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RE: Woman burned alive for 'sorcery' in Papua New Guinea
February 13, 2013 at 11:09 am
(February 13, 2013 at 5:30 am)rexbeccarox Wrote: Wow... that's fucked up. You worship a god who you think at one time ordered people to be burned to death for being witches... I don't have to guess at this.. As you people are so quick to provide Book Chapter and verse to this fact. God did command the burning of witches.
Quote:even though there's no such thing as witches.
What type of evidence are you basing this assumption on?
What does Archeological evidences of witches look like after 3500 years?
Or are you say that just because something does not exist in the modern age it did not exist in antiquity? Isn't that a bit closed minded? Because I can think of several 'things' they had back then that we do not have now, and the only thing we have left is the written record of it. Take egypt for example 90% of everything we know of their culture is based on the written records we have. Now using your line of thought on witches because the ancient culture of egypt does not exist today, it never did.
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RE: Woman burned alive for 'sorcery' in Papua New Guinea
February 13, 2013 at 11:21 am
(February 13, 2013 at 11:09 am)Drich Wrote: (February 13, 2013 at 5:30 am)rexbeccarox Wrote: Wow... that's fucked up. You worship a god who you think at one time ordered people to be burned to death for being witches... I don't have to guess at this.. As you people are so quick to provide Book Chapter and verse to this fact. God did command the burning of witches.
Quote:even though there's no such thing as witches.
What type of evidence are you basing this assumption on?
What does Archeological evidences of witches look like after 3500 years?
Or are you say that just because something does not exist in the modern age it did not exist in antiquity? Isn't that a bit closed minded? Because I can think of several 'things' they had back then that we do not have now, and the only thing we have left is the written record of it. Take egypt for example 90% of everything we know of their culture is based on the written records we have. Now using your line of thought on witches because the ancient culture of egypt does not exist today, it never did.
What evidence? How about the fact that functional witchcraft has never been observed, anywhere?
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RE: Woman burned alive for 'sorcery' in Papua New Guinea
February 13, 2013 at 12:10 pm
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RE: Woman burned alive for 'sorcery' in Papua New Guinea
February 13, 2013 at 3:51 pm
(February 13, 2013 at 11:09 am)Drich Wrote: (February 13, 2013 at 5:30 am)rexbeccarox Wrote: Wow... that's fucked up. You worship a god who you think at one time ordered people to be burned to death for being witches... I don't have to guess at this.. As you people are so quick to provide Book Chapter and verse to this fact. God did command the burning of witches.
Quote:even though there's no such thing as witches.
What type of evidence are you basing this assumption on?
What does Archeological evidences of witches look like after 3500 years?
Or are you say that just because something does not exist in the modern age it did not exist in antiquity? Isn't that a bit closed minded? Because I can think of several 'things' they had back then that we do not have now, and the only thing we have left is the written record of it. Take egypt for example 90% of everything we know of their culture is based on the written records we have. Now using your line of thought on witches because the ancient culture of egypt does not exist today, it never did.
Exodus 22:18. Easy. Since your god doesn't actually say how to kill a sorceress, you have to admit, burning seems to be the preferred method for Christians, ie. this recent case in Papua New Guinea and the Salem Trials.
As far as witchcraft actually even existing... really? That's the best you've got? You have the burden of proof. You are the one making the claim witches exist. Come on, Drich, you have enough experience on this board to know that.
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RE: Woman burned alive for 'sorcery' in Papua New Guinea
February 13, 2013 at 4:13 pm
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RE: Woman burned alive for 'sorcery' in Papua New Guinea
February 13, 2013 at 4:17 pm
Perhaps once science finds evidence for magic it stops being magic and becomes part of the understandable natural universe.
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RE: Woman burned alive for 'sorcery' in Papua New Guinea
February 13, 2013 at 4:21 pm
(February 13, 2013 at 4:17 pm)Zone Wrote: Perhaps once science finds evidence for magic it stops being magic and becomes part of the understandable natural universe.
True. Except for that fact that specific magic is mentioned once in the bible. Supposedly Egyption sorcerers turned their staffs into snakes. So...you are right, but nonetheless biblical magic has not been found.
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RE: Woman burned alive for 'sorcery' in Papua New Guinea
February 13, 2013 at 5:12 pm
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RE: Woman burned alive for 'sorcery' in Papua New Guinea
February 13, 2013 at 5:25 pm
(February 13, 2013 at 3:51 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: (February 13, 2013 at 11:09 am)Drich Wrote: I don't have to guess at this.. As you people are so quick to provide Book Chapter and verse to this fact. God did command the burning of witches.
What type of evidence are you basing this assumption on?
What does Archeological evidences of witches look like after 3500 years?
Or are you say that just because something does not exist in the modern age it did not exist in antiquity? Isn't that a bit closed minded? Because I can think of several 'things' they had back then that we do not have now, and the only thing we have left is the written record of it. Take egypt for example 90% of everything we know of their culture is based on the written records we have. Now using your line of thought on witches because the ancient culture of egypt does not exist today, it never did.
Exodus 22:18. Easy. Since your god doesn't actually say how to kill a sorceress, you have to admit, burning seems to be the preferred method for Christians, ie. this recent case in Papua New Guinea and the Salem Trials.
As far as witchcraft actually even existing... really? That's the best you've got? You have the burden of proof. You are the one making the claim witches exist. Come on, Drich, you have enough experience on this board to know that.
Drich is now claiming witches exist? Ooooooooookaaaaaay.
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RE: Woman burned alive for 'sorcery' in Papua New Guinea
February 13, 2013 at 5:37 pm
(February 13, 2013 at 5:25 pm)Brian37 Wrote: (February 13, 2013 at 3:51 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: Exodus 22:18. Easy. Since your god doesn't actually say how to kill a sorceress, you have to admit, burning seems to be the preferred method for Christians, ie. this recent case in Papua New Guinea and the Salem Trials.
As far as witchcraft actually even existing... really? That's the best you've got? You have the burden of proof. You are the one making the claim witches exist. Come on, Drich, you have enough experience on this board to know that.
Drich is now claiming witches exist? Ooooooooookaaaaaay.
What I am saying is witches do not have to be what you think they are to exist.
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