Do some faiths—including most Protestant Christian sects—find mystical practices disreputable?

Question

Seth D.: That may be, but it doesn't answer the question.

Answer 1

Let me start off my saying, I am not a member of a Protestant religion, and neither am I Catholic, I am simply a Christian. In regards to your question about "mystical practices", I will have to ask you to define your use of the word "mystical". I would say that there are many "mystical" aspects to true Christian worship, so long as "mystical" is defined as "spiritually symbolic". When I partake of the Lord's supper every Sunday, is it the literally body and blood of Jesus Christ as some teach, of course not. Is it spirtually symbolic, I must say that it is. When a person decides to become a Christian and is baptized for the forgiveness of his or her sins, something supernatural most definitely happens. A persons sins are forgiven through his faith and obedience to the word of God (Mark 16:16, Acts 2:38, 1 Peter 3:21) . Maybe this wasn't the direction you were headed, but this might clear some of the waters. And in regards to the pocketbook answer previously made to this question I agree. That's exactly why their was never supposed to be one man over any congregation. (You won't find the term "pastor" used in the sense in which it is used today in your Bible. Pastor, bshop, and elder are three different terms all referring to the same office in the church. The qualifications for such men are denoted in Timothy and Titus)

Answer 2

Many Protestant Churches find all practices disreputable, except dropping money in the collection plate...sure path to heaven. Matthew 7:12

Answer 3

Yes. Christians will tell you that mystical practices are not to be messaed with because you are dealing with ungodly spirits. The Bible teaches that there are 2 types of spirits - i.e. Godly and saanic spirits. So, when practicing mytics, you are engaging the demonic world which is unsafe for you for demons will eventually destroy you.

Just don't engage the spirit world if you are not pursuing God. It will hurt you in the short or long run.

Answer 4

Uh.. what mystical practices are you talking about
...anyway I like that word "disreputable" thats a good one- maybe even the word of the day!

Answer 5

Some Christian doctrines hold that the only supernatural or mystic experiences or practices are those done by God, or conducted in accordance with established liturgical practices.

But it varies by church and by interpretation. Not all subscribe to the One True Way™ model.

Answer 6

All -true- Christian and Jewish sects find mystical practices disreputable. The Bible specifically forbids fortune telling and sorcery.

Answer 7

Yes. It is directly against the teaching of the Bible and in the Old Testament anyone delving into such things would be put to death. The reasons are in a book by Watchman Nee called "The Latent Power of the Soul"

Answer 8

you have fallen for anti-Catholic propaganda. The Catholic Church under no circumstances banned the Bible from people. The Catholic Church did no longer have issues translating the Bible to undemanding languages - they had problems with translations that have been undesirable and contained heresy. whilst translating the Bible, people have been waiting to slide of their very own bias and heresy - it is the concern the Catholic Church had. As for the Bible - it is the inerrant be responsive to God, written by utilising adult males inspired by utilising the Holy Spirit. because of the fact the Bible is an inanimate merchandise it won't be able to be "infallible" (no longer able to coach blunders). it is inerrant - each thing asserted as actual interior the Bible is asserted by utilising the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit does not lie or make blunders. The project is accessible in determining what the Holy Spirit is putting forward as actual - it is why sola scriptura is unquestionably one of those poor doctrine. with out the magisterium (coaching authority of the church) and Sacred custom, we are able to't be advantageous we could precise understand the bible. i like the occasion Mark Shea provides in his article "what's Sacred custom". The Bible is sufficient - yet there's a distinction between cloth sufficiency and formal sufficiency. "what's the version between cloth and formal sufficiency? it is the version between having a huge sufficient pile of bricks to construct a house and having a house of bricks. Catholic coaching says written Sacred custom (conventional as Scripture) is materially sufficient: all the bricks had to construct its doctrines are there in Scripture. yet because of the fact some issues in Scripture are implicit instead of specific, different stuff besides Scripture has been surpassed down from the apostles. This different stuff is unwritten Sacred custom (it is the mortar that holds the bricks of the written custom at the same time interior the remarkable order and place) and the Magisterium or coaching authority of the Church (it is the trowel interior the hand of the grasp Builder). Taken at the same time, those 3 issues are formally sufficient for understanding the revealed actuality of God."

Answer 9

'mystical' is an interesting word...all religions are based in mystical thought and practices. Sometimes we go away from our roots but it does not change that it is there nurishing the religion all along.

Answer 10

There are positive practices and negative practices in all fields of human life. Just look for the positve practice and stop worrying about man's judgement.