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![IS MEDITATION OKAY? [2 of 4] The Hindu technique of mediation is something Jesus warned us about. He told us not to pray like the pagans, who babble on and on. The Greek root is almost a direct translation from "barbar," referring to the barbarians who lived in foreign lands. The Greeks called them barbarians because when the Greeks heard them speak, it just sounded like, "brah, brah, brah, brah, brah, brah, brah…”; So, Jesus is telling us not to be like the pagans, who sound like barbarians when they pray to their idols. And that is precisely what mantras during meditation are; just repetitious babbling. Jesus said not to do it because it’s not the same as biblical prayer. When we Christians pray, obviously it is not focusing our mind on repetition of meaningless words or phrases. We pray directly to God, speaking to Him using our mind and intelligible words to have a conversation; telling Him how much we love Him and asking for help. | image tagged in meditation,hindu,prayer,bible,god,pagan | made w/ Imgflip meme maker](http://i.imgflip.com/42d7ol.jpg)
![IS MEDITATION OKAY?
[1 of 4] "The similarities between the practice of transcendental meditation and the practice of religious Hindu prayer rituals cannot be denied. The basic posture for transcendental meditation is sitting for 15-20 minutes, with the eyes closed, and repeating a mantra or a simple sound TO CLEAR THE MIND of thought.”; Very different from that goal of mediation, TO EMPTY THE MIND, Christian prayer seeks to pray to God WITH OUR MIND, including petitions, where we're asking God to help others, or for help with certain aspects of our lives, as well as thanking and praising Him—we have an actual conversation with Him. Opposite of that is meditation, where those practicing this Hindu religious ritual repeat mantras, (certain words or phrases), over and over and over and over and over, UNTIL THEIR MINDS EMPTY; with the goal of contacting spirits, which are not the Spirit of God. | image tagged in meditation,prayer,hindu,bible,god,spirits | made w/ Imgflip meme maker](http://i.imgflip.com/42d64d.jpg)
![DOES “WICCA” JUST MEAN “WITCHCRAFT?” Yes! "Wicca is a modern-day, nature-based pagan religion.” Can I translate that for you? It's old-fashioned witchcraft. "Though rituals and practices vary among people who identify as Wiccan, most observations include the festival celebrations of solstices and equinoxes, [the positioning of the moon and stars,] the honoring of a male god and a female goddess, and the incorporation of herbalism and other natural objects into rituals. Wiccans practice their religion according to an ethical code, and many believe in reincarnation.” Those ethics tell them to do whatever they want as long as it doesn't hurt anyone. But if that's true, why are witches (right now) attempting to place hexes on us for producing a study on the Bible's warning against witchcraft? I thought you said you won't hurt people. That's called hypocrisy and, according
to some in the South, a person doing that is a "Hypo-Crite." | image tagged in witchcraft,wicca,bible,pagan,god,worship | made w/ Imgflip meme maker](http://i.imgflip.com/4ksbgt.jpg)
![WHAT ARE THE ORIGINS OF THE “WORD OF FAITH” MOVEMENT? [1 of 3]
Where did this idea of gibberish come from? Well, around 1900, Charles Parham invented the idea that the language spoken in tongues must be unknown (gibberish). Parham attracted students and insisted they wear the latest clothing fashions, which goes right along with these Word of Faith guys today who claim Jesus wore designer clothing. So, Parham started the outbreak of the unknown-tongues thing, even though his first female student, Agnes Ozman, is now accredited by the charismatic community as the first person to speak in gibberish tongues. However, even Ozman taught that it must be a known language, (in her case, Chinese), and second, Parham was the first to teach speaking in unknown gibberish tongues. So, the charismatic leaders don't even get that history straight. Now, I want to give you what Agnes Ozman actually uttered, what she characterized as "Chinese," and though it’s hard to believe, this is documented. Without ever studying Chinese, Ozman not only claimed to speak it, she also said she could write it, both of which were untrue. Here's a partial transcript of what she supposed said in "Chinese": "Lazzo, lauzo, logal, eenie, meenie, minie, moe.” I did not make that up! And even if she blurted out some legitimate Chinese, which she didn’t because we know what she said, a Chinese message would not end with the English phrase, “eenie, meenie, minie, moe,” unless maybe she was at Disney Land hugging Mickey Mouse. | image tagged in bible,jesus,god,christian,church,chinese | made w/ Imgflip meme maker](http://i.imgflip.com/436rhs.jpg)
![CAN WE ACHIEVE PERFECT HEALTH?
[2 of 6] No, but American gurus like Kenneth Copeland say we can. He is a huge influence in the Word of Faith movement. Here's his quote & notice he's even using Hindu terms like meditation as he also whips out New Age lingo, teaching that we have a God force we can tap into to create anything we desire (like perfect health): "You began to meditate on those scriptures until you built an inner image of yourself healed. As that image grew more crisp and clear, you began to expect—or hope for—that image to become reality... You'll be expecting the very presence of God to rise up in you so powerfully that instead of believing for healing every six weeks, you'll walk in divine health every day!” | image tagged in health,healing,hindu,guru,god,bible | made w/ Imgflip meme maker](http://i.imgflip.com/45t1z6.jpg)
![WHY SHOULD CHRISTIANS STUDY THE OCCULT, WITCHCRAFT, AND SATANISM?
[1 of 2] So many times in the Bible, God tells us to stay away from the occult practices that are glamorized by Hollywood and ignored by most in the Church, including those who go online to comment that we Christians don't need to learn about such evil. But that advocates burying our heads in the sand, which helps no one and only facilitates the continued demonic consequences for unsuspecting men, women, and children. Warnings against occult practices like witchcraft are all over the Bible because they are ABHORRENT to God. The reality of where it leads, to evils like demon connections and human sacrifice, should be disturbing and serious enough for Christians, that it prompts us to deal with it in a biblical way. As vile as the information is, at least we will have been biblically trained on how to deal with this evil. | image tagged in satanism,occult,witchcraft,god,bible,christian | made w/ Imgflip meme maker](http://i.imgflip.com/4ejway.jpg)
