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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:18 pm
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I'm not sure if this question was asked before, but i got to thinking and i decided to bring up the topic of witchcraft and a few video games and such. First off, when the bible says not to practice witchcraft, does that mean like not watching shows like Harry Potter? what is your opinions on watching Harry Potter? My second question is about a video game that i really like, i grew up on it. Final Fantasy. In this game you go around as a specific character, has a storyline and you fight. You can fight with swords or magic, magic like fire, ice, thunder, water, aero, ext. Like in Kingdom hearts. You can also use these things called Summons that do special attacks. I never really had a huge problem with it. The only part i dont like is that one of the summons is Ifrit and labeled the Hell Hound, but thats about it. Most of the summons are named after Greek gods. I'd like your opinions on these.
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Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:25 pm
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Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:27 pm
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Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 1:11 pm
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I looked up the definition of "to practice" and all of the definitions that came up (there were 12) hold the implication that whatever you're doing to practice, either habitually performing a task or observing it being performed, is with the intent of performing that same task yourself. Are you playing Final Fantasy to learn how to cast Thundaga on your enemies and summon Shiva (Shiva being the Hindu goddess of creation and destruction), or are you playing it because you enjoy the storyline and characters and the opportunity to escape into fantasy for a little while? Are you watching/reading Harry Potter because you want to know how to cast charms on all your friends, or because you enjoy the plot, and the places that the plot takes you? There is a difference between observing magic/witchcraft for the enjoyment of fantasy (fantasy meaning not real) and observing it with the intention of performing it yourself. If you are playing Final Fantasy and watching/reading Harry Potter and thinking to yourself that you could perform these spells/attacks/charms/curses/summons and would like to practice them, you should probably stop playing Final Fantasy and reading/watching Harry Potter. If you're like me, think Squall is emo though hilarious and Carbuncle is adorable, and would like to see how the second half of the Harry Potter series goes over, then by all means, enjoy them. 3nodding Just know that these things are fantasy- they have never happened, can never happen, and will never happen.
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Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:10 pm
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Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 9:08 pm
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Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 9:35 pm
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Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:03 pm
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I'm going to tell you what I've said before.
Galad Damodred First of all: witchcraft isn't magical. Witchcraft is basically a mixture of practical knowledge, herbal medicine and a knack for psychology. A witch may or may not use magic; magic is a form of ritualistic prayer, although methods vary. Many witches also practice Wicca, or some other nature-centered Neopagan spirituality, although this is not a prerequisite for witchcraft. A witch is a person who knows things. Whether it's midwifery, which herb cures colic or how to revive a near-dead lamb, it's witchcraft. Knowing things can be magical, if other people don't know them. And at its core, witchcraft is about helping other people. It's about sitting up all night with someone who's dying, comforting their terror, taking away such pain as you can and seeing them safely on their way, then staying up all the next night, making them neat and laying them out for the funeral, and helping the weeping widow strip and clean the sheets - which, let me tell you, is no errand for the faint-hearted! - before going home and sitting down for five minutes before some worried, angry, shouting you man comes banging on your door because his wife's having trouble delivering their first child. It's seeing all that, dealing with all that, and still going on. Dealing with people, the stupid ones and feckless ones, the mothers with more children than sense, the men who beat their wives, the snotty, grubby little children, and helping them as much as you can. And Silver Ravenwolf and Isabel Bird will tell you it's about stars and candles and runes and wands and invoking spirits and toys, nothing but toys! Oh, I daresay they're nice, something for show, something to look at while you're working, but the heart and root and soul and center of witchcraft is about helping people when life is on edge. Even people you don't like. That is what witchcraft is. The soul and center!
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Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 7:30 pm
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Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:55 am
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Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 11:26 am
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Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 6:39 am
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Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 3:45 pm
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Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 5:41 pm
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Galad Damodred Paranormal Zombiiie Hmm, these are all good points. God's fun in that way, anything can remind you of him, or make you think about God. (I was watching the Colbert Report and he was doing a Segment on Yahweh or Noweh. I know it was supposed to be funny, but it really reminded me to read my bible more.) You know, there's an entire Commandment about God's Name... God also has a sense of humour.
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