Sadly, I'm not even sure if the Bible even mentions anything about witchcraft, but what I really want to know is if the Bible condones the burning/killing of witches or not, or if you know of any religions that DO condone the burning of people who are assumed to be witches.
No, Jesus brought about peace. We aren't to kill people. All we are to do as Christians is to try to guide someone from their evil ways by being a light.
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King James was terrified of witches, he was sure they were going to kill him, real or not. Witchcraft was written into his version of the bible in exchange for permission to translate it.
Salem wasn't dick. Millions of "witches" were killed in Europe.
Yeah, the people in Salem were NUTS, religious fervor strikes again!!! Oh, forget about the commandment of "Thou Shalt NOT Kill" (cherry picking time!) these witches are bitches, lets kill 'em all!!!!! A great example of the insanity of Christianity.
As you might have imagined, the Bible is not entirely consistent on this. This is further complicated by translation problems. On the one hand, no less than King David and King Solomon were known to consult with sorcerers. On the other, there is at least one passage which states, 'you shall not suffer a witch to live.' Aside from the obvious contradiction, there is the problem that 'witch' is not clearly defined; the actual term is English, but is translated from a Hebrew word which might not have the same meaning.
The 'Malleus Malificarum' is almost wholly non-Biblical and therefore has almost no Scriptural validity.
A number of communities around the world have punishments for witchcraft, or at least certain kinds of witchcraft. As a general rule of thumb, such efforts are in proportion to how much people think witches can actually do. Where belief in magical powers is low (such as most of the US) witches are regarded as misguided or annoying, but not truly dangerous; thus even existing laws (such as a few left over from colonial times) are rarely if ever enforced.
Note: A number of states and localities enforce rules against fortune-telling and sometimes other kinds of magic - not because they think it works, but because they don't. It's considered a form of fraud.
scripture says everyone is born a sinner.
going by your thinking to burn witches, how about burning every person / sinner as well ... ?
no, scripture does not teach us to judge others but to look at ourselves, to look at our own ways.
you don't know the bible. Pick up a new Intel version and start reading ... you'll learn something.
Witchcraft and the Bible?
