Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!rutgers!mailrus!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!AUVM!JIM From: JIM@AUVM (Jim McIntosh) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.christia Subject: Re: Good Witches Message-ID: <90012.092850JIM@AUVM.BITNET> Date: 12 Jan 90 14:28:50 GMT References: <900111.11374190.056807@USM.CP6> Sender: Practical Christian Life Reply-To: Practical Christian Life Organization: The American University - University Computing Center Lines: 39 Approved: NETNEWS@PSUVM Gateway In article <900111.11374190.056807@USM.CP6>, DONALD BLOUGH says: >Witches, whether they use "white" magic or "black" magic, are doing >nothing more than sending demons to do their bidding. That's the >only source of power for any witch. That means they would have to be >in league with the demons and with Satan. In that sense, there is >no such thing as a good witch. I have often marveled at the way the Lord has chosen to be revealed to the world. The revealing has been so gentle and subtle. Over the tens of thousands of years that humankind has existed, it has only been the last two thousand that we have had the access to the most complete information (though Jesus Christ). What of those who lived before God started revealing details of the Godhead? Weren't cave people doing the will of God when when they attempted to understand their reality by finding God in wood spirts and weather phenomenon? It was all that God had revealed up to that point. And can people be blamed if they still believe these simple (incomplete) understandings of God? Even when Jesus was here in the flesh there were many who were unconvinced by him and refused to believe. Those of us who are Christian know the completeness and wonderfulness of his message, but there are many who find God in other ways. It is my understanding that many "witches" are not anti-Christian (who exist simply as a reaction to Christianity and mock Christian symbols) but are instead remnants of earlier understandings of God. As such, it is sad that they do not share our more-complete understanding of God, but I would hesitate before calling them "bad". > However, we should not condemn them, >but we should pray for them and share Jesus with them. Yes! I agree completely. It would be nice if *everyone* could share our joy! ------- Jim McIntosh (JIM@AUVM) The American University Washington DC 20016 USA