Just wondering because it looks like fun! Thanks
2007-11-02 03:33:06 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Adolescent
Witchcraft is against our religion.
Catholic Church teaches:
All practices of magic or sorcery, by which one attempts to tame occult powers, so as to place them at one's service and have a supernatural power over others - even if this were for the sake of restoring their health - are gravely contrary to the virtue of religion.
These practices are even more to be condemned when accompanied by the intention of harming someone, or when they have recourse to the intervention of demons.
Spiritism often implies divination or magical practices; the Church for her part warns the faithful against it. Recourse to so-called traditional cures does not justify either the invocation of evil powers or the exploitation of another's credulity.
For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, section 2117: http://www.nccbuscc.org/catechism/text/pt3sect2chpt1.htm#2117
With love in Christ.
2007-11-02 17:01:46 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In both Catholic and Christian Religion, witch-craft is thought to be the devils work. Just like going to a fortune teller is cause they are "calling on dead spirts", Halloween is techincally not supposed to be celebrated either because the real meaning of Halloween was the day when the world of living and dead collide. (basically they are saying, or aleast the people at my church say it's a devil's day)
I'll ask my grandfather, who told me most of this, about why not and email you the excact answer when I can.
2007-11-02 03:58:58 · answer #2 · answered by --; cookie. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it is a completely different religion. It is considered evil and "devil worship"
And those of you saying Catholics are hypocrits, well do you know ALL Catholics? Besides aren't all religions full of hypocrits? Everyone thinks their way is the right way, not just Catholics.
2007-11-02 03:44:10 · answer #3 · answered by mrs.russell 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not "fun" it's a way of life. The catholic religon cannot do this because they worship god.
Pagans, wiccans, etc. Worship gods and goddesses. They are two different religons.
Personally I dislike catholics because the bible that they go by is hypocritical. They say now its wrong to kill/beat women etc. But yet stand by the "Spare the rod, spoil the child."?
2007-11-02 03:38:19 · answer #4 · answered by Amy 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
it is not just catholic it is any Christian religon. Witch craft and alike are considered pagan against GOD and is associated with devil worship. So you can't be a witch and a Christian
2007-11-02 04:46:21 · answer #5 · answered by Big Daddy R 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Like magic?- they love it, but they call it miracles. They turn bread and wine into the body and blood of Jesus. It's not symbolic. It's real! They have statues that cry. They have people who have the wounds of Jesus-stigmata! And Jesus performed all kinds of magic (miracles). He turned water to wine, fed a crowd with a very small amount of fishes and loaves, he raised Lazarus from the dead, heck- he rose form the dead! And let's not forget about exorcism. Awesome!
2007-11-02 04:08:38 · answer #6 · answered by jesse 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Catholics are Christian. We don't practice witchcraft, it's against the religion. We worship God, we don't practice Wiccan.
Don't pay attention to the mish mash that pluto stated. He/She is generalizing that Catholics are guilty of everything that is in the posting they made. That's BS. MANY people, regardless of what religion they are, are guilty of the things that this person stated. Really pathetic to judge us that way.
2007-11-02 03:39:35 · answer #7 · answered by AV 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
b/c theres this book that they think they have to go by and it's against witch-craft.
*sigh*
It also says to beat unruley children and kill homosexuals.
....... but, they all claim this 'book' is the morals to live by.
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2007-11-02 03:38:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
because it's CATHOLICISM!!!! NOT WITCH CRAFT!!!!
there is a big difference there.....
2007-11-02 04:12:29 · answer #9 · answered by Saphire 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋