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The so called occult sciences range from something seemingly innocuous like astrology to full blown Satanism.
Satanism (the church of satan... not cults) doesn't sacrifice anyone/thing, nor does it worship "satan" as in the evil being christians believe in.
I'm not sure what strain your looking at, but I have a VERY good friend of our family who ministered to someone who actually took place in the sacrifice of a human being.
Of course they don't worship the evil being of the Christians, what kinda idiot would worship some and at the same time call them the Father of Lies? Shew, that would scare me....
I would LOVE to quote what Zap said as it was VERY well stated, but I believe that would be a waste of space, and everyone's already read it. One thing that I would like to point out, is that the Koran is not the only "knockoff" of the original Bible. MANY religions have taken the original Bible and twisted to fit their beliefs. The problem with this, is that it causes the "new bible" to become VERY inconsistent, and any good student would be able to find the incosistancies. This poses a problem cause it pushes them away from any god, and thus causes them to close up their spirit to the real truth of Jesus Christ.
Another thing is that all these other religions are so bold in presenting their material, while Christians hole up inside the church content that they have saved themselves but are not following God's call to reach out and help others see the light. No wonder this country has fallen into such perils. People are falling away from the basic truths that our country was founded on, and are just digging a grave for a once-great nation. No wonder so many countries hate us so much; all we are looking out for is ourselves. And then our country goes into an uproar when someone does decide that they want our country to return to greatness by helping the rest of the world. Now, I'm getting into the political crap..... leaving now.
I saw mention of us being our own gods, and a few smart remarks about that. I'm not gonna give you a smart remark, but I'm gonna give you some food for thought. Why do you want to serve imperfection? Why do want to serve someone that doesn't have all the answers?
American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms
politically correct
Also, PC or p.c. Showing an effort to make broad social and
political changes to redress injustices caused by prejudice. It often involves
changing or avoiding language that might offend anyone, especially with respect to gender, race, or ethnic background. For example, Editors of major papers have sent out numerous directives concerning politically correct language. This expression was born in the late 1900s, and excesses in trying to conform to its philosophy gave rise to humorous parodies.
That sounds an awfully lot like marxism, does it not?
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language
marxism
The
political and economic philosophy of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in which the concept of class struggle plays a central role in understanding society's allegedly inevitable development from bourgeois oppression under capitalism
to a socialist and ultimately classless society
Both involve politics in the same way. Both involve abolishing social classes, and differences between individuals.
Another thing I would like to note, both ideas came about in the same era. Marxism became popular in the late 1800's while politcal correctness became popular right after that in the EARLY 1900's. This might be possible because those who followed that ideal knew that they could corrode the US from the outside so they introduced PC in order to cause it to fall apart from the inside.