I know it sounds odd, very odd actually that I use Questions.com for this but I'm impatient. I'm Catholic and a fan of the CW show Supernatural. I want to get anti-possession charm necklaces for me and my friend but I feel uncomfortable getting it because it's pagan, thoughts?
Wearing Pagan Symbols as a Christain?
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- 3+ months ago by GennyCohan
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- sound, symbol, fan, catholic, pagan, question, supernatural
Answers (2)
Catholicism has no connection to Christianity. The Catholic Church is based entirely on traditions of the Catholic Church, which are identical to pagan images and practices. Christ is just one of their pagan images. For a long time Catholics officially discouraged studying the bible because so much of it disagreed with Catholic pronouncements. A lot of people were brutally murdered for trying to publish a bible in English.
So you probably know almost nothing about the Christian scriptures, not much about Catholic teachings, and nothing at all about pagan customs. You are a helpless waif and you want some pretty jewelry or something. You really should learn this business that you think you follow. First, choose who or what you follow. If Catholicism, get your advice from the priest, not strangers on the internet. If pagan stuff, you are on your own. If Christianity, study the bible and ignore the baloney that people try to tell you it says.
It is not reliable to ask people to tell you what the bible says. Many people will make up stuff because they don't know what it says, and many will make up stuff because they wish it would not say what it says. You just have to read it for yourself. Read a chapter of Proverbs every day. Proverbs has 31 chapters so you can keep your place by just looking at a calendar. There is no religion or nothing in Proverbs and you don't have to believe anything. Just read to find comfort and confidence. When you are comfortable with that, then read the bible from Romans to 2 Thessalonians over and over until you start to remember what it says. That is the part that applies to Christians. Here is a book to help you to understand the bible. It's a free download and you can get a hard copy at any bible book store.
philologos.org/__eb-htetb/ "How To Enjoy The Bible"
I assume you are referring to the cross since it's a symbol for both, an instrument of torture and execution.
Of course people can do as they please. However the question revolve around doing things that are displeasing to our Creator.
A person desirous to be a "true christian" would not wear things that are despicable to his God, and certainly would stay away from supernatural and spiritistic paraphernalia.
(Revelation 18:23) . . .and no light of a lamp will ever shine in you again, ... by your spiritistic practice all the nations were misled. . .
(Galatians 5:19-21) . . .Now the works of the flesh are manifest, and they are.....idolatry, practice of spiritism, .....and things like these. As to these things I am forewarning you, ...that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s kingdom.