Can a religion be made up of several different religions? I was Apostolic for many years, but more recently have been studying Kabbalah. I beleive in reincarnation, kharma, the zodiac, and the power of an individual, but on the other hand I can't deny the tremendous power and energy I know I have felt in a pentecostal church. Is this "energy i'm feeling just emotionalism or is it the power of God? In Kabbalah we beleive that each of us are literaly a part of God- like a rock chipped off a mountain, Pentecostals believe that we are not God, but God does live in us when we get the holy ghost.I love God and I feel God has led me down this path for a reason. I want the truth of God. I also don't know what to think about some kabbalist beliefs, like the Zohar.They believe by reading it you get certain energies. I'm kinda scared to go that far into it. I don't wanna get mixed up in something weird.There is no denying the power of God I just want to know the TRUTH.I wish I could talk to God!
2006-07-03 23:06:30 · 7 answers · asked by rcmdmullis 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Kabbala is Jewish occultism. you are dealing with Satan's realm. You know the true power of God demonstrated in other peoples lives. It is by Faith that Jesus (yeshua his Jewish given name) is the only born son of God. killed by the Romans burred and raised back to life by the power of God. Our confession of our sins turning away from them 180 degrees (repentance). Draws God to us and he adopts us into his family as his children with all the same rights and responsibilities afforded his born son Jesus. You can't mix the two. Religion is man trying to get to God, faith is God coming to man for it is all given by God.
2006-07-04 00:57:05 · answer #1 · answered by just a friend 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The mixing of religions is called syncretisation. It is a common practice (although many people think their religion is pure, when it is actually a mix - such as 'prosperity gospel': Christianity + mammon!). It is also becoming the 'ideal' religion in postmodernity, because it is eclectic and inclusivistic.
I don't think that one could reasonably or logically mix the two faiths that you mention, as they are polar opposites. In any case, if there is such a thing as truth, it is likely that your mix of beliefs will only be diluting the truth rather than concentrating it. You need to know what God thinks and says about what you propose(as you say).
However, the trouble with both traditions that you are familiar with is that they de-emphasise God as a being who has spoken. Pentecostalism looks for new revelation while neglecting God's word in scripture (not always consciously, but in effect, scripture is poorly understood and applied). Mystic religions such as Kabbalah are not founded in historic revelation.
I think that to know God's mind, you need to start with serious study of scripture. I believe that it is truth and that it comes directly from the mind of God (the deeper i study it, the more i believe so). If you don't hear God speaking to the situation that you describe after studying, then you can ask for further revelation, i guess, but scripture is sure, testable and there in black and white.
Go to what God says, not human philosophies (mysticism is an interesting worldview, but it has to cut out so much of human life in order to make sense of the world - this can't be right.)
2006-07-03 23:34:49 · answer #2 · answered by zeropluslessthan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How do you think we came to having so many different religions in America in the first place? By people believing only a portion of what they were raised to believe and seeking answers elsewhere. By people interpreting the Bible differently. It doesn't matter and it certainly doesn't worry God if you seek a different understanding, We have to do this, understand not what we are told, not what we read, but what we know in our hearts. If that gives us a hundred different religions so be it, in the end it will all come to one truth, one understanding.
The Bible tells us to seek the truth, that's what God wants us to do, and the path to the truth may not be exactly what you were taught. I choose to inform myself about many different religions so I have a better understanding. I find that most religions only practice parts of the Bible and ignore other parts. I also remind myself that the Bible was written 2000 years ago and things were said in ways those people could comprehend, where if it were written today it might be stated in away we could comprehend. Also, man wrote the Bible, man interpreted it from the languages it was written in originally, and man omitted things and altered some wording. Pick the Bible apart, that does not worry God, he wants us to seek the TRUTH
2006-07-04 02:40:27 · answer #3 · answered by arvecar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is in your bible? The bible implicitly says that there is no such thing as reincarnation, kharma, or the zodiac. God did not lead you down no path into believing those things. You led yourself down that path.
No you cant mix religions! You take what is in the bible and thats it! Anything else and youre getting into new age views of religion and that is the devils territory. the "TRUTH" is whats in the bible and nothing else. It is not to be added to or changed.
2006-07-03 23:18:25 · answer #4 · answered by sean_mchugh6 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Obcourse they can ... determine your own truths and devotions as you go ... much of the Rennaissance was fueled by "Gentile Qabalism" ... the "Gentile" part meaning they were Christian ... Koeppler.Tycho Brahe, Isaac Newton (the greats of astronomy) were all quite into the same subject matters ...As in general all freemasonry was at one time ...which means our founding fathers ..as well as Montesque,Rousseau and the other philosophical humanists ...
Khaballism gets you contemplating Hebrew ...The original language of Torah ... and a layer of meaning in many of Jesus' parables ...
Don't move forward any faster than you are comfortable ... but remember,often under a terrifying mask is what we most need to grow ...The Book of Splendour(Zohar) and the Sephir Yetzirah,eh? ...Good for you!
2006-07-03 23:26:12 · answer #5 · answered by gmonkai 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For a practical example of the problems involved in mixing various religions together, try baking a cake, but instead of flour, use plaster of paris ... it looks about the same. Then, see how it comes out.
2006-07-04 04:15:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I doubt it. Religious people are very dogmatic and would never change their views, to suit someone else
2006-07-03 23:16:41 · answer #7 · answered by Nemesis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋