Some people are telling others they must “hear a call” before they can be involved with anything Pagan. Such calls were uncommon in ancient times and they’re not the norm today. Those who promote these ideas are harming others and our spiritual movements.
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It's totally weird. There seems to be a plethora of people who are hell bent on gatekeeping. Everybody is busy being an expert.
You don't need an invitation to worship in a "paganistic" manner. The majority of humans are pagans when they reject the creator and worship the created.......as they make many things their god(s). Power, Money, Fame, Accolade...........
"Professing themselves to be wise.........they became fools". -- Romans 1:22 You don't have to be a rocket scientist to become a pagan.
"Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or likeness of anything that is in heaven above (..i.e., astrology, zodic signs...etc., simply look to the far east with the people living their lives based upon the changing seasons, though the use of animals real and imagined, monkey's, dragon's, etc), or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water beneath (Greek mythology)." -- Ex. 20:4
But the most common paganistic practice is the worship of MONEY.......money in itself is nothing but a tool but when its abused, just as any tool can be abused .......it becomes the ROOT of ALL EVILS. Its the love of money that becomes the paganistic "graven image".
Take for example when the wealthy young man asked Jesus what he must do to find salvation and eternal life, and the Christ said, "Give to the poor......." He did not say GIVE ALL YOU HAVE but to simply share in the blessings that God has bestowed upon you. The wealthy ruler declared that he had kept all the commandments and Jesus answered, "If thou will be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, AND GIVE TO THE POOR (you don't have to give all......you simply give with a willing heart). The young ruler had much and walked away, not wanting to share in that which God had bestowed upon him. -- Matt. 19:21-22
If 10% is good enough for God.......its good enough for all men. Another paganistic ritual is the supposed modern progressive tax system (the politicians abuse this system to purchase votes and power by targeting and taxing the most productive elements in our society.....in essence its nothing but a wealth redistribution scam that far exceeds the fair tax presented by God to Biblical Isarel ......10% tithe.
Ask yourself............who wants to tax everyone to hell and back, and you will find your pagans.
"For the love of money is the root of all evil......which some coveted after, they have erred from the faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows." -- 1 Tim. 6:10
