"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live?"?

Question

We are living in the 21st century, where we're supposed to be civilized. So why is it that Christians cling to this outdated doctrine, and then in another breath say they are peaceful and loving?

Yeah, dude, please, show me where we are killing christians. I'll bet you 20 bucks it's all made up propaganda to justify the way you treat us, and isn't real.

Guess what William, you just bought yourself a binding spell. Congrats.

Answer 1

Ask them if they know how it was written in the original greek?
Because that passage used to read "suffer not a disease (or illness) to exist) but since King James was a Mason and a mysoginist, he found it easier to re-write the passage and therefore open up a whole new world of persecution and murder. All condoned by an outdated book of mis-translated mythology.
Fun huh?

Julia,
Once again you show the world what a moron you really are. It's a quote from your favorite book of outdated jewish mythology, the 'wholly babble" Specifically, Exodus 22:18.

Answer 2

I don't go around killing people I think may be involved in the occult. God also said to obey the law as long as it does not contradict His own. The governmental law when that commandment was written allowed for capital punishment of pretty much anything, so this type of punishment would not have been uncommon even among the other nations. All sorts of cultures had the death sentence for people who disrespected their parents for crying out loud.
While Christianity was built on Judaic law, and Jesus Christ was the fulfillment of the Judaic expectancy of a Messiah, Jesus also coined the phrase "Then neither do I condemn you, go and sin no more." He said this to a woman that Pharisees caught in the act of adultery (another sin punishable by death), He had told them that the one among them who had never sinned could throw the first stone at the woman, and they all left because they all knew they had been guilty of things too.
Jesus also said "Do not judge (peoples righteousness before God) or you too will be judged by the same measure." Basically, we have no right, as flawed human beings, to condemn another person who has sinned. We can not judge fairly because we are not perfect.
P.S. If you think the 21st century is "civilized" you obviously have not been watching the news. Cambodia, Rwanda, Darfur, these arent nice and polite situations.

Answer 3

"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live?"?
We are living in the 21st century, where we're supposed to be civilized. So why is it that Christians cling to this outdated doctrine, and then in another breath say they are peaceful and loving?
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Christians have never been peaceful and loving. Christianity
has always been a war mongering death cult, and the true god
of Christianity has always been Satan.
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What is your evidence or basis for saying that Christians "do not suffer a witch to live"?
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thats in the bible.
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Sorry, but you would not dare judge a group of modern people for things that happened hundreds of years ago. Unless that group is Christians, of course.
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except that modern christians are also fascists, and are using their religion to justify killing people and enslaving the world.
So its still going on.
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i think some people are scared when they see or hear the word witch and dont realize the actual religion
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obviously, considering that christianity diabolized its competitor
in order to justify murdering them.
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You are alive aren't you.'NUF SAID.
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yes, but the persecution still exists, and Christianity is as fascist
now as its always been

Answer 4

The conception of what a "witch" is has changed over time. Modern day Wicca does not resemble in total the former manifestations of the historical English or Continental witch.

I wouldn't just blame Christianity for the persecution of witches but Western culture -- although the Bible was certainly used to justify brutal treatment of "witches." Misogynistic impulses and the violence inherent in human nature also contributed (and still contributes) to the witchhunt mentality.

Answer 5

Do you suppose the Bible needs an editing job to remove the stuff that isn't politically correct? Perhaps the part calling homosexuality an abomination could be removed too. Also any mention of the earth being flat, or of the sun standing still. Heck, maybe the two genealogies of Joseph in the New Testament could be reconciled with each other.

Answer 6

When is the last time you heard of someone burning a witch? Personally, I think that went out in the 1400's or 1500's. Jesus told us not to throw stones, so besides some of the more judgmental christians, most of us don't throw anything. Even the judgmental ones aren't burning witches, just blowing a lot of hot air.

Answer 7

I have read your BIO, and I am not afraid of anything that you may think that you can do. The New Testament does not tell us to kill people like you. But we are not to socialize with, make friends with, or otherwise associate with your kind. Although we can and we are told to give you the Gospel. Jesus loves you and died for you. When you got into this spell thing I bet you did not know that you would be trafficking with the Devil. Satan is a liar and the father of them, you can not believe anything he says or does. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

Answer 8

Ok show me where any christian has actually "clung to this doctrine" to the point of killing a witch in the 21st century?

Can't can you?
Now let me show you were CHRISTIANS are being KILLED BY PAGANS today.

BTW Yoda that section was not written originally in Greek it was written in ARAMAIC. and the words when translated were "Suffer not the BRINGERS of Illness" the words bringers of illness is the same word that was also used in Aramaic to describe those who pretended to treat illnesses (like gypsy witch doctors so the traslation is CORRECT)

Answer 9

Many Christians are perplexed when they confront the issue of the Mosaic Law. How binding is the Law on the Christian? Some have said that Jesus abolished the Law of Moses. I would have to disagree, based on the following passage spoken by Jesus Himself:

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. (Matthew 5:17)
Some have suggested that by "fulfil," Jesus meant "abolish." Indeed, "abolish" is one meaning of "fulfil," but it is also the only meaning of "destroy." So if He had meant "abolish," He might as well have said, "I am not come to abolish, but to abolish." We can assume, therefore, that Jesus meant, "to develop the full potentialities of" when He said "fulfil."

So why then do Christians not observe the Mosaic Law? The answer is that they do observe parts, but not all of it. Some parts of the Law were meant to be temporary, while others were intended to be permanent. This is seen in the fact that before Moses, the ancient Jews were not bound to the ritual commands (except circumcision). If the Mosaic Law was not meant to be temporary, then either God changes or the God of the righteous men and women before Moses was a different god. But this is absurd. We know that the God of Abraham was the God of Moses, and that He is our God today. The coming of Christ made parts of the Mosaic law unnecessary.


In order to understand this, we must realize that the Law is made up of three parts: ceremonial, civil, and moral.


The ceremonial law related specifically to Israel's worship. Since its primary purpose was to point to the coming Savior, Jesus made it unnecessary. He did not abolish it, in the sense of destroying it; He fulfilled it. Nowhere do we read that Jesus thought that the ceremonial law was wrong. The principles behind the ceremonial law are still applicable to us today, that is, the principles of worshipping and serving a holy God.


The civil law prescribed rules for the Israelites' daily living. These laws separated the Jews from the Gentiles, and gave the Gentiles the example of how a holy people should live. Since much was given to the Jews, much was expected. But God gave a new covenant in Christ, and there is now no distinction to be made between Jew and Gentile. We are still to follow the requirements of this law as God's people, but the punishments are not for any nation to impose on its people, because we are no longer separated by nations but by God's grace (Christians and non-Christians).


The moral law is basically the Ten Commandments. We are still bound by these laws, not for salvation, but to live a holy life. Jesus not only desired that His followers adhere to these commandments, He wished that they would go above and beyond them. He said, "Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: but I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment..." He desired not only an outward observance of these laws, but an inward observance as well.


So we see that the parts of the Law that have been rendered obsolete are those that contain ordinances. An ordinance is either a memorial of something that has already passed or a type of something in the future. The Old Testament laws containing ordinances were not meant to be permanent. There are no ordinances in the Ten Commandment Law.


Now, we must remember that following rules and regulations will not get us into heaven. It is only through the blood of Jesus that we can see heaven. But if we love Him, we will keep His commandments.

Answer 10

That's a mistranslation. I believe in the original Greek, "witch" was supposed to be "poisoner"

And you are painting with a very broad brush. There are some Christians who actually DO follow the tenets laid forth by Jesus (which basically boil down to "Be nice to one another"), and there are others who use the Bible as a means to control others' behavior.