The news story couldn’t have been more direct: “There may now be more Americans who identify as practicing witches … than there are members of mainline Presbyterianism.”
Oh my.
Even worse:
“… Wicca has effectively repackaged witchcraft for millennial consumption. No longer are witchcraft and paganism satanic and demonic … it’s a ‘pre-Christian tradition’ that promotes ‘free thought’ and ‘understanding of earth and nature.’”
Now for the worst of the worst:
“Despite biblical warnings against the practice of witchcraft, the Rev. Valerie Love, who describes herself as a practicing Christian witch and an ordained minister of spiritual consciousness, is insisting that there is nothing wrong with Christians being witches and has recently launched a school to help Christians tap into magic.
“‘Stop thinking you can tell people how to worship. Stop thinking you can tell people how to connect with the divine. I could tell you how many people have told me, “You can’t be a Christian witch” but here I am. See, you can’t tell me how to worship. You cannot tell me how to connect with the divine. That’s between me and God. You cannot tell me how to pray,’ a defiant Love declared in a recent rant on Facebook.”
I think it’s time for some biblical theology. Read More
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Wicca has certainly gained a foothold here in the Southern Bible Belt. But then the Bible Belt has always had a segment of the population that practiced witchcraft in one form or another. Their clientele included churchgoers as well as non-churchgoers and they themselves may also have attended church and even may have been pillars of their local church. Many so-called "folk remedies" may involve the recitation of a charm or spell and may employ the principles of sympathetic magic.
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