Does anybody know what voodoo is.Is it Bad.Is it true that its Black Magic.?

Answer 1

As with anything, there is both good and evil and its just the user that controls which is which. Some call this 'Black Magic' and there are other names for it as well. It was rumored that in New Orleans in the bayou was the strongest practice of voodoo in the states.

Answer 2

Definitions of Voodoo
Magical practice considered to be a form of black magic but also is considered a religion to some.
Mysterious religion involving charms and spells that came to Louisiana via the Caribbean.
A religious system based mainly on beliefs and practices brought from Africa into the Western world, although now incorporating other components and having further developed through time and circumstance. The name "Voodoo" comes from the Fon word for the system, practiced in Dahomey for example, of worshiping, and seeking assistance and oracles from divine power, as this was channeled through the visible presence of a specific kind of living creature.
African religion which believes in seven gods and uses spells and conjuring for personal gain or to hurt others.

Now tell me do you think it is BAD ????

That is why New Orleans was flooded it need severe cleansing.

Love & Blessings
Milly

Answer 3

Voodoo is not powered by demons or the devil, its powered by the power within you. That actually makes it worse. Its like a curse, its meant to harm someone else. "And it harm none, do as ye will." You can usually tell if somethings evil by following that. Try using white magic, spells and potions. Nothing for revenge though. And if someone looses a relationship or competion or anything else because of your magic its harming them, so always weigh the outcomes before casting a spell.

Answer 4

Voudoun (often mispronounced voodoo) is a religion common in Haiti and around the Carribean. They believe in magic, but that does not mean they all practice it. Not all magic is black - i.e. evil.

Yay przhm247! Keep spreading that bigotry and hate, way to go - your Jesus must be so proud of you.

Answer 5

Vodun (a.k.a. Vodoun, Voudou, Voodoo, Sevi Lwa) is commonly called Voodoo by the public. The name is traceable to an African word for "spirit". Vodun's can be directly traced to the West African Yoruba people who lived in 18th and 19th century Dahomey. Its roots may go back 6,000 years in Africa. That country occupied parts of today's Togo, Benin and Nigeria. Slaves brought their religion with them when they were forcibly shipped to Haiti and other islands in the West Indies.

Vodun was actively suppressed during colonial times. "Many Priests were either killed or imprisoned, and their shrines destroyed, because of the threat they posed to Euro-Christian/Muslim dominion. This forced some of the Dahomeans to form Vodou Orders and to create underground societies, in order to continue the veneration of their ancestors, and the worship of their powerful gods." 1 Vodun was again suppressed during the Marxist regime. However, it has been freely practiced in Benin since a democratic government was installed there in 1989. Vodun was formally recognized as Benin's official religion in 1996-FEB. It is also followed by most of the adults in Haiti. It can be found in many of the large cities in North America, particularly in the American South.

Today over 60 million people practice Vodun worldwide. Religions similar to Vodun can be found in South America where they are called Umbanda, Quimbanda or Candomble.

Today, there are two virtually unrelated forms of the religion:

An actual religion, Vodun practiced in Benin, Dominican Republic, Ghana, Haiti, Togo and various centers in the US - largely where Haitian refuges have settled.
An evil, imaginary religion, which we will call Voodoo. It has been created for Hollywood movies, complete with violence, bizarre rituals, etc. It does not exist in reality.

In other words, it is a religion.

Answer 6

Voodoo is an African Diaspora religion. It is essentially a traditional African religion as melded with Catholocism.

Not bad; bad in religion is largely a matter of the individual practitioners. Any religion can be misused.

Answer 7

voodoo is a religion, with both christian and african beliefs as part of the belief. Good and bad is relative only to who the practitioner is and what he/she wants to accomplish.

Answer 8

I will believe in black magic the same time I believe in the tooth fairy

Answer 9

Voodoo is powered by demons...You decide if it is bad.

Answer 10

Voodoo is of the devil