Mrs. Bro. Adam Posted April 4, 2004 Author Share Posted April 4, 2004 I'd like your opinion: Santeria....what religion is it closest to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLAZEr Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 Santeria is a Carribean witchcraft religion. It is based on African Tribal religions that have been given a "Catholic" appearance. They don't honor the saints, rather they have assigned certain African Gods to the images of the saints, but perverted. For instance, the highest God is "Chango" and they usually associate Chango with the a black Madonna who bleeds from her eyes. Another is the image of St Lucy witrh the eyes on the platter and St. Martin of Tours and St. Lawrence. You can tell a santeria statue because usually the hands are cut off or some other "twist" is applied to the statue. Santeria is wacked. It's adherents do not think of themselves as withces. "Brujeria" is black magic where they take out pacts with Satan. Santeria is "brujeria" masquerading as a "good" religion. Santeras (practitioners of Santeria) often use stolen pieces of the Eucharist to do their magic. Brujas steal the Eucharist too, with the intent to commit a sacrilege of it. The difference is just in idea. The Santeras are trying to use "power" from the Eucharist. The Brujas are trying to profane the Eucharist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willguy Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 Santeria is just one of many Afro-Carribian syncretistic religions that combined aspects of Catholicism with tribal religions. I personally think they are interesting from a scholarly perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovechrist Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 willguy, i had found that out as well when i went to the JPII Institute in DC... awesome place, everybody should check it out whenever you're in DC... very neat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qfnol31 Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 I'm scared just because it has an ad in the middle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 I don't practice Santeria. I ain't go no crystal ball. I had a million dollars but I, I spent it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iacobus Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 Never herad of Santeria till today. Glad I don't encounter much like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purple_rat Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 Hey all, I was on a choir trip to Cuba, and one of the places they took us to was a Santeria (although, I'm not sure it was santeria) leader's house. There they demonstrated dancing and drumming and chanting. Kinda creepy. I was just wondering, is it bad that I was there? Thanks for your time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cesar624 Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 One of my friends is a Santero. He's half Cuban and half Dominican. It's really a creepy religion. I put him in his place when he tried saying he was Catholic - and I told him where his religion came from and how it's contradictory to the Bible. They're extremely supersticious - in his house, whistling, talking loud and hitting eachother is not allowed because it disturbs the "santos". And when they cook dinner, they leave a plate of food out for the "santos" so that they can eat - and the food actually does dissappear the next morning too. Disgusting religion. We need to pray for them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Bro. Adam Posted April 5, 2004 Author Share Posted April 5, 2004 [quote name='purple_rat' date='Apr 4 2004, 10:43 PM'] Hey all, I was on a choir trip to Cuba, and one of the places they took us to was a Santeria (although, I'm not sure it was santeria) leader's house. There they demonstrated dancing and drumming and chanting. Kinda creepy. I was just wondering, is it bad that I was there? Thanks for your time. [/quote] I wouldn't say that it's a bad thing.....but you just have to be careful... There is a lot of evil in this world, and if we remember these words from the Bible, we should be equipping ourselves against that evilness. [quote] 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: [/quote] This is found in Ephesians 6. P.S. Thanks, Carson, for helping me find this passage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatima513 Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 [quote]I'm glad that it's not prevaliant here in the North. [/quote] I'm in NY and we've had a terrible problem the last few years with people pocketing the Eucharist to use in their "ceremonies". I also have a friend who's neighbor was into Santeria and he had a goat in his backyard for a few months, then one night there was some kind of ceremony where the neighbor hung all these sheets around the backyard so you couldn't see in and the next day the goat was gone and the garbage bins had so much blood on them that the sanitation workers called the police. And last year we actually had someone steal the Blessed Sacrament during Eucharistic Adoration! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Bro. Adam Posted April 5, 2004 Author Share Posted April 5, 2004 That is sooo sick! Man! Talk about living among the worldly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
immaculata Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 [quote name='fatima513' date='Apr 5 2004, 12:26 PM'] I'm in NY and we've had a terrible problem the last few years with people pocketing the Eucharist to use in their "ceremonies". I also have a friend who's neighbor was into Santeria and he had a goat in his backyard for a few months, then one night there was some kind of ceremony where the neighbor hung all these sheets around the backyard so you couldn't see in and the next day the goat was gone and the garbage bins had so much blood on them that the sanitation workers called the police. And last year we actually had someone steal the Blessed Sacrament during Eucharistic Adoration! [/quote] WOW! I can't imagine that happening... I'm SOOOO glad we don't have anything like that around where I live, I don't think I could bear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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