Thread 18082963

Witches do not exist. Ghosts do not exist. Mediums do not exist. Magic does not exist. Christians need not believe any of these exist, in fact you cannot believe they exist. They are superstitious and idolatrous beliefs.
>inb4 but they are mentioned in the Bible!
It does not follow that because the Bible mentions them that it's teaching they actually exist or have any actual power, no more than the Bible mentioning other gods implies those gods exist. IF any supposed power does seem to result from their acts then it is nothing more than illusion, which can be explained either naturally or because God allowed it. In fact witches and mediums can do nothing supernatural at all, neither can demons, unless God allows it. Do you really think the witch of Endor actually summoned Samuel? Only God can allow the dead to appear the living assuming the phantom that appeared was even the prophet at all or assuming the story is even completely literal. Anyway there is no magic, no ghosts, no mediums, no magic. None. Zip. Zilch. 99.9% of the time any supposed witchcraft or hauntings have natural, scientific, explanations. The very few that may not are either because God, in his sovereignty and providence, allowed for it, or because of demonic activity, which actually also God allows.

Evolution is fake

>>18082963 (OP)
This sort of view, which disenchants the world and encourages skepticism of supernatural reports, is a stepping stone to naturalism. As an atheist I thank you :^)

>>18082963 (OP)
>>18082991
I prefer the feminist metaphysics where satan and demons exist, but God doesn't exist or is evil.

>>18082963 (OP)
>mediums do not exist
of course they exist, they're on the TV all the time

>>18082963 (OP)
I'm a witch who is also a medium who is using magic to channel a ghost who wants to say this:
>Fuck God lmao

>>18083150
Obese schizo trannies don't count

1 Samuel 28 literally describes the witch summoning Samuel ghost who then gives a divine prophecy

> uhh acktually it was just an illusion or maybe God LARPing

Bible directly says "there shall not be found among you... a medium" (Deut 18) and condemns "sorcery" (Gal 5) as a real practice.

> n-nothing they do is real tho
...so God repeatedly forbids his people from engaging in completely fake, powerless activities that pose zero threat??? He also sent his Son to die for our sins but apparently can't be bothered to clear up this one specific misunderstanding for 2000 years

> demons are real and have power, but only when God allows it.
So functionally, witches/mediums CAN have power, you just moved the goalpost to "God allowed it".

>>18082963 (OP)
This is the battlefield of the 21st century Christian - all of the supernatural world that was considered ubiquitous in the preceding centuries is cut down to a few events packaged within a series of books from ancient Levant.
Or rather it might be more precise to say that this is one of the two choices the Christian faces. Either she submits to the supremacy of the empirical sciences and cuts herself off from a tradition that treated the supernatural as an immanent part of the world, or else she adopts a doctrine which paints every attempt at disenchantment as a satanic conspiracy.
As they say, you cannot serve two masters.

>>18084123
>post picture of a guy who calls themself culturally Christian
LOL

>>18085172
>culturally Christian
Fyi that has nothing to do with believing in god, it's a politically correct way of saying that you don't like it when European countries accept immigrants from shithole countries.

fact check: false
(i am a wizard)