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Originally Posted by beren
For example kids adore Harry Potter... Who is Harry Potter?
An imaginary boy who happens to be a wizard, a sorcerer , he goes into school to learn sorcery, witchcraft and else... and kids adore that!
See how cleverly the obstacle could be...
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I just want to point out that in the OT when it says witchcraft the word is "Poisoner". Witches comes from the word Witta and means wise one. These were usually women who learned herb lore at their mother's knee down the generations. These people could know that foxglove can stop your heart if given in the right amount. It can also save a life. So, the word witchcraft was a bunch of bunk.
What do you think is the difference when a group of people gather in a circle in one accord to lift up peace, love and unity and a group of Christians gather around the pole in a circle to pray at school? I think Christian's do not understand what is meant by "no one comes to the father except through me". It's the path of love. Love God and Love your neighbor. It really is a simple message. Do you walk a path of love or legalistic mandates? I find most Christians to be highly hypocritical in how they choose to follow one part of their bible and not the other. They accept the 10 commandments and yet ignore the explanation of those commandments which are contained in Deuteronomy because gee, it's just not condusive to follow them given our current lives. It says to stone a child who disobeys it's parents. When did a christian last do that? Don't bring up Roman's that says Jesus was the end of the law for that is again a bad translation. It really says, "Jesus is the goal for which the law aims".
Sorry to get off on my tangent, but I think the church basically put in it's English bible things to defend the murder and subjugation of millions of people to get rid of them, steal their property and/or force conversion of them. Women's position in society took a nose dive when Christianity came to Europe.