The white witch claims to be good, but in the bible it says the occult is evil?

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i was talking to somebody today and shes a white witch , she claimed its the good kind of witch and she does no harm and that only the black witch does evil.
But in the bible does it say all witches are evil? and if she is doing no evil then how is it evil ?
 
Actually, the bible was mistranslated, deliberately, to use the term "witch." Going back to the original Attick Greek, the proper translation should have been "Poisoner of wells." Clearly a "white witch" who lives by a creed of not causing harm would not fit that definition.

More to the point, however, the bible also says to stone unruly children and those who don't observe the Sabbath to death and to never eat shellfish or wear cloth of mixed fibers. Do you observe those rules (see Leviticus)? If not, then how does the judgment of a bunch of long dead Jews make any difference to you?
 
Actually the word witch does not appear in the Bible until the King James version. Before that the word used in those passages were translated as murderer. King James was at odds with an apparently powerful group of witches and had the monks modify the Bible to fit his ideology. Now a friend of mine showed me in the Bible where it says if you change even one word you will be damned. I guess they missed that part. Along with Pope Constance, St. Augustine, the list goes on. Blessed be.
 
The word "witch" only showed up in the Bible in the early 17th century, during the witch hunts. Even today, many translations do not mention witches. Often they mention sorceresses. The original term meant someone who worked malevolent magic. (That's also the original meaning of "witch" BTW).

The definition of the word changed in the 20th century. "Witchcraft" started describing a more nuetral practice, and sometimes you come cross terms like "white witches" and "black witches" for good and evil uses.

The Bible does not say "the occult is evil." The Bible makes a variety of statements about a very wide variety of specific practices, and I really strongly suggest people interested in actual Biblical views of such things to research the various passages that discuss such things, rather than trusting someone's gross oversimplification.
 
Didja ever notice that God said in the Bible "Thou Shalt Not Kill" but then says "Suffer not a Witch to live"?

The bible is FILLED with contradictory advice...find your own morals, ethics and ideals, and stop relying on a book.
 
Again, it's not a matter of legalism, but the state of each person's heart toward God. Anything that takes the place of God...Playstation, TV, drugs, sex, sports, witchcraft, etc. is an idol. Witchcraft was considered more of a threat because most forms of witchcraft lean toward worship of the created thing instead of the one who created it. The tree, the sky, the sun, the snake, the frog, etc. At the end of the day, God knows and judges. For us to say yea or nea is judging for ourselves trying to tell people where they will spend eternity. NOT OUR JOB.
 
Actually, during the translation from Hebrew to English for the KJV Bible, it was purposely changed from "chasaph" (meaning poisoner) to "witch" to please King James I, who was terribly paranoid of witches. However, when King James found out what had been done, he wrote his own book called Daemonology, and ordered all of Reginald Scott's books (where it had originally been purposely mistranslated) burned. But it was too late.
Many people don't know this.
 
A white witch chooses to not harm anyone, the definition of witch in the Bible and witch in modern day are different. This link explains it very well:

http://www.religioustolerance.org/wic_bibl1.htm
 
Actually, during the translation from Hebrew to English for the KJV Bible, it was purposely changed from "chasaph" (meaning poisoner) to "witch" to please King James I, who was terribly paranoid of witches. However, when King James found out what had been done, he wrote his own book called Daemonology, and ordered all of Reginald Scott's books (where it had originally been purposely mistranslated) burned. But it was too late.
Many people don't know this.
 
Most people who claim to be white witches don't believe in the bible at all, so it's definition of "evil" would have no value to them.

Personally, as a witch myself (neither white nor black, I simply do what I must) I don't believe in any kind of evil at all, nor does the bible mean anything to me. I am not a Christian. I do work that is beneficial to me without intentionally harming others. I tend to think I'm the "good kind of witch" also.
-Scarlet
 
So,
Firstly - she is not Christian. She does not believe in the Bible. At a guess she calls herself a witch as a religion definition. In the modern West "witch" is a religion. So her definitions of good and your Christian-Bible-based definition may differ.

Secondly -
The word "witch" needs definition.
The Bible is not in English - it is in Hebrew. Several forms of "magic" are defined in the Bible as forbidden. The English Bibles hanged the word witch on those forbidden practices.
If you realy want to know whether her definition of "witch" is the same, you would need to examine the specifics of what she does.

Moreover -- the whole witch thing is part of Jewish law which I will guess you do not follow (ie: if you eat Pork or Shrimp, if you work on Saturday... if you do not put on Philacteries)
The usual Christian terminology for this is that Jesus fulfilled the Jewish law - and so it no longer needs following.
 
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