Where in the Bible does it refer to witches? why is wicca wrong? scripture welcome.?

Answer 1

Deuteronomy 18:10-12 There should not be found in you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, anyone who employs divination, a practicer of magic or anyone who looks for omens or a sorcerer, or one who binds others with a spell or anyone who consults a spirit medium or a professional foreteller of events or anyone who inquires of the dead. For everybody doing these things is something detestable

I think the scripture is self explanatory as to WHY it is wrong.

Answer 2

First, the use of "witch" in the Bible and "witch" as we know it in modern times is two different things.

Also, keep in mind that at the time the Old and New Testaments were written, very little was known of science and the earth. Simple things like natural disasters must have been the cause of angry gods, not natural phenonema, or must have been the work of "witches".

Witches were actually men and women that were learned in the ways of nature, herbs, seasonal changes, natural healing, homeopathy, and mid-wifery. People looked-up to them for daily information regarding crops, healthy, and other matters. Much of what they did was looked upon with suspicion by Christianity as it spread throughout the Middle East and Europe. Many of would-be Christians believed in this magick and not of the Christian priests, so Christianity demonized these "witches".

"The gods of the old religion become the demons of the new."

This is why we had the Burning Times when tens of thousands of people lost their lives for being "witches". When there was famine or plague and the Church could not do anything to change it (although they said they could), they pointed the finger at innocent people as being the cause of the problem, thus diverting attention from the fact that they were as powerless then as they are now against natural disasters.

Wicca is not wrong. It is a Neopagan religion that takes from the old pre-Christian religions of Europe and adds a modern twist to them. All Wiccans are Pagan, but not all Pagans are Wiccan. Wicca is more closely aligned to Native American shamanism than it is to anything else. And nobody thinks American Indians worship a devil.

But, many Christians (and Muslims), in their closed-minded quest for themselves refuse to accept other's religion, and thus demonize anyone that doesn't follow their path. These religions feel the only way to keep adherants is to brainwashing them into believing that their religion is the only true religion and that all other ways are wrong.

Answer 3

First you have to keep in mind the words "Wiccan" and "witch" are not really synonymous. A witch is simply a sorcerer, and the word doesn't imply any particular religion. In Exod.. 22:18 the word witch = kawshawf Heb. does indeed refer to sorcerers. Literally, it means "someone who whispers a spell".

Wicca is a religion cobbled together from other occult sources by a man named Gerald Gardner, who was a nudist, feminist, and masochist and claimed...lo and behold...somehow stone age goddess worshippers made it into the 20th century in England of all places and had exactly the same fetishes he did. As Ned Flanders might say "What a coinkydink!"

You can read why Wicca is not compatible with the Bible in one of my past answers:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ArzXBcbOqqk4EX2TL1TvuvPsy6IX?qid=20060922162423AAcU9lu&show=7#profile-info-fce322a43010d992cad823408788574aaa

Answer 4

The reference that most people quote from the Bible is "thou Shall Not suffer a Witch to live." That is a mistranslation. It's actually thou shall not suffer a poisoner to live. The words are very similar in their original language. The reason was that warring tribes used to poison each others livestock, crops and water supply.

Also, people who don't understand magickal theory don't realize what it is that Wiccans practice. Wiccans actively practice a type of magick that all people practice. You should read the unbiased book Not in Kansas Anymore by journalist Christine Wicker. It will help you understand that magick isn't like Harry Potter.

If you have any other questions about Wicca please ask me.

Answer 5

Exodus 22:18 The KJV says, "Thou Shalt not Suffer a Witch to Live." The problem is, that King James changed the word Witch from poisoner (of wells).

Wicca is not wrong. Christians may not agree with Wicca, but that doesn't mean it is wrong.

http://www.mdpagans.com/wiccaisnot.html

http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=usfl&c=white&id=1938

Answer 6

The witchcraft mentioned in the Hebrew scriptures seems to have been associated with human sacrifice of children, so it stands to reason this could not be tolerated.
The only reference I found in the New Testament simply lists witchcraft with a number of other serious sins, and warns that practitioners of all of them will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
I don't think modern Wicca is quite comparable with the "witchcraft" mentioned in the Bible, since I have not heard of it using human sacrifice.
However, since it does not acknowledge one God, or salvation through Jesus, it would not be acceptable within Christianity.
You can look up the references at this website:
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=55&chapter=5&verse=20&version=31&context=verse

Answer 7

There is an account in 1 Samuel 28:3,7-10 about Saul and a spirit medium, a witch.

What makes it wrong is that a person with these kind of powers are involved in spiritism, that is, being in contact with spirit persons. These spirits are not good, but evil. They are demons, fallen angels.

God speaks about staying away from spiritism in for an ex Deu 18:10-12 and the destruction for those who practise spiritism in Rev 21:8.

Answer 8

there is one supposed scripture (leviticus?) that says thou shall not suffer a witch to live...this is a bad translation of the original ..thou shall not suffer a poisoner to live...now since the local wise person had knowledge of both herbs to heal and poisons that harm this was used as a rallying cry to eliminate the practicioners of the old ways...a horrible way to convert anyone to a specific path...and nothing is wrong with wicca, judiasm, christianity or islam...its those that choose to harm others under the banner of their chosen religious path that is wrong...be well, be loved and blessed be

Answer 9

I don't know anything about wicca, but I think there was something in the O.T. about king saul (not sure) that went to visit a witch because he was seeking answers, but he did'nt want the witch to know that he was trying to fish something out of her.

Answer 10

The only "quote" they can provide is the famous "suffer not a witch to live" quote.
However, that quote was written by King James himself to rationalize murdering "witches" all over Europe.
The actual passage used to read "suffer not a disease to exist" but you know what it's like when misogynistic morons use religion to advance their own agenda right?