Good post NecroReaper,
I agree with the theory that the bible is a grimoire. I've come to believe that since I began to get into the occult and it's been a long road because I was raised Catholic, and I still consider myself Catholic for the simple reason that I don't believe it's actually possible to totally tear away from the religion that we are born into. I believe if we are born into a certain faith, we have to play the cards we are dealt. That's my opinion of course, so I don't mean to offend anybody.
That being said, I have (and will continue to do so) prayed and attempted to make contact with several Gods although mostly Goddesses (mainly because of the fact that the Church has always oppressed women, and I've tried to do the opposite of what the church advocates) of different pantheons and they have been much easier to contact than yehova. I suppose it's part of it's nature, being a God of the occult.
Despite all of that work with the different Godforms, I've come to accept that I was baptised to at least respect yehova, and I'm alright with that as long as he accepts I won't accept most church doctrine. After all, I don't believe the bible should be taken literally, and I don't believe yehova will smite me for sinning every now and again (IMG:
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