Why do Christians hate Wicca(Witchcraft)?

[Svt4Him]

That's a really nice letter. Unfortunately, nice isn't really Biblical. Let me start:

"A Christian is one who has been baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and who has made a personal, free-will decision to commit himself and all his or her life to our Lord and God and Savior, Jesus Christ"

No, a Christian is a disciple of Jesus Christ, who has repented of sin, taken up their cross, crucified the flesh, and follow Jesus. The rest is a pretty bad exegesis of Scripture, which is probably why he distances himself from the authority of the church.

 

[LastMaxim]

Unfortunately, I must agree Myah. This guy hasn't got a very tight reign on scripture. Let's see what some other scholars have to say on the subject:

Mat 8:5-13 -
This centurion was a heathen, a Roman soldier. Though he was a soldier, yet he was a godly man. No man's calling or place will be an excuse for unbelief and sin. See how he states his servant's case. We should concern ourselves for the souls of our children and servants, who are spiritually sick, who feel not spiritual evils, who know not that which is spiritually good; and we should bring them to Christ by faith and prayers. Observe his self-abasement. Humble souls are made more humble by Christ's gracious dealings with them. Observe his great faith. The more diffident we are of ourselves, the stronger will be our confidence in Christ. Herein the centurion owns him to have Divine power, and a full command of all the creatures and powers of nature, as a master over his servants. Such servants we all should be to God; we must go and come, according to the directions of his word and the disposals of his providence. But when the Son of man comes he finds little faith, therefore he finds little fruit. An outward profession may cause us to be called children of the kingdom; but if we rest in that, and have nothing else to show, we shall be cast out. The servant got a cure of his disease, and the master got the approval of his faith. What was said to him, is said to all, Believe, and ye shall receive; only believe. See the power of Christ, and the power of faith. The healing of our souls is at once the effect and evidence of our interest in the blood of Christ.

Mat 8:10 -
So great faith (tosautēn pistin). In a Roman centurion and greater than in any of the Jews. In like manner Jesus marvelled at the great faith of the Canaanitish woman (Mat_15:28).
Mat 8:11 -
Sit down (anaklithēsontai). Recline at table on couches as Jews and Romans did. Hence Leonardo da Vinci’s famous picture of the Last Supper is an anachronism with all seated at table in modern style.
Mat 8:12 -
The sons of the kingdom (hoi huioi tēs basileias). A favourite Hebrew idiom like “son of hell” (Mat_23:15), “sons of this age” (Luk_16:8). The Jews felt that they had a natural right to the privileges of the kingdom because of descent from Abraham (Mat_3:9). But mere natural birth did not bring spiritual sonship as the Baptist had taught before Jesus did.
Into the outer darkness (eis to skotos to exōteron). Comparative adjective like our “further out,” the darkness outside the limits of the lighted palace, one of the figures for hell or punishment (Mat_23:13; Mat_25:30). The repeated article makes it bolder and more impressive, “the darkness the outside,” there where the wailing and gnashing of teeth is heard in the thick blackness of night.

Also, the fellow seems to have forgotten the next verse :

Mat 8:13 And Jesus said to the centurion, "Go; it shall be done for you as you have believed." And the servant was healed that very moment.

hmm..believed in what? (or more appropriately who?) That's right--Jesus!!

Also, Jesus says the following:
Joh 14:6 Jesus *said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.

hmm...

 

[HesMyAll]

Unfortunately, this person has taken little bits and pieces from the Bible and interpreted them to fit what he believes. What he has said in this article is completely un-Biblical. It sounds all nice and fuzzy, but it's Mr. James Clement Taylor's twisted interpretation, not God's heart. The only thing he got right was that we should not persecute Wiccans. Of course we shouldn't. We shouldn't persecute anyone. But, we also shouldn't lie like this guy and tell people their beliefs are ok with God when they aren't. Sad.

Tracie

I totally agree. People are deceiving and being deceived because they want a "feel good" religion. Unfortunately, the price is their souls.

 

[SquareC]

Unfortunately, this person has taken little bits and pieces from the Bible and interpreted them to fit what he believes. What he has said in this article is completely un-Biblical. It sounds all nice and fuzzy, but it's Mr. James Clement Taylor's twisted interpretation, not God's heart. The only thing he got right was that we should not persecute Wiccans. Of course we shouldn't. We shouldn't persecute anyone. But, we also shouldn't lie like this guy and tell people their beliefs are ok with God when they aren't. Sad.

Tracie

Unfortunately, taking little bits and pieces from the Bible and interpreting them to fit what they believe is what most Christians do....from good or ill intentions, it doesn't matter. It is still the same thing. You can take 15 Christians, give them a Biblical passage and ask them what it means to them, you will receive 15 different answers. Some of the answers may be similar, but none will be identical. People's interpretations vary according to the experiences they have had in life, according to their basic personalities, and according to the doctrines they have been taught. That's why there are all those different denominations out there......

 

[Tracie]

SquareC - You're absolutely correct, but that doesn't make it ok. There are no such things as "personal interpretations" when it comes to the Bible. The Bible speaks for itself and personal experiences, personalities and doctrines are no reason to misinterpret the Bible. You can't just give a person a verse and tell them to interpret it. You have to know the scripture that surrounds it, the background (like who wrote it, why and when) and the culture. If a person comes to you and gives you one verse to prove a point, you'd better be getting out your Bible and reading the entire book to see what it really means. You're right, people do this for bad and for good. It would be really easy to quote a passage to prove a good point, but it's just as wrong as if you did it to prove a bad one.

Great point you made.

Tracie

 

[Tracie]

And also......asking a person "what does this passage mean to you?" is a dangerous question. It doesn't even matter "what it means to you"...all that matters is what it actually means. To God.

Tracie

 

[SquareC]

And also......asking a person "what does this passage mean to you?" is a dangerous question. It doesn't even matter "what it means to you"...all that matters is what it actually means. To God.

Tracie

I understand your point, but who knows what it actually means to God? If anyone did, there wouldn't be umpteen different denominations arguing about what it does mean to God. I know many Christians get their enlightenment in this from the Holy Spirit, but it appears from my conversations with many, many Christians that some have feelings they attribute to the Holy Spirit that completely contradict the feelings others' have that they also attribute to the Holy Spirit. I don't know who is right or wrong there, it's not my religion or my place to judge. But from an outsiders' point of view, it is dangerous to think that anyone's interpretation of the Bible is actually what it means to God. Too many contradictions, too many different beliefs within Christianity.

 

[RaptureTicketHolder]

From page 1:

I can be a Christian and not think Wicca is evil

I really do snicker quite often when I see sentiment like this. Do you honestly believe that GOD will say aok to you telling Him we agree to disagree?

GOD says this or that is a sin, you disagree, and you think GOD will in turn say - yep we will agree to disagree....

What a farce!

There is none of that in Christianity! Sentiment like this is wordly spun. The sooner folks see that, the better.

 

[LastMaxim]

I understand your point, but who knows what it actually means to God? If anyone did, there wouldn't be umpteen different denominations arguing about what it does mean to God. I know many Christians get their enlightenment in this from the Holy Spirit, but it appears from my conversations with many, many Christians that some have feelings they attribute to the Holy Spirit that completely contradict the feelings others' have that they also attribute to the Holy Spirit. I don't know who is right or wrong there, it's not my religion or my place to judge. But from an outsiders' point of view, it is dangerous to think that anyone's interpretation of the Bible is actually what it means to God. Too many contradictions, too many different beliefs within Christianity.

....yup..quite right, on many counts, there...is why we have 'testing the spirit', as per '1 John 4' ...

 

[Smilin]

From page 1:


I really do snicker quite often when I see sentiment like this. Do you honestly believe that GOD will say aok to you telling Him we agree to disagree?

GOD says this or that is a sin, you disagree, and you think GOD will in turn say - yep we will agree to disagree....

What a farce!

There is none of that in Christianity! Sentiment like this is wordly spun. The sooner folks see that, the better.

I snicker as well when I hear "God sais this" or "God sais that"....
What media of communciation do you refer?

 

[ALL4J3SUS]

Hello, the bible also condemns people with leprosy and jewish people, so are you against them too?

I'm not sure if the Bible condemns pple with leprosy and Jewish ppl but that all changed when Jesus came to earth. He did not condemn them, instead He healed them and even made some of them His fishers of men.

You must understand something, God hates sin (witchcraft is sin) and if you don't receive Christ as your Saviour, God's wrath WILL fall upon you.
I do hope and pray that you receive Him soon and have the gift of eternal life and be spared from His wrath.

 

[Uriah]

I agree with you All4Jesus.. I agree You are right about witchcraft is a sin. Nicely pput

 

[RaptureTicketHolder]

I snicker as well when I hear "God sais this" or "God sais that"....
What media of communciation do you refer?

His word, the Holy Bible.

What were you thinking?

 

[SilverMoonChick]

Since when is someone's religious belief's considered a "sin"? Everyone has the right to their own beliefs in America. As a former christian, I have come face to face with the bad part of christianity. You know those types, they make everyone else doing good christianity look bad. heres a thing for you: its about the bible. do all christians believe in One Heaven One Earth One Hell? how come the bible mentions the "third heaven"? Also, what about when the church forced Galileo to recant his findings in space? (when the church taught that the sun revolved around the earth, and Galileo proved otherwise?). Also, if you do your history on christianity, it did have a dark side. The bible also condemns the christian being the judge of others. he said that to the extent one judges, one will be judged by god himself. also the bible doesnt mention north and south america. because they weren't found yet. and the native americans there were living simultaneously with the bible times, even tho they were in other countries. you see, christianity is just a religion. thats all. it cannot assume that its right and everyone else is wrong. the bible also states that men never shave their beards and not to grow more than one type of plant in the same soil. so i guess since the majority of men shave...they must be "sinning"....Hardly thew case....the bible needs to be examined more closely from a philosophical point of view before it is mandated as the "error proof" "word of god"..(men wrote the bible and men make mistakes. also what about the council of Nicea where many books of the bible were taken apart? what about the "forever lost" dead sea scrolls that were recently found? the dead sea scrolls are none other than missing books of the bible. by the way, the bible has been edited so many times by catholics, lutherans, episcopalians, mormons, and protestants alike that the bible has lost most if not ALL of its so called "truths". and what about near death experiences? (NDE's) you can't say what a person did or did not see during an NDE unless youve experienced one yourself. read Betty J Eadie's book "embraced by the light"...and you'll see what I mean.

by the way, I follow native american spirituality, and it has been the greatest thing for me.

 

[Rae]

For many of us, the Bible is the words of fallible humans only. We find "God" elsewhere.

 

[SilverMoonChick]

Why does the bible have just a male type of entity. everything in the bible is about suppressing the female. now let me ask you all something....I'm sure your mothers have told you this at one point in your life...hell, I know MY mother has!!

"I brought your *** into this world, and I can take your *** out!"

seriously I wonder if the "men" of the bible ever had this said to them...women give birth to children, thats why the native americans held women on such a high sacred pedistool. and if a native american man raped a woman, the women of the tribe would get together and castrate the man. so the native americans, I would say...respected their women, and if the middle eastern oriented bible...(coincidentally to this day extremely male dominated) had their women ever had said the above phrase to their men....we would be seeing a whole lot of change in the male dominence of the modern day churches of christianity...with alot more respect and sacredness held towards the females. because as men may or may not have chosen to know---we populate this planet....we carry the children in our wombs.....the world would die out without females...trust me....

 

[Smilin]

His word, the Holy Bible.

What were you thinking?

Which Bible? Which version...

 

[Smilin]

seriously I wonder if the "men" of the bible ever had this said to them...women give birth to children, thats why the native americans held women on such a high sacred pedistool. and if a native american man raped a woman, the women of the tribe would get together and castrate the man.

Women held (and still do hold) high status within Native American traditions,
society, and religion. Geneology is passed down through the Mother,
the Mother's clan became her children's clan... and a woman simply
divorced her husband by throwing his stuff out of their lodge (seriously)

Personally, I prefer their reverence of women over what I read and
was taught from Christianity.

 

[Smilin]

by the way, I follow native american spirituality, and it has been the greatest thing for me.

As do I walk The Red Road...
Which tribe, which clan? may I ask?

 

[dlamberth]

For many of us, the Bible is the words of fallible humans only. We find "God" elsewhere.

Amen!!!