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29 Sep 2007, 12:40 am

Jainaday wrote:

I don't know what definition of "true witchcraft" you're using. What I'm saying is; if Wiccans practice something and call it witchcraft, it seems pretty reasonable that Christians should be permitted to call those same practices Witchcraft as well.

I have no idea what this has to do with The Crucible.


But Wiccans don't make deals with the devil and transform into cats. That is what Christians were calling witchcraft. That is what they were accusing people of. That is NOT witchcraft.



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29 Sep 2007, 8:26 am

JenNH wrote:
Jainaday wrote:

I don't know what definition of "true witchcraft" you're using. What I'm saying is; if Wiccans practice something and call it witchcraft, it seems pretty reasonable that Christians should be permitted to call those same practices Witchcraft as well.

I have no idea what this has to do with The Crucible.


But Wiccans don't make deals with the devil and transform into cats. That is what Christians were calling witchcraft. That is what they were accusing people of. That is NOT witchcraft.


Right. . .

But Christians would also call pretty much everything that you and I would consider to be witchcraft. . . well, witchcraft.

It may be ammusing and depressing that a large segment of the population consiers these practices to to inseperable from demon worship, but then, many things are. . . and the vast majority of religous beliefs out there have something implicily kooky about them, always having the potential to be turned around and made harmful. . .


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19 Oct 2007, 3:06 pm

People fear what they don't know I guess... I'm certainly not intimidated by such things... I am, afterall, after a witch meself. lol


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07 Nov 2007, 11:17 am

I've been compared to some nasty things.



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17 Nov 2007, 6:51 am

I could understand the laughter. As I understand it, friends normally poke at eachother with bad jokes and such.
But I don't get the expulsion.

An anecdote: I'm often accused of being anti-christ by people who don't know me, and people who do know me use that as a joke. It is actually fun when used as a joke.


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