Occultic Practices:
It was tempting to leave the
occult out of the killing of God but the occult is one of the worst killers! “Occult”
means concealed. 759 The reference
is most often reserved for the spiritual and has to do with concealed knowledge. That definition
exactly fits Gnosticism with its “secret knowledge”. Simon wanted to know the
secret of bestowing upon people the Holy Ghost to make money. Since it is not
secret knowledge but profound truth, Simon perverted religion for his subtle
purposes. His knowledge became a theology and only those who understood the
secrets would be saved.
Deism is a type of Gnosticism.
Rather than having, though, concealed knowledge, Deism conceals it! Theism from
the Greek – theos-ism - and means “belief
in God”. 760 Deism is from the Latin – deus-ism - and means the same thing but is a movement more than a
principle! 761 (“Ism” is English for “a system or principle”.) 762
Orthodoxy is traditional Christianity and is the basis of “theism”. With that God
is both Creator and active in daily affairs. He is a personal God with whom the
individual can commune. All that is “good” is due to an active God in the affairs
of man.
On the other hand, deism adheres
to merely a creator God who built his domain, and then left it to the devices
of man. They covered up the True God by removing His interactions with mankind
and the first to go were miracles! Most deists do not believe in a Savior God,
accepting Jesus only as a “good” man. 763 What does that do to God? After
mankind killed off the Son of God, deists killed off God’s Purpose which was to
die for mankind. Deism is a killer and covers up truth and is hence is of the
occult.
Most people think of the occult
as worshipers of pagan gods are adherents of heretical ideas. The danger is
more in the heresy of false doctrine. For instance, Gnosticism has done more to
harm Christianity than has overt Satanism! The former should be feared more
than the latter because it is less transparent. Satan’s tactics are to use much
truth to conceal false knowledge. Satanism is very open about the rejection of
biblical knowledge and wisdom.
The occult exists even in the
Church. Some in the Church reject God’s revealed truth. Because they do so under
the pretense of worshiping the Lord, they are of the occult since they cover up
truth. Unitarian-Universalism is the most objectional false religion and is the
most occultic of “Christian” denominations. They are honest about their
inclusion but conceal paganism under the guise of Christianity.
Those forms of occultism come
first because they are the most obtrusive. Other forms are considered modern
games now by some! For instance, astrology is on the entertainment pages of the
newspaper right along with Billy Graham. People often tell me that they don’t
take astrology seriously but read it for fun. Unfortunately, many direct their
lives using astrology. Nancy Reagan apparently was a practitioner and it can be
assumed that she advised the president using the stars as the source of knowledge!
764 Astrology is not astronomy although they have the same origins. What’s more, astrology destroys God by looking to the stars for guidance, and astronomy looks to the stars to validate the notions of mostly the atheists. The latter is more scientific and the former more subjective but both can be used to minimize God.
Astronomy is basically observing
the universe and making conclusions about “notions”. Notions are made scientific
by the use of hypotheses which tested by making conclusions about their “null”.
For instance, the hypothesis for existence is that it evolved. The null hypothesis is that it did not evolve. Science sets out to prove their notion by
failing to reject the null. (i.e., they accept evolution because they failed to
“prove” it didn’t evolve). “Prove” is in quotations because scientists never
prove nor disprove anything. They mere fail to reject the null. Yet people
accept their theories as proof, and they are taught in all levels of education
as “proof”.
In science, time is measured by
organic decay. Half-life is the time required for unstable atoms to undergo
radioactive decay to half from its original value. 765 There are
many assumptions that are made to accept that methodology; the main one being
constancy of decay rate. Because God is Almighty He had the power to accelerate
decay. Furthermore, the frame of reference for the humongous time for decay is
theoretical. It seems that use of half-life for measuring time is circular
reasoning. It may work on times of short duration but discerning people should
question billions of years.
Of course, astronomy is not of
the occult. It is observable and transparent. The earth really is a sphere!
However, the misuse of astronomy can be. Wrong conclusions are made under the
pretense of objectivity. Essentially, scientists are supposed to be God but
they are not! I call their God “Chance” because Chance is in what they believe.
If one examines the improbability of random order, it is itself astronomical.
Astrology is accepting the
notion that celestial objects reveal divine information. 766 There
is much good in astronomy but astrology is more foolish because of its misuse in
daily affairs. It is Yahweh who deals
with mankind on a personal basis, and not the dead bodies scattered throughout
the universe! It would take chapters to deal with the folly inherent in astrology
but in this book, as always, what matters is what God says: 767
Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now
the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and
save thee from these things that shall come upon thee. Behold, they shall be
as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from
the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit
before it.
God considers it the
transgressing of his covenant for consulting the cosmos for answers. 768
Yet what do people do? They turn to the stars! That is open rebellion against
God. Those who look to the stars instead of God ae among the killers of God!
Some people turn to psychics for
answers. They use extrasensory perception from which to glean information hidden
from the normal senses. 769 Of course, outside the normal is the
paranormal – phenomena outside the laws of nature or the supernatural. As Christian
seek truth from a supernatural God, psychics seek knowledge from another
supernatural source. Many psychics are mediums and seek information from what
they believe are the dead. Linking psychology with clairvoyance was most superbly
accomplished by Carl Jung who developed his theory of archetypes 770
through channeling a twelve-year old girl. Without commenting on all the occult
practices, be certain they are all Satanic in origin! That twelve years-old
girl may have been an ageless demon from the netherworld disguised as a sweet
little girl!
God commanded that mediums, clairvoyance,
and the like be avoided. 771 Those are danger areas; be warned that
you are playing with those much more powerful than you: 772
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this
world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
When people play with demonic
influences they endanger themselves. They may die! For sure, those who consult
the Devil deny God’s Word – Jesus – and is the unpardonable sin!
In one case an eight years-old
relative of mine played with a Ouija Board. This young girl related that a
force came out of the board and frightened her tremendously. I have the
transcript on file which she relates her encounter with demonic forces. She
knows that they are real! Dalliance with the occult is a clear rejection of
God. It is irreverent.
Few overtly worship Satan but
some do. The Satanic Bible was
written by Anton LeVay adapting the Wiccan faith, theosophy, and other occult
practices. Satanism is real, and LeVay encouraged that Satan be worshiped by “Do
what thou wilt is the whole law,” which is the doctrine of the New Age religion
of Thelema. 773
Before I feared demons and before
I knew God’s will, I watched a movie documentary about Satanists. They practice
their craft more enthusiastically than most Christians do. Animal sacrfice, and
on occasion, human sacrifice occurs. They do have ritualistic sexual intercourse,
and one victim revealed that to me that she was a minor. Another adult woman
related to me that her husband sacrificed her to Satan by allowing members to
have ritual sexual intercourse with her. Satanism is real although many deny
his existence and abode!
My home county has what they in
jest call the “Ghostbusters”. They seriously investigate acts of Satanism in the
county. Their sergeant revealed to me that in my county alone, there are four
covens. (Some witchcraft is associated with Satanism and Christians accept that
there is no difference.)
One of my sons while in high
school related to me that one of his fellow students feared for her safety on
Halloween because they cut her to mix blood with her urine, I would guess to
consume. I reported this to the Ghostbuster Squad and spent forty-five minutes
discussing with the sergeant its activities. He assured me that it is real and
that of he was not a Christian, he could not have survived!
759
Merriam-Webster Dictionary; “occult”.
765 Wikipedia;
‘half life”.
766
Wikipedia; “astrology”.
767
Holy Bible (KJV); Isa 13:14.
768
ibid; Deut 7:2-5.
769
Wikipedia; “psychic”.
770
Wikipedia; ‘archetypes: Jungian”.
771
ibid; Deut 18:9-12.
772 ibid (KJV); Ephes 6:12.
773
Wikipedia; “Thelema”.
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