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Witchcraft
Im not anti-christian, infact im christian myself but, why do christians think that witchcraft is wrong? Its another religion just like Buhdism and christianity itself.
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because its...witchcraft..and the bible says its wrong..and you would be misinformed if you believe its just like any other religion..cuz its not..at all....read the bible and youlll see what i mean
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witchcraft is considered wrong because it involves demons. people think that it's something different when all it is is demon's doing the work. something like ghosts...some believe they exist because they've *seen them*...the truth is that demons are sent out to deceive people just like witchcraft
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well im not to familiar with the religion witchcraft but in my religion it is viewed as evil cause it means an individual can have magickal powers and only god has the right to that. as well the religion is also connected with the devil and witchcraft involves curses im guessing so therefore curses are evil. any way i dont mean to offend anyone who prctices witchcraft im simply implying to what i've been told.
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because in the bibnle it talks about how witchcraft is the devil's work
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Well, it's not quite like Christianity. It's a polytheistic religion, meaning it has more than one God. The Bible says that any religion that does not believe in God is ran by the devil, basically, so they think all witches (which was the main other religion around the time the Bible was written) are evil. Exodus also says 'thou shalt not suffer a witch to live'.
Basically, the men who put the Bible together were terrified of witches. They also needed someone to blame when bad things happened. Pagans became the scape-goats. The prejudice has carried on *shrugs*.
It's nice to see a Christian who doesn't think badly of witches though!!
In actual fact, it's not Christianity that is at fault. Witches and Christians shared many of the same beliefs at one time (i.e. reincarnation). The men who put the Bible together knew they would have no power over people if people realised there was life after death - the death penalty, and therefore the fear of death, would cease to exist. They took whole books on reincarnation out in order to keep people afraid of death afraid. I just find it ironic they failed to take the biggest image of reincarnation and ressurection out - Jesus returning from the dead! :)
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because it says in the Bible that GOd hates witchcraft. i really dont think you should need any other reason. + witchcraft has to do w/ the devil and believe u do not want the devil to interfere with your lifestyle!
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All practices of magic or sorcery, by which one attempts to tame occult powers, so as to place them at one's service and have a supernatural power over others - even if this were for the sake of restoring their health - are gravely contrary to the virtue of religion. These practices are even more to be condemned when accompanied by the intention of harming someone, or when they have recourse to the intervention of demons. Wearing charms is also reprehensible. Spiritism often implies divination or magical practices; the Church for her part warns the faithful against it. Recourse to so-called traditional cures does not justify either the invocation of evil powers or the exploitation of anothers credulity."
-----The Catechism of the Catholic Church
When Christianity first started to become popular and accepted they would convert people by giving away food, clothing and shelter to those who needed it. Nothing wrong with this. When it started to develop a higherarchie and the religion became accepted among governmental rulers of the world it worried them when they encountered local popular religions that the locals didn't want to let go of. One of the methods the church used to get people to join the church was absorb the local traditions and holidays into church practice. A couple of those holidays is Christmas, which was the winter solstice and another is Easter which was the celebration of spring. The church changed Christmas into Jesus Christ’s birthday, but kept the tradition of the tree and gift giving. Easter was the celebration of spring and the renewal of life. They used this to symbolize Christ rising from the dead again. We also have kept the symbols of the bunny, which represented fertility and the egg, which represented rebirth in the old traditions. Now we have the Easter Bunny who delivers eggs and candy. When there were people who wanted to continue in the old ways and religion the church would demonize them and burn anyone at the stake that would not convert. Witchcraft is actually a term that was brought about by the church. It also wasn't hard to accuse someone of witchcraft in those days and it stick. If someone didn't like someone or they were mad at them they could accuse someone of witchcraft and it would be up to the accused to prove otherwise. It was near to impossible to prove you were not a witch once accused. If you were good with animals you were a witch. If you knew what herbs to use for diseases, you were a witch. Midwives were burned at the stack because this was viewed as witchcraft. In a nutshell, anything the church perceived as a threat the church would demonize them or it.
Did you know that the first thousand years priests could marry? In some parts of the world they still can like Greece for example. They could not eradicate this practice everywhere. It was a man made decision that they become celibate. Becoming Pope was a bloody battle for ages. Priests would murder each other to get this position. There are many Popes who had children too. Did you know the church brought about the historical “dark ages”? It was their attempt at controlling the populace. They deemed it illegal for anyone to be able to read with the exception of a few elite. This way they could keep people in fear which is one of the best control methods.
It may come across to you that I am anti-Christian. This is farthest from the truth. I’m just anti-propaganda. The church has changed Christ’s intent. I have read the bible through twice. That by no means makes me an expert. I have never read anywhere in the bible where Christ is trying to start a new religion. He does say follow me for I am the way, this is true, but, he was trying to reform Judaism. Jesus was a rabbi, though a radical one for the times. He felt the people had wondered from the true faith and was trying to gather them back. I have a bible, which is directly translated from Aramaic. This is the language that Jesus spoke. What you read here is totally different from what you find in the King James version and many others. These other versions of the bible came out as a direct result to control us. The niacin council was formed by Constantine and it was they who picked out which gospels would be put into the bible. Constantine changed the holy day from Saturday to Sunday in honor of his favorite god the sun god. He wrote something called the niacin creed. He ordained that it had to be recited during chrurch service and any priest that didn't do it would be beheaded. Well, you guessed it...some where beheaded. There are gospels that were writen by some of Christ's deciples that never made it into the bible, and then, some that were written 100 years after christ that did make it in.
I could go on and on about this subject. I’ve been to Israel and had my baptism reconfirmed in the Jordan River. The place is amazing. It is spring feed and is crystal clear water. Nothing like that which you see in the movies.
A personal note. If you look at all of the religions you will find a lot of similarities. They are all speaking of the same entity. Spirits of the forest are Angels to us. The many gods are arch angles to us. I have read documentation that Jesus in his lost years visited India and studied there. Look at how he sits and prays (Buddhists call it meditate). Look at all of the depictions of him holding his hands out palms forward. This is a typical stance in the Buddhist faith to be receptive of positive energy. The Buddhist faith is full of healings that are exactly like those Christ performed. Yogis perform miracles exactly like them today. So, for anyone to call another faith evil only shows how little they know. I believe all the major religions are God’s attempt to reach his flocks. Thousands of years ago there was no television, so, he contacted people within their cultures and helped them with their particular needs. We are all children of God.
If you have further questions feel free to contact me.
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because its worshipping satan
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Christians think everything is wrong.
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Because..in the bible it sais anyone who practices witchcraft is going against God, and they will be sent to hell..honestly I don't really pay attention to all of that..because not all witchcraft is bad! Well I hope that answered ur question! ♥ caitie
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They say that cause the power supposedly comes from the cevil. I have a friend who is Wican and uses magic only to help others. Using black magic is devils magic and gray magic is when the thing you want to happen happens but something bad also happens. If I helped give me a 5... and to find out more on Wican ask solemnstar. he has an advice column here
---Montrealfan
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Most religions believe that if you use witchcraft then that is a sign that you are worshiping the devil. If you use witchcraft the power is definiately not coming from God. They think that if you use witchcraft then the devil has consumed your body. It sounds strange i know. When i was catholic thas what they told me. Now i am mormon and they dont really talk about it.
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Because apparently witchcraft is disturbing spirits and they worship the devil. Which isn't true.
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