Talismans

Thanx guys for the input

You turned stone into gold,Steve? Oh,dear!

Wow that's all I have to say on turning
stone to gold, I'm sure it was quite a feat
to do!!! Congrats Steve

Mary Ann, if you believe that, you will believe in the tooth fairy! You can no more turn stone into gold than you can turn gold into stone!

That leaves room for interpretation. We believe that some religious figures had the ability to change chemical properties. (turn water to wine, change the buoyancy of water so you can walk on it, etc) this doesn't necessarily they were holy. But it shows some were gifted by god or goddess.

Water into wine, walking on water? This is New Testament nonsense.You should read the conference at Nicea!

I like to make my own talismans using clay. I use metal clay books for design ideas but use regular oven baking clay. You can add in herbs to the clay and engrave sigils or runes into it which is why it is my preferred method of making enchanted jewelry. Also once baked, you can put essential oils onto the piece and it will work like an diffuser necklace for aromatherapy.

Brysing, you shouldn't degrade others beliefs because you do not agree with them.

The council of Nicene decided what biblical canon was and largely determined what the then still newly formed Christianity would preach. This included the belief that Jesus was the son of God, but also God.

There are those who believe Jesus was a prophet, a man with some nice ideas, but nothing more. Catholicism is far from the original conception of Christianity, in fact Jesus would probably despise most of modern Christianity which is thoroughly concerned with wealth.

Holy books are meant to be interpreted metaphorically, not literally. The bible is not a history book, nor a science text book. It is not disrespectful to point out that it is nonsense to believe you can turn water into wine or stone into gold- it is scientific fact that these things are impossible- You cannot change the chemical composition of an item by wishing really hard.

Had, those are nice points to bring up, but science isn't always correct. Because HUMANS are the ones determining the scientific beliefs of the community of science and the public. We once thought that it shouldn't be possible for Bumblebees to fly, but look! Science now explains how that is possible! I am confident that science will pick up where human error has faulted us.

Also, not every Christian takes the bible as a metaphorical text, others do. What you say is "nonsense" is the legitamite belief of millions. Same goes for magic, astrology, religion, the concept of God, and plenty of other things.
What you say is not the belief of everyone, you should at least try to respect it, but you obviously aren't.