Is killing a witch always a bad thing?

[Drich]

Google it, Witchcraft is a real religion, albeit very benign today. A few hundred years ago it was the only real option to Christianity in the west. It's practitioners did all sorts of terrible things in the name of satan. Whether satan endowed those people with powers or not the underlying fact is that much torment and destruction was doled out in his name. Much like the crusades or inquisitions.

That in mind the question stands how much would it take to kill someone else who was trying to worship their deity by tormenting you/your family?

Witchcraft is not a religion. It is a practice. Witchcraft also has nothing to do with satan or satanism. Please do your research.

I will concede there is a debate, but it only seem to be a debate among those who want to seperate and give Wicca a legitimacy, from witchcraft. Just because there is a popular movement to deny the orgins of 'Wicca' does not mean the the "art of witch craft" somehow 'magically' stops fitting the dictionary definition of a religion.
(If you click on the right link it will provide you with the actual definition of the word.)

You have based your argument on 'feeling' and not fact. All three sources identify witchcraft as a religion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicca

http://www.religioustolerance.org/witchcra.htm

http://www.realmagick.com/witchcraft-religion/

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Now that the morality of killing a witch has been put aside, would you then go after or hunt a witch? What would it take to get to that point?

Well, it's not really a case of setting aside the morality of killing a witch. It's more a case of setting aside being a witch when discussing whether or not it can be moral to kill. In that regard, I think my limits would be the same as many other people. I couldn't really give you a list of criteria, since it would depend on situation, context, certainty of guilt, reliability of the judicial system in the matter etc....

The conditions you 'seek' are listed out in the op.

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How about this Drich, Stimbo already gave an example of institutionalized targeting of witches by those who claim your religion, whose victims were burned alive, doused with acid, hammered in the head with nails or beaten and starved to death by the Pastors of "churches". And that's in this century.

How about you provide some examples (not from movies which are make believe, if you didn't know that) of witches killing others in the name of "satan". Or anyone else. In response to your hypothetical witch threat, I'd still say no. I always have and always will say taking away someone's life is not called for at any point of time unless they're actively physically attacking you with a threat to your life.

We've already had stimbo's/my old argument already, I want to do a new one. If you want ask stimbo or equlax to provide you a link to the old arguement.

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Drich...........


I am drunk.

So explain to me why burning a witch is sometimes a good thing.

You first, why was it good to burn... You know what Never mind.