Heartbreaking.
"Murdering their own children out of the belief they are witches" is purely from Satan. Even Christians can be deceived, if they are not taught the Word. Such ignorance is indeed heartbreaking.As is Nigerian Christians murdering their own children out of the belief they are witches.
As is Nigerian Christians murdering their own children out of the belief they are witches.
Virtually every human rights group and Western government agency that monitors the plight of Christians worldwide arrives at more or less the same conclusion: Between 200 million and 230 million of them face daily threats of murder, beating, imprisonment and torture, and a further 350 to 400 million encounter discrimination in areas such as jobs and housing.
A conservative estimate of the number of Christians killed for their faith each year is somewhere around 150,000.
As is my dog getting hit by a car. Nobody stated the fact that Nigerian Christians murdering their children was not heartbreaking.
"Murdering their own children out of the belief they are witches" is purely from Satan. Even Christians can be deceived, if they are not taught the Word. Such ignorance is indeed heartbreaking.
"Murdering their own children out of the belief they are witches" is purely from Satan. Even Christians can be deceived, if they are not taught the Word. Such ignorance is indeed heartbreaking.
Meanwhile, the number of saints in heaven grows with each passing moment. Praise God that they have been saved for His glory and honor.
Ronnie T
"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."
The passage was used to justify the hanging of the Salem Witches, and more than a thousand women in Europe during the middle ages, and it is used today in places like Africa to justify killing. Jus as atlas mentioned.
SOME Christian groups have grown beyond taking the passage as literal. But there are many places in the world of Christendom where it is still a justification for execution.
GT you can say it's from Satan, if we assume that is true then Satan has guided the churchs people into thousands of murders for Christ through that passage. Complete with the Preachers whipping up the fever to burn them at the stake directly from the pulpit. History of this is plain, and even though many would and will deny it or at best say, that's old news.
GT that is your interpretation. Other Christians have and continue to take the bible including the OT quite literally.
Besides, you don't believe the Bible any way. Why would you choose to take literally, something you don't believe in?
That is just strange!
Which is why I referred to how other Christians read the scripture about killing witches. I rarely, in fact I've never, heard a Christian say that the 10 commandments aren't to be taken literally or that they no longer apply because they are from the OT. And there are more than a few of your brethren out there who love to point out the biblical position on homosexuality. In fact Christians in Uganda would like to make it an offense punishable by death. And it wasn't that long ago that sodomy was illegal in many states right here in the US.
Maybe there is some context that you can point out that tells us when the bible said "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live." it didn't really mean to kill them. And if you can that is fine, I won't argue the point with you. That is your take on the scripture. All I am saying is that there are other Christians who don't share your view and there was a time when your view would have been a minority view amongst Christians. We shouldn't lose sight of that and we shouldn't brush it off as having no biblical basis. When Christians kill someone because they think they are a witch they aren't doing it in complete contradiction of what scripture says under some satanic influence, they are doing it precisely because scripture instructs them to and they believe they are following the scripture.
You've stumbled on to one of the sad truths about some Christians. Many don't read Scripture regularly, don't study Scripture very much, if at all, and don't understand Scripture in its' full context. Most know nothing of hermeneutics or exegesis. They are usually referred to as "nominal Christians"..... Christian in name only.
A lot of half-baked ideas come out of this bunch of folks, and all Christians get lumped into the same pot, including those "witch killers" you mentioned.