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For a novel I'm currently writing! Please be honest!

2007-03-25 12:34:47 · 21 answers · asked by almasri 2 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

Part of my novel is about a witch-hunter and I want to see the percentage of christians who say that the reverends were right

2007-03-25 12:42:04 · update #1

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No, they were in the wrong. I'm a Christian, but feel that it is morally wrong, in any case, to persecute those who practice a different religion. In this case, they were doubly wrong to allow it to continue because of a general lack of solid evidence. Most of the accused weren't actually practicing witchcraft at all.

2007-03-25 12:40:03 · answer #1 · answered by solarius 7 · 4 0

Of course not! They were superstitious people who were still living under the "old covenant" and who didn't know how to properly apply God's Word to their lives.

Jesus told us to love our enemies, not stone them. The laws that God gave to the Israelites during their journey through the wilderness were to set them apart from the pagans who practiced things like witchcraft. They were meant to keep the people focused on obtaining supernatural help from the true God of Heaven and not to get caught up in demonic/occultic practices. Those laws about stoning a witch have no point of application in a Christian's life today. Instead Christians are supposed to pray for people who practice witchcraft and hope that they will be delivered from the deceptions of the Devil.

2007-03-25 12:42:27 · answer #2 · answered by Martin S 7 · 1 0

I forget the story. But accusing people of being witches and then murdering them that way, is something a murderer would do.

In Christ, we are not under the law of sin & death, but under Grace of God. We are to tell those practicing witchcraft that Jesus loves them.

So, what I recall of the stories of salem witch trials, it was unjust. True Christians were probably the ones accused of being witches.

2007-03-25 12:40:05 · answer #3 · answered by t a m i l 6 · 1 0

Unfortunately, they were as right as they could be. They did not truly understand the Word of God, and failed to balance the prohibitions against witchcraft against the injunctions for mercy. One of the reasons the Bible says "judge not, lest you be judged" is that as people, we do not have all the facts.
Compare this to the secular death penalty today. Are there people who deserve to die for their crimes? Are there crimes so heinous that one should die for them? Yes. The problem, however, is that we cannot know with certitude that we have the right people, or the facts actually are as we believe them. Too many people are imprisoned or executed for crimes everyone believed they committed, only to find out later -- when it is too late -- that they were innocent.
When Jesus was confronted by the elders who had caught a woman in the act of adultery, he refused to participate in her stoning, and deflected them from doing so. If you kill someone, you deprive them of the opportunity to repent, and deprive God of the opportunity to turn their hearts.

2007-03-25 12:45:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

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2016-12-15 08:44:55 · answer #5 · answered by anirudh 4 · 0 0

well the actions of the community were terrible. think if that community were to look at it again they would never do the crime. read the satanic bible and it states that there were witches in the community and says it was the 4 girls that were doing the accusing of others.

2007-03-25 13:05:54 · answer #6 · answered by rap1361 6 · 0 0

Funie Xian here.

No, actually, I don't think so. The minute Christians begin persecuting other religions is the minute we open the door to our own persecution.
Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee...

Have a cookie, pecan sandie, made 'um myself.

2007-03-25 12:41:55 · answer #7 · answered by Last Ent Wife (RCIA) 7 · 1 0

No. I don't believe violence is ever the answer. I too think that era fell victim to hysteria. Fear of the unknown causes all kinds of bad choices.

2007-03-25 12:40:31 · answer #8 · answered by Shyler 4 · 0 0

As a witch, I'm interested to see your answers, considering the only one who actually practiced witchcraft was Tituba.

2007-03-25 12:37:17 · answer #9 · answered by Kallan 7 · 5 1

Absolutely not.They had no right to judge and kill. This was not Christianity.It was ignorance through and through.I think they know that by now. Whoops,now I am judging.

2007-03-25 12:51:00 · answer #10 · answered by ♥ Mel 7 · 0 0

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