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That's very admirable. If that is your reason then God knows and udnerstands but I was only warning about interest in the supernatural and the occult. It is a slippery slope and I nearly went down it myself s a teenager when I was interested in astrology and tarot and then in my early 20s when...

The Pentagram is nothing to do with Devil worship historica,lly. I think the misconception comes mainly from Hollywood and maybe even from people like Levay. As far as I'm concerned its just another sign and if it gave protection against the devil then it is just sueprstitious and the devil...

By worries do you mean Warriors? Michael is the main warrior in Heaven. Anything made by God is a creature even man and the angels are no exception. My dreams are often roubled, I very rarely dream of anything ncie.

We rarely know ehn it is our time to die.I just pray that I don't die suddenly or alone, and to die in a state of Grace.

The cherubim for example are not little babies that sit on clouds, they are beig frieghtenning creatures with animals heads. Angels are very powerful creatures and have different functions. The cherubim guard the Garden of Eden and they have been represented in very early civilizations like...

I ocne read a medieval account of a family that became friends with a demon. They taught it prayers including the Lord'sprayer but it could never say, "Jesus is Lord." When someone is thought to be posessed the exorcist will ask them to say, "Jesus is Lord," and if they cannot say it then it...

You are right Brightmorningstar but bear in mind that our friend Elysian is new to Christianity and may never have read Leviticus. In fact he unlike us does not ahve direct access to scripture.

No-one deserves to recieve the Lord's body. The difference is that an unbeliever will see people recieving communion and think they are somehow entitled to it. We come because Christ bid us to come, knowing we are not worthy. We do not presume to come to this your table, merciful Lord...

I think they prayed for Hitler to get him out of "Spirit Prison." Joseph Smith was an absolute charleton who only started the whole poligimy thing because his wife caught him in the hayloft with their blonde 16 year old servant girl and when she asked him why he was committing adultary he told...

Thak you brightmorningstar and wells aid.

Don't the mormons do something similar?

Are we talking about actually baptizing dead people or having baptism ceremonies on behalf of the dead?

Church tradition is important to me but not as important as scripture even though HCurch tradition is based on scripture. If you took the trouble to actually read my posts you would see that I based my argument on 1 Corinthians 11, but you didn't notice did you.

I've heard of dead babies being Baptised. My cousin lost her son at 18 months and he was baptised on the day of his funeral. I did not think it was neccessary but my Grandma was adamant that he wouldn't go to Heaven without it.

Mary isn't dead. She ascended bodily into Heaven and all those saints who are in heaven are very much alive in the body of Christ and now reside in the Church Triumphant. They are not dead. Asking them to pray for you is not a prayer in its self.

I didn't answer myself at all. You just didn't read it right. The Eucharist on a funeral is not out of place and yes there is a danger, there is a dnager inherent in practicly anything. You see Catholics have to have Mass, for a Catholic funeral to not have Mass there would be something...

Catholics don;t pray to Mary. They ask Mary to pray for them. If you read the words of the Hail Mary you can see that it is a petition to Mary addressing her andasking her to add her prayers to our own. Hail Mary full of Grace the Lord is with thee Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed...

And what's my objection?

i don't think she mean't to cause a scene I jsut think that she was more pre-occupied with the fact that her mother ahd just died and she was attending her funeral, so probably the celebration of Communion was the last thing on her mind. Therefore the thought never occoured to her that she...

I don't see why the Eucharist is out of palce at a funeral. Mass is a staple part Catholic worship and should be celebrated as often as possible. Ideally people should recieve the sacrament every day though only once a day. The danger with celebrating communion when unbelievers and agnostics...