.... used their spells for doing good deeds. They were also known to aid in romances. To know that a black witch was present, there was always the sudden death of a victim’s animal. The black witches most commonly performed the religious traditions of Voodoo. The practice of Voodoo enabled witches to put spirits and evil demons into one’s head. The movie "The Exorcist" was a fictional horror movie based on a young girl being possessed by the devil, coincides with the 11th century practice of Voodoo. As in the movie, when Voodoo was performed the victim would go into convolutions and lose control of movement. They would start to sway, stagger, tremble, pant, sweat, and a ....

.... Church, and Molinos himself was condemned to life imprisonment, "to be perpetually clothed in the penitential garb, to recite the Credo and one third of the Rosary, and to make confession four times every year". Molinos recanted publicly. His admirers said that he was behaving consistently with what he believed and taught. His accusers said that his recanting was a proof of his guilt. What were real motives why Molinos admitted his "guilt"? Molinos once said: "The true quietists are always quiet, serene and eve-minded in Graces and in extraordinary favors as also in the most rigorous and bitter torments. No news causes them to rejoice, no event saddens them". Was Mig ....

.... for humans to reach that goal. It says in the Bible "For everyone falls short of the glory of God.". That right there is enough proof to show th at we are not worthy of his presence. God is of the Spirit. He is not made of matte r and mind, and he does not possess a physical nature. Some think that God is t hat of a human. There is no possible way that this could be, because in John 4:24 J esus speaks "God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.". Even though Jesus had flesh was of the Spir it he still did have matter. He had flesh which ismatter. In this flesh was ve ry important qualities. God still possesses all of these qualities ....

.... human reason. When reason is exalted as the sole norm of truth, that is, when the Enlightenment becomes a rationalism, there is little room for Christianity in the traditional sense. For example, Locke had exhibited a desire to empty Christianity of that which reason cannot account for, the miraculous and the supernatural, and to build a religion within the limits of reason alone. But it was with the German Enlightenment that the seeds of the biblical revolution were being sown. Under the influence of Deism, radical criticism of the fundamental beliefs of Christianity as enshrined in the gospel story of Jesus formed. Many theories arose pertaining to the belief of Jesus. Ap ....

.... Also the flood is another example of possible Biblical myth. Many questions asked are “where would that amount of water come from?” and “where would it all go afterward?” However, there is geological evidence of a universal deluge. An interesting fact of the Hebrew slavery is that there is no Egyptian records of there ever being Hebrew slaves nor the plagues claims preceded the release of the slaves. There also is no historical record of Moses’ existence outside . And there also is no physical trace of the Israelites’ 40-year journey across the Sinai wilderness. There has been little evidence of ’s origin and most of the facts uncovered about are contradic ....

.... scares me so bad is the fact that many people hide in this world of god. God is what created us what made us it is what we must ultitmley answer to. We answer as not flesh and blood but as a spirit we choose long before our mortal body goes where we go. We leave behind our bodys and enter into a realm to which we cannot comphrend. Our minds well never allow us to comprhend immortality but our souls can that is faith. This faith belongs to no clan of self righteous humn being that think that becuse there rules that they follow our better then another. Se the truth is god does not have a check list of whos good and whos bad but rather he make the decision we have mora ....

.... a sinner. Hawthorne uses a variety of writing techniques to condemn the rigidity of Puritanism. For example, Hawthorne uses a wide variety of diction to create a mystical and hopeless mood. As Brown walks into the “dreary” forest, an “ uncertain” feeling comes over him as he looks ahead to the “gloom” awaiting him. The forest is very dark and dreary and these words help create the eerie mood. These words create an insecure and unsure feeling in the reader's mind. The reader feels as if he stands right there on the outskirts of the forest along with Brown. That type of feeling scares even the bravest of men. Hawthorne also describes the events taking plac ....

.... God. There is hope that this holy time will have a positive influence on the Christian churches but there is the chance of it having a negative influence. The negative influence would come from the fact that people might come back to the church only because they fear that the year 2000 will bring about the ending of the world. There was a time when Christians naturally turned to God when they had problems. Today that doesn't seem to be the case anymore. Traditions have drastically changed. It almost seems as if religion is a dying tradition all together. “The signs of death are seen in the declining membership of the mainline Protestant traditions and in both the de ....