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RE: Is killing a witch always a bad thing?
October 29, 2013 at 9:39 am
"That's one of the points I am making here. If the actions of a practicing witch can be justified in her/his death under our laws of self defense, how much more free would those laws be 300 years ago?"
Could you run that one by me again? - I'm really struggling to understand what you are trying to say.
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RE: Is killing a witch always a bad thing?
October 29, 2013 at 11:27 am
(October 29, 2013 at 9:12 am)Drich Wrote: (October 28, 2013 at 7:39 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: But Drich, how many of the men and women who over the centuries have been burned, hanged, drowned, impaled or pressed to death, were people who had actual compacts with Satan and were working evil in the world? Quick answer: None. Long answer: None at all.
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Do you mean to trivialize the hundreds or thousands of people killed throughout history for no reason other than stupid superstition, and that which still goes on today in Africa? You're lower than low.
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RE: Is killing a witch always a bad thing?
October 29, 2013 at 11:59 am
(October 29, 2013 at 11:27 am)Doubting Thomas Wrote: Do you mean to trivialize the hundreds or thousands of people killed throughout history for no reason other than stupid superstition, and that which still goes on today in Africa?
Only if acknowledging them as the victims of a colossal human tragedy would make his god look bad. Anyone else's god, atheism... that's a different question.
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RE: Is killing a witch always a bad thing?
October 29, 2013 at 12:28 pm
And why is it not so blatantly obvious that believing in witches who perform magic against people is just plain silly and stupid? And if God is so powerful, why can't he stop this so-called "black magic?"
Drich, you're either the biggest poe Atheist Forums has ever seen, or else you need serious psychological help.
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RE: Is killing a witch always a bad thing?
October 29, 2013 at 12:51 pm
(This post was last modified: October 29, 2013 at 1:09 pm by MindForgedManacle.)
(October 27, 2013 at 7:53 pm)Drich Wrote: Strawman.
It's not a strawman if you actually said it, which you did.
Quote:I did not "tacitly nor explicitly say one is always right." Just answer the question as stated. Is it always wrong to kill a witch?
No, but you actually missed the point. Such a dictum that one should 'suffer not a witch to live' assumes all witches should be killed. If your only retort is that there are 'bad witches', then your tacit - bordering on explicit - point is that it is ALWAYS right to kill a witch because there exist bad witches.
Quote:Notice how you had to shuck and jive to answer yes. Now take away the shucking and jiving and answer the question again.
I didn't say it was always a bad thing you tool. And 'shucking a jiving', really?
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RE: Is killing a witch always a bad thing?
October 29, 2013 at 1:04 pm
There is a case to be made, although it is not widely accepted, that the word 'kashaph', usually translated as 'witch', would be better translated as 'poisoner'. It would be a shame if all those people were executed due to poor translation.
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RE: Is killing a witch always a bad thing?
October 29, 2013 at 1:08 pm
(October 28, 2013 at 9:23 am)Doubting Thomas Wrote: (October 28, 2013 at 1:15 am)Esquilax Wrote: Watch out, witch!
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RE: Is killing a witch always a bad thing?
October 29, 2013 at 1:14 pm
Quote: Pakistani Girl, 13, 'Buried Alive After Rape Survives By Crawling Through Muddy Grave'
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/10/..._hp_ref=uk
Drich and his ilk would probably use this as evidence of witchcraft and have the girl executed.
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RE: Is killing a witch always a bad thing?
October 29, 2013 at 1:51 pm
(October 29, 2013 at 1:04 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: There is a case to be made, although it is not widely accepted, that the word 'kashaph', usually translated as 'witch', would be better translated as 'poisoner'. It would be a shame if all those people were executed due to poor translation. Sadly, that is all too believable
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RE: Is killing a witch always a bad thing?
October 31, 2013 at 9:18 am
(October 29, 2013 at 9:39 am)max-greece Wrote: "That's one of the points I am making here. If the actions of a practicing witch can be justified in her/his death under our laws of self defense, how much more free would those laws be 300 years ago?"
Could you run that one by me again? - I'm really struggling to understand what you are trying to say.
(practising and defence - just for reference)
If the a case for self defense can be made for the death of a witch today. Then how is justification for killing a witch questioned when it was done 300 years ago in every single case?
If you take away the magic, you still have one person or a group of people tormenting and oppressing another.
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