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Is organised religion a general enemy of humanity?
Yes 69%  69%  [ 42 ]
No 31%  31%  [ 19 ]
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08 Feb 2013, 3:43 pm

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It's an irrelevant issue. Christianity doesn't prescribe the burning of witches.


Not so. The misinterpretation of: "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live" (Ex: 22:18) was used to justify the hanging and burning of women accused of witchcraft.

Please see: http://proteuscoven.com/Suffer.htm

The Gentiles got it all wrong.

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08 Feb 2013, 3:46 pm

Venger wrote:
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When people are still being burned alive by Christians, it is safe to say that religion is a threat to humanity. Tequila started a thread on a recent "witch-burning" in Papua New Guinea HERE.
It's nice to be able to prove to Christians that Christianity isn't tea at the Ritz and pretty little bows everywhere in the world. In some corners of the world, it's as barbaric as ever.

While we may present all available proof of claim, there is no reason to expect that any "True" Christian will compromise their confirmation bias.

It's an irrelevant issue. Christianity doesn't prescribe the burning of witches.

Yep the people from the Spanish Inquisition who participated in witch-burnings are likely roasting in hell.(if hell even exists)

Funny.

The Pope actually *officially* sanctioned witch-hunts:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summis_des ... affectibus

And endorsed this fine work simultaneously:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malleus_Maleficarum



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08 Feb 2013, 3:52 pm

ruveyn wrote:
Telekon wrote:

It's an irrelevant issue. Christianity doesn't prescribe the burning of witches.


Not so. The misinterpretation of: "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live" (Ex: 22:18) was used to justify the hanging and burning of women accused of witchcraft.

The Gentiles got it all wrong.

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I didnt realise the concept of witches was around in the old testament days.


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08 Feb 2013, 3:55 pm

i looked up Exodus 22:1 on a internet bible this is what it brought up:


Exodus 22:1

21st Century King James Version (KJ21)


22 “If a man shall steal an ox or a sheep, and kill it or sell it, he shall restore five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.


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08 Feb 2013, 4:00 pm

The sorcery act in PNG in just one religion against another
Its all about power and capitalism
And medication money
Witch doctors use herbs and are decentralised
centralisation of control is an issue



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08 Feb 2013, 5:03 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_TAPCmzhl4&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/youtube]

Preacher man's coming for you.........


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08 Feb 2013, 5:13 pm

thomas81 wrote:
22 “If a man shall steal an ox or a sheep, and kill it or sell it, he shall restore five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.


Makes sense to me. If a man steals an ox or a sheep, he must give five back. One for the one he originally stole and the other four as compo.



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08 Feb 2013, 5:45 pm

thomas81 wrote:
i looked up Exodus 22:1 on a internet bible this is what it brought up:


Exodus 22:1

21st Century King James Version (KJ21)


22 “If a man shall steal an ox or a sheep, and kill it or sell it, he shall restore five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.


:scratch:


If you notice, there's an emoticon on ruveyn's post which is 8). Formed by puting 8 and ) together. So the passage is probably 22:18



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10 Feb 2013, 10:29 pm

thomas81 wrote:
I didnt realise the concept of witches was around in the old testament days.

Obviously, you have not read the Bible sufficiently well enough to argue its case for or against the burning of witches.

And yes, it is Exodus 22:18 - "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live." (KJV)

The next verse is ""Anyone who has sexual relations with an animal must be put to death."

"If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads." - Leviticus 20:13

And then there is this intriguing verse:

“When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do." -- Exodus 21:7

Not 'if', but 'when' - daughters were property to be bought and sold as slaves.