tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post685051652564506764..comments2024-03-05T14:07:28.062-08:00Comments on Ask Sister Mary Martha: Ninja St. PatrickSister Mary Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00580244097177195453noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-52132031388246185842011-08-24T06:23:59.889-07:002011-08-24T06:23:59.889-07:00Great post shared by author. I appreciate it. Than...Great post shared by author. I appreciate it. Thanks for sharing this informative post. Keep posting updates.<br /><a href="http://www.swordsaxe.com/ninja-gear.aspx" rel="nofollow">Ninja Gear</a>Ninja Gearhttp://www.swordsaxe.com/ninja-gear.aspxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-88952371494957378602010-07-18T22:46:19.067-07:002010-07-18T22:46:19.067-07:00I love the post sister! I'll be sure to subscr...I love the post sister! I'll be sure to subscribe. <br /><br />Non-Catholics love to talk about how certain feast days correspond to pagan celebrations, while some are true, they create a 'Catholic adoption of paganism' argument that is just way off base. I'm with you sister!<br /><br />Though, It would be cool if my statue of St. Pat was holding nun-chucks instead of a staff ;-)<br /><br />I just started my own Catholic blog that anyone might be interested in. It's about being a young catholic american and how those three value systems don't always line up. youngamericancatholic.blogspot.comYoungAmericanCatholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00065455418589766105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-91727277148503671092010-07-07T20:18:37.041-07:002010-07-07T20:18:37.041-07:00Clarebear,
this is an important topic to me, as I ...Clarebear,<br />this is an important topic to me, as I STILL like Dungeons & Dragons, and suchlike things. Unfortunately, this is what's called "a matter of prudential judgement," so you're not going to get any super hard and fast rules, just guidelines. As far as I can tell, here's the deal with fantasy magic.<br /><br />In most modern fantasy (i.e., post Lord of the Rings), magic is basically "weird physics." Magic is something that anyone with the right proclivities, apparatus, and training can use to gain effects they want. The morality of using magic in such a milieu are basically determined by the ends. This is why J. K. Rowling called the curses used for torture, enslavement, and murder "unforgivable" curses.<br /><br />Fantasy magic mostly differs from space opera (Flash Gordon, Star Wars, etc) in the props used -- magic wands = blasters, magic swords = light sabers, crystal balls = security cameras and bugs, and so forth. It's very useful as a plot device for exploring the temptation of power.<br /><br />In the real world, magic is supplicating some supernatural being to use its powers on your behalf. Prior to Tolkien, most fantasy authors had this understanding, which is why warriors like Conan the Barbarian fought sorcerers who were typically both evil and priests of some horrible dark god (much like Pharaoh's court magicians, who would also have been priests). This is, in short, either idolatry or dealing with the devil. Do not mess with it. Don't be taken in by the idea that it is glamorous. It imperils your soul and spreads misery.Arkanabar T'verrick Ilarsadinhttp://arkanabar.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-3053834996601302092010-07-07T15:44:26.474-07:002010-07-07T15:44:26.474-07:00Never underestimate the power of stupid people in ...Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups!!!!Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714440790407126206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-58313389843468225322010-07-07T12:39:28.446-07:002010-07-07T12:39:28.446-07:00I always heard that spells and charms had only as ...I always heard that spells and charms had only as much "power" as you gave them. Sort of if you think that you can be harmed, you would be harmed.<br /><br />But I've been told that I shouldn't diregard a curse or hex, because if you have any least bit of sin n your soul, or not enough grace, it is like a chink in your armour for evil to enter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-36857406891879211232010-07-07T12:36:54.715-07:002010-07-07T12:36:54.715-07:00There is a religion that is a mixture of Vodoo and...There is a religion that is a mixture of Vodoo and Catholcism called Santaria (I think I spelled it right) and they use statues of Catholic saints to be their gods. Truly, they believe that the statue of St Barbra , for one, is a god and can watch them, hear their requests etc.<br />Could someone be mixing up these Catholic Saints used in Santeria with gods and godesses and their stories of murder?Mary Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02908550586505392408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-45652912853032653972010-07-07T05:11:17.335-07:002010-07-07T05:11:17.335-07:00Hilarious!
I don't know for sure, but I'd...Hilarious!<br /><br />I don't know for sure, but I'd guess they're referring to some of the older specific saints, Sister. Like St. Brigid is supposedly based on the Celtic goddess Brigid. Which I assume is just a mistake of names mixed with stubborness.<br /><br />Or maybe they get these ideas from the fact that some of our Saints are myths, like St. Christopher. But that's like saying that some pagans worship the devil, so they all must. Try that one on your wiccan friends!<br /><br />Those Roman Britons had great Eastern marshal arts training, I guess! :)Bethanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08475481379113353740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-27748647210160538452010-07-06T16:08:25.422-07:002010-07-06T16:08:25.422-07:00Dear Sister,
Due to a recent discussion among some...Dear Sister,<br />Due to a recent discussion among some good Catholics I know the whole witch/magic thing has been on my mind lately and I'M SO CONFUSED!!!! I feel like everyone has their own adamant opinion of where the line should be drawn with reading that kind of stuff and I can't figure out where the line should ACTUALLY be drawn. Like is Harry Potter okay? What about Twilight? I feel like you have the Bible on one end of the spectrum and the satanic bible on the other and somewhere in between a line has to be drawn but I don't know where! <br />Oh and if witches aren't real then why is this stuff a problem at all? HELP!<br />Clareclarebearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03841391073475214870noreply@blogger.com