Why do you suppose, that every male who fortold an event was called a "prophet",but the one woman who fortold a very important event was called a "witch"? The Witch of Endor.
2007-01-23 13:22:30 · 12 answers · asked by Heather m 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Cirque de lune...tisk tisk...not a very good way to witness to the non believer is it? Get a clue? Why do you think I'm asking, you genius. Please enlighten me. I read witch. Jees.
2007-01-23 13:35:02 · update #1
Tisk Tisk agian...Either answer with respect or quit coming back to my question you bible thumping hypocrite...why don't you go drink some strichnine or handle some snakes. I am open to learning anything about any religion. As long as ignorant Jesus freaks like you aren't doing the teaching. Why don't you try typing in tongues. It may be more effective if only G/d could read your answers.
2007-01-23 14:04:21 · update #2
Because women were not valued as highly as men. Paul, in particular, had a low regard for women. In some religious denominations, nothing has changed.
2007-01-23 13:28:12 · answer #1 · answered by Cochise 1 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Maybe my answer was rude, but honestly, your question is poorly worded. To make the connection between a prophet and a witch by the act of foretelling is kind of a stretch, and to say the Witch of Endor was famous for prophesying, is flat-out wrong.
The Bible records nothing of her predicting the future. King Saul paid her to hold a seance, because Saul wanted to communicate with a dead prophet. A lot of Bible stories are portrayed incorrectly on here every day, and it really annoys me that people can't read it for themselves.
Go ahead, tisk at me all you like, the fact is you're not open to the Bible to begin with.
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2007-01-23 13:28:49 · answer #2 · answered by cirque de lune 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
There were women prophets in the Bible. The witch of Endor didn't tell a future event. The spirit that was brought up, did.
2007-01-23 13:34:59 · answer #3 · answered by RB 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
1) The witch of Endor did not prophesy. She summoned a spirit from Hades. What prophet ever attempted to summon a spirit from Hades?
2) There were prophetesses mentioned in Scripture. Deborah was one, as well as the two sisters of the Deacon Philip.
3) The term 'witch' in Scripture had nothing to do with the Medieval or modern concepts of a 'witch.'
2007-01-23 13:28:14 · answer #4 · answered by NONAME 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You are mistaken.
male sorcerers who are rebuked: see Acts 8:9-24 and Acts 13:6-12
true prophetesses of the Lord: Judges 4:4-9; II Chronicles 34:22-28 and Luke 2:36-38
2007-01-23 13:31:31 · answer #5 · answered by wefmeister 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The witch of Endor raised the dead,In the Bible only that one time, never heard of again.The next
time we here the word witch in the Bible is when it tells us they all go to hell.
2007-01-23 14:03:53 · answer #6 · answered by gwhiz1052 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There ARE no witches in the Bible! The word is Anglo Saxon and was used to replace other words like Sorceress and Poisoner when the Bible was originaly translated into English. It is one of the problems of translation!
2007-01-23 13:27:29 · answer #7 · answered by Tirant 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Welcome to the beginning of your enlightenment. Prophesy is a gift of the gods, whether it's given to a man or a woman. And is miraculous, regardless of the prophet's religion.
2007-01-23 13:35:31 · answer #8 · answered by Angela M 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Utuk is right.
What Bible are you reading, the New World Translation?
2007-01-23 13:29:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Maybe she was a witch
2007-01-23 13:28:36 · answer #10 · answered by Chocolate Diva 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋