Salem Witch Trials?

Question

~*Christians how do you feel about all of the people who were tried convicted and put to death for witch craft and were innocent? Like Rebecca Nurse?

How does your god justify this?
Why did he not come to their aid?

Answer 1

If you remove the labels & look at the attitudes, you find a common pattern.

Looking at any Hate-inspired atrocities. There's very little difference between the various Zealots' approaches. "Kill them all & let God sort them out" is a commonplace.

& I can't begin to list just how many ways that is scary.

Just include my usual disclaimer: I recognsie that SOME X-ians are hate mongering Zealots. OTHER Xians are reasonable people who accept differences rather than attack.

& Another PS.

Hey Holy Cow,

Some of us here (including Ariel & myself) are A*U*S*T*R*A*L*I*A*N*S. Know the place?? It's in the bottom part of the planet. AND we have NO legal "freedom of religion" in our laws.

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Answer 2

Lien: Remember.
(Elder Aussie Witch starred this Q.)

Would Like to Warn Contributors & Top ones too. For the Sake of Yahoo & DAMNED "HISTORY".
The Following is Taking Place. As such cannot - will not write into Yahoo until SOLVED:
"'Folkloric Xian 'females' are "Sacrificing" Devouringly Their own 'Daughters'
into 'Acting out' the 'Sluttiness' they Pretend they Never Had.

One of the Top Contributor's 'ascerbic' excuse:
Same as When me 'Met' Hedgewitch...
That's "All they have Seen"

"Ariel": Nothing can Justify this - despite the Fact that:
The "Wheel Is Safe" & So Are You.
Someone who is "articulate" must Explain To The Yahoo Shepherds, as soon as possible, that 'Pelvic Exam' is not
"for Show" - as they say.
Please Forgive Bitter "Tone" of my Answer.
Would rather "Sing."
(may, maynot leave a liitle 'song-comptine' to LuciferRous for little Devilman up there: remember The xian males: the 'rascals'
A Thought regarding how "They Got Had also..." ?)

"Will Not Forget" - and Neither Will "Time" & "oil".

[ Edit on:18% = 9
For Sweet after me: "Prove IT Now Your "Temple/Body Sanctity" or whatever IS your subliminal "Credo of Liberty",etc...
For ex: "How Did You Birth ?"
Was hubby With You Witnessing IT all, as though IT was
"The Done Thing" - no need to reply.
Well, not even "Lucy's Bones" Are "Respected", by Some, IT would seem. Now who Remembers The Queen Of "Sheebah" ?]
{ At Least Me's Husband Wasn't There at "First" birth - not
The sort-of-man who "Books" Wife for "Inductions" & What usually "Follows" - now Q.
1: How Manly is That ?
2. How Intelligent ?
3. How Damming ?
4. How Thrifty ?
5. How Protective ?
^. How Xian - while we're at IT ?
9 for U]
Of Course - "Up" we have to Go...At Least: A Bard Will Not Leave ANYONE without
"A Sense Of Immortality" - IT is Ours To Catch. Like Midwives & "Hot Virgin" assistants. Yes, Caught The Song like a Fever - no, not a Damp-Fever And no, not the one which is so "Intense", IT Radiates Thru' the Sheets.
"IT comes" & Goes With "The Song" Which Replenishes & Carries:
Movie Hair - "Long Beautiful Hair" AND Shakespeare - so, at least SING:
"What A Piece of Work IS Man (?)
How Noble in Reason ..."

Answer 3

We have no idea - in the "crucible" which was based on it, but not actually factual, she ran away and became a prostitute. Here is the scenario referenced in "Echoes Down the Corridor" which is at the end of The Crucible, by Arthur Miller) it says that "The legend has it that Abigail turned up later as a prostitute in Boston." However, given the use of the word "legend," it is presumed the accusation is most likely false. The last claim states Abigail died from a common Sexually transmitted disease in colonial Massachusetts during that time period. Although there is no definite evidence of what happened to Williams after the trials ended, one reference stated she "apparently died before the end of 1697, if not sooner, no older than seventeen." I don't think you can make a 5 page paper out of that, you'd better find a different subject.

Answer 4

Most Christians are not going to anwer this question. They will instead point to the King James version of the bible and state that "That's the law" or some such nonsense.

But the Bible has been tampered with by for thousands of years, and most often each time a new translation is made. King James wanted a bible for the people, his people, and he wanted them to believe as he did. So he made sure his famous "translation" took care of people who practiced magic, especially female practitioners as someone had hired three sorceresses tried to kill his brother.

So from the greek from which he was translating:

"Thou shalt not suffer a poisoner (one who poisons) to live."

was changed to:

"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."

and the rest is history.

Now some will say, "No it was witch in Hebrew". Well the meaning of words change as time goes on, but in this case they don't think so. At the time of the writing of Exodus 22:18 the writing of the words "M'khashephah lo tichayyah" is often thought to meant "Thou shall not allow a sorceress to live." And back then, if you wanted someone poisoned, you went to a sorceress for the posions, not a witch, who was more likely to heal the person you wanted to kill.

For at the time, the word for Witch is completely different: "esheth ba'alath 'ov". A good reason why Solomon was able to consult with the Witch of Endor, as she wasn't a "M'khashephah".

Either way, Christians through mistranslations condemed millions to the bonfire, and many seem to want to continue the sacrifices.

Sad world we live in, isn't it?

Answer 5

I live in a rural community that would gladly revert back to this sort of thing if they could turn back the wheels of time. Besides we witches, they would gladly burn blacks, Hispanics, gays,Jews, Muslims and anyone else who holds different beliefs than their own. To keep from becoming the subject of a local marsh mellow roast I keep my Wiccan Witch spirituality to myself, carefully guarding my family and myself. why not move you ask. Well my roots run deep in this community as my family settled here a hundred years ago and I refuse to be run off by these people. So I stubbornly stay. Time will tell as to all of our fates but this I do know. The winds of change are coming.......

Answer 6

Well, their bible says to not suffer a witch to live. this is what the Puritans were going by. Even today some Christians would like to be living under the Old Testament so they could justify killing people. My dad used to say many times that he believed we were still under the old law and did not know why we did not kil those who rebelled like they did back then.
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Answer 7

good grief, there are still people either defending or denying the Witch executions.

Unbelievable. Ariel, aren't we fortunate we didn't live then? Some of your answerers might have been after our nubile Witch flesh.

They will give us double talk until the Earth takes both them and us back, I have given up trying to bring light into the darkness of their minds.

Bright Blessings to you my sweet!
Lady Morgana )0(

Answer 8

As a Christian who practices traditional witchcraft, I'd suggest that this was a political, rather than religious, trial. The multiple land disputes that her family had with the powerful Putnam family was probably the true cause--especially as charges of witchcraft were brought by members of the Putnam family. This was revenge, pure and simple.

Answer 9

Well, first, it was other Christians that put a stop to the Salem Witch Trials, a fact that most people like you fail to ever mention.

As many things that have happened in our history, it was a bad thing which was , again, corrected by other Christians.

All though out history there have been beliefs and superstitions that have lead to people being persecuted and even killed. People, in general, are afraid of the unknown and often have blamed bad happenings onto certain people. Gypsies were viewed that way and still are in some parts of the world. The homeless are often accused of crimes simply because they are homeless, which to some people gives them a motive automatically.

Answer 10

Ariel, you do realize you could ask this question of any religious group. Basically, why do bad things happen to good people. IMO, there is no way for us to know why, only the deities can know. We can ask for help from Them all we want, but we have to be ready to live with an answer of No to our prayers.