals, etc.,
: while pagans wear crystals,
: pentacles, etc. (also, many other
: religions have distinctive
: clothing and such).
: In short, Catholicism has some
: general things in common with
: paganism, as well as with any
: other religious system. But when
: you look at the details, the
: differences are evident.
: In Jesu et Maria,
: Mystic Rose
:
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