Is witchcraft a sin if you use it as a hobby?

Hello, I'm a Catholic Christian, not too religious but I wish to go back to weekly mass once my life starts to loose it's hectic-Nessa. I don't want to become a full Witchcraft practice, I only want to use it as a small hobby. I still want to remain fully Catholic Christian, but to use Witchcraft as a hobby, just like people ride bikes and skateboards. Just something small to do when I'm bored. Is that a sin?

Not a sin, just stupid

By the same argument you could say Hitler, who was a Catholic, used mass murder as a hobby, so no.

Compare and contrast with "Is murder still a sin if you do it as a hobby?"

If the rules say something is a sin then it's a sin. Your rules not mine.

I've wandered that myself... I've honestly considered doing witchcraft...

Witchcraft is as big a bowl of nonsense as Catholicism... Which is as close to witchcraft as you can get and still call it "Christianity".

How about you drop the magical nonsense and come join us in the real world? It is nice here, I swear!

I'm sure it is to the Catholic church :/.

Wicca is its own religion though.. I don't see this as an easy thing to accomplish if you are catholic, and trying to maintain your old religion...

Witchcraft is a sin if you use it period. You're playing with Satan and the demons and opening yourself up to great danger. God is loving and benevolent, and Satan is filled with pride, hate, selfishness and destruction, not to mention lies. We pray you choose God and serve only Him, since playing with witchcraft is serving two masters. You need to choose.

Sin.. nah, there's no such thing.

Stupid? Yes. Witchcraft isn't real. It doesn't work.

Would you play with explosives? It's the same thing if you mess with witchcraft. You're bound to get burned badly sooner or later. It's inviting the devil in for dinner. The Bible says it's a sin. You can't have two masters.

Is pedophilia any less a sin while using and abusing others as a hobby?

Is Charles Manson in prison for a hobby, a pastime?

Is being bored a sin when you could be worshiping the wonders of a Holy God instead? Hint: Start small. Think on these things.

Witchcraft isn't "something small to do when [you're] bored." Witchcraft is a craft, a skill set that you learn and study and use actively when it is appropriate. A true witch would be very offended if you told him or her that you treat witchcraft like a hobby.

The Catholic Church definitely regards witchcraft as a sin, but it's up to you and what you believe to determine whether it's okay for you to practice magic. Technically, the Bible never originally condemned witches. King James added that word when he purposefully mistranslated a word that should have been "poisoner" to "witch" as an attempt to stamp out the pagan practices of the Anglo-Saxons in England. The Anglo-Saxons had wise women and men in their tribes whom they called Wicca and Wicca (pronounced wotchaAund weetchah). This is the origin of the Modern English word "witch". The witches of Ancient England practiced herbalism, healing, weather spells, divination, and other things for the tribe. They were respected by the tribe and acted more or less as shamans.

Witchcraft is not a practice that is specific to any one religion, and so anyone of any religion can be a witch. Because Christians tend to be the ones with the most religious problems with witchcraft, Christian witches are rare, but they exist. Usually, those who do practice witchcraft have a moderately to highly loose interpretation of the Bible. Evidence suggests that the original framers of the Bible intended it to be read as an allegorical rather than factual account of the history of the Jews and the life of Jesus.

So, the real question is, do your PERSONAL Catholic beliefs (as much as they would like you to think to the contrary, no two Catholics believe exactly the same thing) confict with the practice of witchcraft? If not, and you are truly interested, there should be no problem with being fully Catholic AND a serious witch. However, please, for the sakes of the true witches who are fighting to prove that their beliefs are just as valid as any other religious person's, don't get into witchcraft unless you intend to take it seriously. I wish you peace and happiness on whatever path you end up taking.
Venus Bless

Witchcraft is NOT a hobby. It's not a toy to whip out when you're bored or to show off to your friends!!

If you can't take the craft seriously (because it IS a serious craft, not a game) then you have NO BUSINESS playing around with it.

Besides it's incomprehensible to me as to why someone who wishes to remain a faithful catholic would want to get involved in something their religion (the one you wish to remain fully faithful to) forbids the use of.

Here's a note on Christians and Witchcraft:
http://theunbeathenpathsbookofshadows.blogspot.com/search/label/Christian%20Witches%2FWiccans

Yes.

Catholic Church teaches:

All practices of magic or sorcery, by which one attempts to tame occult powers, so as to place them at ones 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 anther's credulity.

For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, section 2117: http://www.nccbuscc.org/catechism/text/pt3sect2chpt1.shtml#2117

Magic in the Bible: http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0839/3/MI.HTM

With love in Christ.

It's none of my business - it's your business.

Man has the right to live by his own law?
to live in the way that he wills to do:
to work as he will:
to play as he will:
to rest as he will:
to die when and how he will.