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Atheism is flat out denial that God created all physicality, and is actively involved in what happens on Earth. One of the big problems for atheists, is that God tends to act with us, as we act with Him. That is, a person who denies God must worry that God will deny that person.
Contrary to popular belief, true atheists are the most religious people on Earth. They must believe that matter either always existed, or just popped into existence out of nowhere...POOF! The possibility that matter was CREATED by any kind of a Higher Intellect must be rejected by the atheist out of hand. I cannot think of any leap of faith greater than this.
Of course there are atheists who say they want proof before they believe. These people really should call themselves gnostic or agnostic tending toward atheism. They haven't ruled out God as a possibility, even though they usually think they have.
There are also simple non-believing atheists. They don't believe and that's all there is to it. End of story...a very sad story.
7) Satanism, Witchcraft, and Paganism -
Satanism and witchcraft are not the same, although they come from the same route as Paganism, their worship comes from what is below their feet, rather than what is above their heads. Worshipping nature and ground forces effectively cuts off one's umbilical connection to the true forces from above, as do all idolatrous thoughts or activities.
Paganism is not witchcraft, and witchraft is not Satanism. However, many pagans practice witchcraft, and the practice of witchcraft carries with it the danger of moving ever closer to Satanism. Satanism is out and out idolatry.
God breaks up witchcraft into many categories, and God's Jewish covenant has more stringencies against this than His Noachide covenant. I will be writing about the various categories, and what they all mean.
8) All the rest...Buddhism, Hinduism, Totem Poles, and Whateverism -
Any worship of anything physical is idolatry. Giving cookies to a Buddah, worshipping a cow or a man or a multi-headed object are all idolatry. Anything which takes one away from God's Jewish or Noachide covenants are entering the realm of idolatry. WHY? Because a new god is being created who is to be listened to ahead of the One True God.
9) Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll, Movie Stars, Sports Legends, Fancy Cars, and Money -
Who are you trying to impress? Movie stars and sports legends are not called idols for nothing. It is all right to want things. It is all right to have things. SO LONG AS YOU WANT THEM AND USE THEM for the right reasons and in the right ways. If you want the fancy car because you want people to look up to you, your head is in the wrong place. If you want a high paying job so that you can have money to support a family in Godliness, and be able to do Godly activities...that's not such a bad dream.
10) Moral Relativism -
I saved this one for last. This one is a great enemy of Godliness. This is when we say that God doesn't make the rules, we do. This is when we say that we know better than God what is right and what is wrong. This is when our own opinion becomes God.
This is when we decide that it's always the woman's right to choose. This is when we decide it's all right to assist in a suicide. This is when we decide that gays should be allowed to marry. This is when we decide anything one way, when God tells us it's the other way.
There is only one way: God's. That means His covenants. Learn them, incorporate them, live them...for this is the road toward righteousness, and there is no other road.