A guide on how to convert witches to Christianity has been published by the Roman Catholic Church in Britain.
The move comes in response to fears that growing numbers of teenagers are being lured into Wicca, occult practices and paganism by the heroic depiction of witches in entertainment including the Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice films, and TV.
The booklet, called Wicca and Witchcraft: Understanding the Dangers, offers parents advice on what to do if one of their children takes an interest in witchcraft.
Read it all and you can read a description of the actual booklet here.
I wish the article didn’t have picture of the Harry Potter gang. Contrary to some fundamentalists beliefs (and the Onion spoof), the stories have nothing to do with the Wiccan religion. Even Wiccans come down on HP because of it’s “inaccurate portrayal of witchcraft”.
In His Peace
Jim <><
Boy, this is going to be a setback for ecumenical relations. When partners in things like Anglican-Catholic dialog are doing things like this in their cathedrals:
http://www.youtube.com/user/mollybee9#p/a/u/1/kOyZoFm7UKU
(St. Mark’s cathedral, Seattle WA about 3 months ago)
They’ll take it very personally if it’s suggested that they need to be cured or converted even though they do. This booklet is needed in many places besides England.
So is this an improvement on the Malleus Maleficarum?
Sorry, but this just brings to mind a certain British classic…
How do you know she is a witch?
She turned me into a newt!
A newt?
Well I got better.
You can tell someone is a witch if they weigh the same as a duck.
Hahaha, #s 4 and 5, that’s exactly what came to mind for me.
Converting witches and referencing “Harry Potter?” Seriously? I’m much more worried about agnosticism and religious indifference in the young. Not “witchcraft.”
Wiccan and witchcraft cover a wide range of beliefs. These beliefs are contrary to Christian teaching. Which in a nutshell means the practicioners need to hear the truth of Christ.
That is the calling of the Church in the world to preach the Gospel. So I am not ready to mock the fact that this booklet warns of the dangers of Wicca. One danger comes to mind right away and that is the acceptance of abortion. Wicca worships the goddess and the goddess is most always blood thirsty. To claim otherwise is to be ignorant of pagan practices through the ages.
A guide on how to convert Episcopalians to Christianity has been published by the Roman Catholic Church in America.
The move comes in response to fears that growing numbers of Episcopalians are being lured into universalism, occult practices and paganism by the heroic depiction of morons in Church Publications including the John Spong and History Channel documentaries featuring Dominic Crossan.
The booklet, called Indaba and Other Funny Sayings: Understanding the Dangers, offers Christians advice on what to do if one of their Episcopal friends takes an interest in MGD’s, whales, turning tree ceremonies and ‘my god is your god’ bumper stickers.
part 2: were these people commicant Anglicans or just weirdos hiring the venue. It is shocking and it is occultic. If this is being done under the pretence of Anglican worship then we need no further proof that there is a demonic component to all that is happening in our day. Quite simply it is not of God.
We shall use my largest scales