Subject: On Harry Potter? |
Bible Note: EdB: You write: "Isn't 'STAY AWAY from witchcraft' sufficient?" "I think this is a little different than murder witchcraft is witchcraft. God never said it didn't exist He said STAY AWAY from it." "The Bible clearly tells us to STAY AWAY from magic, witchcraft, divining spirits, sorcery." (Emphasis added.) Deuteronomy 18: 10 There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who *PRACTICES* witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, 11 or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. 12 For all who *DO* these things are an abomination to the Lord, and because of these abominations the Lord your God drives them out from before you. (Emphasis added. New King James Version.) Ed, my respected brother, it is not my purpose here to criticize you. Nor am I taking sides in your ongoing debate. I merely wish to point out that IN THE LAW it does not say "STAY AWAY FROM" magic, etc. What it clearly says in Deuteronomy 18 is that "all who *DO* these things are an abomination to the Lord." It also prohibits "one who *PRACTICES* witchcraft" (emphasis added). It may be that somewhere in the Bible it does use the words "stay away from" these things. However, I am not familiar with any such passage. Grace to you, Kalos |