2007-01-08 20:38:53 · 9 answers · asked by coffee 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
because they bring about a sensation other than sight and sound, add communion and laying of hands and you have something very complete, as long as the idea is sound
2007-01-08 20:44:09 · answer #1 · answered by Thomas A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Candles give light and offer a beacon to the spirit world.
Fires give even more light and create warmth. This keeps people from freezing. Not all things are mystic.
Smoke carries voices and thoughts to the spirit worlds It also keeps bugs away and leads people to the gathering cause they smell it.
Incense does have a real ritual use. Certain scents like white sage for instance remove bad energies. Bad energies come from three sources and two of those sources start in man.
These are the uses for which we (The Tianice) use these things. Why Christianity uses them is beyond me.
2007-01-08 21:48:10 · answer #2 · answered by tian_mon 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
most ppl worships fire before there was true religion and to introduce fire to a ritual is a left over from the pagan days. Also lighting a candle ,lamp or a small fire could mean the blessings needed for enlightenment and seeing the path clearly.
2007-01-08 20:45:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a holdover from the pagan rituals the early Christians adapted to win over converts. The Catholics are good at perpetuating mysticism.
2007-01-08 20:46:15 · answer #4 · answered by link955 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
These are all pagan rituals of cleaning and spiritism that "christians" Stole and now use as part of their "religion"
2007-01-08 23:43:06 · answer #5 · answered by david s 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They're old, old symbols, and though their actual meanings and significances have changed, they're the sort of thing that gets embedded in the human psyche through the collective unconscious and pretty well stays.
2007-01-08 20:44:43 · answer #6 · answered by angk 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because the smoke rises and takes your prayers faster to whomever you worship, im native american and i have been told this a million times cause when you are a kid you always ask questions like this and that is what i was told so believe it or dont
2007-01-08 20:44:59 · answer #7 · answered by sweetie1995 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you want and like "coffee" odor you can do it.
The general principle could be the place of worship should smell good...
2007-01-08 20:44:16 · answer #8 · answered by SESHADRI K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are used as a cleansing process.
2007-01-08 20:44:06 · answer #9 · answered by Screamin' Banshee 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋