From http://hubpages.com/hub/Kill-The-Witch
In the Bible it says suffer the Witch and that people should stay away from them..........but what exactly is a Witch by their definition? If it is soothsaying and fortune telling---then that would be many times in the Bible by the Prophets such as Joseph who told the Egyptian rulers of the famines and things of that nature that would be to come. If it is healing with herbs and things from the Earth--then that would be the Pharmacuetical Companies we have today. If it is by curses and spells--then that would also include the Exorcisms that the Catholic Church does. So what exactly is a Witch that others aren't doing in today's world in science and technology and theology? Can anyone distiguish the differences?
Back in the times that the books were written anyone who did anyting that was not understood by a man was evil. That was then and that was in another time period where science was not--at least not to the extent that it is today........that is why when you read the Bible you must also take into account of the times and the society of those people's.
Leprosy was considered a curse and was thought to be demon posession, but today is is now just a disease that can be treated. Many afflictions of the time of Christ were thought to be curses and demon posession and anyone who tried and was successful at treating it was considered a Witch, espeially if the witch was a woman. Those people who delved in healing from the Earth wer Pagans. Still today we find that the lack of understanding on how those things work conjures up all kinds of names and prejudice by those who call themselves Christians. There have been many stifdes in today's world yet the Bible keeps many in the dark about them. They just have no idea of what things are because they are too afraid to learn that things are not always what they seem and that there is a whole other world out there then what is in that Bible. Even Jesus said that there would be and not to judge things and to seek the truth other than from the Bible. The Bible was written in a time were there weren't medical professionals that could treat just about anything and there wasn't the advance technology that we have today--they didn't have a clue then about what might be coming to the world. Yet they still judge things by the rules way back then.
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