Religious Relics in Spiritualist Churches.

#1 12-12-2011, 10:20 PM

Why are religious relics placed in Spiritualist churches frowned upon?
It has come to my notice that religious relics such as crosses and other such like should not be displayed in Spiritualist churches.

Why?

Deepsea

#2 12-12-2011, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by deepsea

Why are religious relics placed in Spiritualist churches frowned upon?
It has come to my notice that religious relics such as crosses and other such like should not be displayed in Spiritualist churches.

Why?

Deepsea

Because they're no part of Spiritualist teaching - why would they be displayed when they relate to other religions?

#3 12-12-2011, 10:32 PM

This is an interesting thread.

Given that nearly all religions incorporate the concept of life after death, I would have thought that certain religious items would be seen as acceptable. An awful lot of mediums also make reference to God.

I'm certainly not an expert on spiritualism and will be visiting my local spiritualist church for the first time on Wednesday, so I've yet to really achieve an understanding of spiritualism as a religion.

#4 12-12-2011, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by matt1973

This is an interesting thread.

Given that nearly all religions incorporate the concept of life after death, I would have thought that certain religious items would be seen as acceptable. An awful lot of mediums also make reference to God.

I'm certainly not an expert on spiritualism and will be visiting my local spiritualist church for the first time on Wednesday, so I've yet to really achieve an understanding of spiritualism as a religion.

Perhaps a look in the 'Spiritualism' forum might prove helpful for you? - this is mediumship.

#5 12-12-2011, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by mac

Perhaps a look in the 'Spiritualism' forum might prove helpful for you? - this is mediumship.

Do mediums not appear in spiritualist churches then?

I'm pretty sure they do, so I'd say the two are connected.

#6 13-12-2011, 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by mac

Because they're no part of Spiritualist teaching - why would they be displayed when they relate to other religions?

My opinion is,religious relics are displayed to welcome anyone who follows another religion,into a spiritualist church.
A welcome sign to state that spiritualism is for all.

#7 13-12-2011, 05:35 AM

This could be my error,I feel this topic should have been placed in the Spiritualist forum.
Do we have a spiritualist forum,I omitted to check.

psychoslice · #8 13-12-2011, 06:00 AM

Relics and the like are really just play things for the mind, but they can act as a pointer bringing you within, just as scriptures and Gurus can, but in themselves they are just idols, but you first have to realize that to know that.

#9 13-12-2011, 06:49 AM

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Originally Posted by matt1973

Do mediums not appear in spiritualist churches then?

I'm pretty sure they do, so I'd say the two are connected.

If you took a look you'd see why I suggested it....

http://www.spiritualforums.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=63

#10 13-12-2011, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by deepsea

My opinion is,religious relics are displayed to welcome anyone who follows another religion,into a spiritualist church.
A welcome sign to state that spiritualism is for all.

If icons and symbols of other religions were on display to that end, for correctness there would need to be something from all other religions.

Spiritualism is different from traditional mainstream religions - it doesn't have any equivalent to the Bible, no symbols etc. and I like that.

Let's celebrate our differences and remember the all-important message of survival that Spiritualism brings; a message underpinned by evidence obtained through mediumship. Symbols play no part.

Let's keep it that way.