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Originally Posted by hauntinghelper

Oh, I'm aware of it. It originated out of the spiritist religions. It's just one of those things that seems more weird the more you think about it. Burning a plant having spiritual effects.

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You never heard of incense?? Its used quite often in churches.

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Originally Posted by ghost_lady95

i am scared and it could possibly hurt me

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If you describe your situation with a bit more detail you may receive a little more solid answers. What is happening in your situation ?

Heard of it... has no application in the New Testament church. Thanks though.

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Heard of it...has no application in the New Testament church. Thanks though.



I guess the new testament church is the one without christ since at christs birth it was one of the gifts offered to him.

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Originally Posted by Enigma1999

Suposedly some people will practice burning sage as a way to go through a personal cleansing and also burning sage is done in order to cleanse a house or bless it.

That's just my opinion.

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Why Is Incense Used During Mass by Father William Saunders

It was not burned for Him. The three gifts were important in pointing to different aspects of His future. The incense was noting His divinity... and magi that gave the gifts weren't necessarily godly people.

Second paragraph in... "We do not know exactly when the use of incense was introduced into our Mass or other liturgical rites. At the time of the early Church, the Jews continued to use incense in their own Temple rituals, so it would be safe to conclude that the Christians would have adapted its usage for their own rituals."

The Jews along with modern Catholics are STEEPED in tradition. This is not necessary NOR is it taught in the New Testament. Just because some priest says to do something, does not mean it's authoritative.

Ghost_lady, burn some sage. Let us know how it goes down.

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Originally Posted by hauntinghelper

Ghost_lady, burn some sage. Let us know how it goes down.

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Listen... I'm done arguing about this. I don't want to get into religion. At least not on THIS thread. We are taking away from the OP, and that's unfair for her.

If anybody wants to discuss this regarding religion, then perhaps you/we should start a new thread.

All I said was for the OP to try burning sage. I didn't think that there would be so much tension between all of the members.

This is becoming quite redundant... if you know what I mean.

Actually, Enigma, even though I disagreed with you, I WAS trying to stand up for you freedom to give whatever advice you see fit. I was trying to get things back to the OP with my last comment. It wasn't meant to be satirical. I was trying to bring things away from the "religion discussion" back to it's origin.

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Actually, Enigma, even though I disagreed with you, I WAS trying to stand up for you freedom to give whatever advice you see fit.

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I don't need you to defend me. I can hold my own.

This thread is becoming more and more like a religious discussion then about the OP.