Apparently, there are a lot more witches than there used to be.
The number of witches dwindled when laws required burning or drowning them.
But the Wiccans are back in vogue.
Almost, as if by magic!
According to Newsweek:
Millennials are seeking more freedom in their spirituality and interest in astrology and tarot card readings have spiked in recent years.
Ah, Millennials.
With their insatiable hunger for “freedom” they’ll swallow just about anything.
They devour “transgender” for freedom in gender identity.
They gobble up LGBT theory for more sexual freedom.
They’ll binge on Tinder for fewer relationship restrictions.
And they’ll consume Socialism to be free from the pesky need to pay for things.
It’s not surprising that “pre-Christian traditions” are appealing to people.
Humans have always drifted toward rebellious selfishness.
This is creating a vacuum of pretentiousness among the godless folks.
They want to deny the existence of a Higher Power while maintaining a sense of self-importance.
That requires magic.
Witchcraft is the newer, cooler, Atheism.
They don’t believe in God, or spirits, or any religious nonsense.
And if you scoff…
…they’ll put a hex on you.
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Might have a lot to do with the Wiccan evangelistic crusade known as Harry Potter, which unfortunately, in many churches, parents completely dropped the ball and just assumed “Wow! My kids are actually reading. This must be a good thing!”
It’s not necessarily a good thing if the kids are filling their minds and hearts with garbage that opens their minds to practicing witchcraft and labeling anybody who disagrees with it with derogatory names.
It’s called “fantasy” for a reason. Kids have always enjoyed reading it, whether classic fairy-tales or contemporary fare like Harry Potter. Many people regard the biblical stories as fairy-tales — Einstein, famously, for one — and as “garbage”, too.
It seems to be mostly Americans –Christian evangelicals, largely — who create these panics over children’s literature. It’s one thing to practice “witchcraft”, but that doesn’t mean there’s anything satanic or supernatural involved. Those things don’t exist outside of evangelical minds.
To those that consider the Biblical stories to be fairytales, they often go out of their ways to ignore the archaeological evidence left behind by many of the events that the Bible describes, or they conveniently try to interpret the evidence in such a way as to try to disprove that which was faithfully documented by men of great integrity and God’s leading in the Biblical accounts.
Regarding the links between witchcraft and the satanic, I’d rather listen to those that have repented and been delivered from it than someone who is merely a skeptic for the sake of skepticism.
Yes, unremarkable anecdotes are always the the most reliable means of ascertaining whether something is real or not.
As for archaeological evidence, Israeli specialists in that field, such as Israel Finkelstein, would take issue with your sentiments, especially on purported events such as Exodus (which is, after all, foundational to Judaism). But then what would he know? He’s only on the scene where all this stuff is alleged to have taken place.
Since you’re no fan of skepticism, I take it you believe wholeheartedly in UFO’s and alien abductions, too, which — again — seems to be a belief markedly more prevalent in America.
Who said I was not a fan of skepticism? I said I don’t care to hear from someone who is a skeptic for skepticism sake.
Whilst there are many archaeologists who do not believe that the Biblical account is supported, there are many which do. Unfortunately, many allow their skepticism to become more than mere skepticism. They go on a crusade to disprove actual events because it doesn’t fit their worldview. If you have an open mind, you should check out “Patterns of Evidence – The Exodus”, which discusses this matter far better than I ever could.
Ernesto:
Feel free to ask ChrisS “What are you trying to accomplish by commenting here?”
Usually that stops the aimless rabbit-trailing and sends him back to the Atheist Bubble where he heard Israel Finklestein’s name. 🙂
THE EXODUS IS GEOPOLITICAL FICTION!!!
What are the odds that our buddy Chris is an Orthodox Jew?
… And what are the odds he’s just pretending he respects Dr. Finkelstein’s intelligence, so he can use the man for soundbites, and then lumping him into a category with all the other idiots any time he criticizes Theism?
Who is Chris?
Nevermind. 🙂
Thanks for that. Are you “The Peaches?” I’ve only just started listening to the podcast. I’m up to around Christmas 2016 so I’m a bit behind, but I’m now part of the collective you call “Carl”.
Welcome, Pkarghl! (You’ll know how to spell your name soon.) 🙂
Thanks for making the time to listen to the random things we have to say…
You didn’t tell him your alias…
I thought saying “we” was an answer in the affirmative…
Evangelical gentiles telling those ignorant Jews to get their Jewish history straight.
“That’s gold, Jerry. Gold!”
I guess you guys are a shining example of Christian comedy at its best.
You say that as though every Jew agrees with you! Just finding a Jewish archaeologist who happens to agree with you does not mean that all Jewish archaeologists hold to the same view.
Based on that logic, all African Americans must support Trump based on the fact that Kanye does.
Ah, fundamentalists. With their insatiable hunger for “orthodoxy” they’ll fulminate against just about anything, or anyone. Even things that sensible people don’t take very seriously — like witches, for instance.
But fundamentalism is waning. This is creating a vacuum of thought among the godly.
Hence the need to find new targets, or rail at old ones.
(I’m starting to use double spacing. JB’s having some influence, after all. Just not the kind he was probably hoping for).
Cue Miss Moneypenny.
I actually agree completely. You’ve described, and demonstrated, fundamentalism perfectly.
Boring.
Did you ever figure out what that particular fundamentalist is hoping to accomplish here? If we knew his goals, we could help him achieve them!
He’s not interested in my help, as evidenced by the fact that he won’t use poems any more. :/
But if he were listening, I’d let him know that he’d be much more interesting if he decided to identify as a warlock. 😂
He’s double-spacing his comments. Isn’t that profound and fascinating?
Sigh. John I hate to rain on the parade like such a heckler, but this happened because we of the church abandoned the spiritual, over reacted to people’s hunger for some soul food,and created a church and a faith where the spiritual is practically shunned. So we go to our staid churches like dry bones and lukewarm pew warmers, blaming the problem on witchcraft, crystals, millenials, and magic cards. The church should not be the LAST place people would ever go for some spiritual wisdom and yet it is, and that is totally on us. We did that.
Here’s the soundtrack to go with this post. LOL!
https://youtu.be/uAzOoea0PiI