What follows is a detailed examination of the Christian hate file commonly
referred to as the "Letter to Witches," originally perpetuated by
Robert A. Morey. In it, you will find the contents of the original hate
letter along with commentary pointing out where Morey is mistaken and where
he most probably lied. To grant him benefit of the doubt, I'll make few
guesses as to whether he lies knowingly or whether he is just badly informed.
If I'm inaccurate about aspects of Wicca or Pagani, it is because I'm an
atheist and do not belong to any religion at all, let alone either Wicca
or Pagani. I have examined these religions in some detail, however, as
there is much written about the religions by both followers of these
religions and those who hate them.
If you've never experienced the depth of hatred which Christianity can
inspire in another, you might find Morey's letter both disturbing as
well as eye-opening. It is an attack against Wicca and Pagani -- two
Earth-centered religions which hold high ideals and morality and as such
are considered a threat to religions which have been historically shown
to hold death-centered ideologies and expedient morality. The O.T.O is
also attacked by grouped in among those Morey is so frightened of.
His 'letter' to Witches is actually intended for followers of his own
religion: Christianity. It isn't intended to be read by Wiccans or
Pagans but is intended to be read by Christians to further entrench the
perpetuation of the hoaxes and defamation against other religions.
The Christian reviewing it is supposed to read it and feel warmed about
how brave Morey is to 'confront' the evil Satan-inspired religions which
dare to hold ideals and morality higher than theirs. It is not supposed
to cross the mind of the Christian target audience that said 'confrontation'
doesn't allow the lies and mistakes to be corrected.
Morey's original text is left unchanged, marked and quoted in bold.
My corrections appear after his claims.
Wide distribution of this correction is encouraged.
The following is a letter that Dr. Morey has written to teenage
witches that he thought you might like to share with others.
Morey believes that all Witches are female, I should point out. His
focus upon teenagers is common enough to Christianity. The age where
people are at their weakest emotionally is during their teen years as
their bodies are developing quickly. The Christian religion is often
perpetuated by focusing upon the weak-willed and the disenfranchised
from society.
Morey shows his ignorance as to the significance of the pentagram as well
as makes a conjecture that if you wear one, you're either Wiccan or a
member of Pagani. He might be suffering from the belief that all Wiccans
and Pagans wear them.
In actual fact, the pentagram has different significance for different
people -- be they atheists, Wiccans, Pagans, or theists of other names.
Individual Wiccans and Pagans hold the significance of the pentagram
differently and many don't wear them. The pentagram is no different
than the current version of the Christian cross which is worn or not worn
by Christians and non-Christians depending upon their mood.
Morey wants to believe that the pentagram is a 'Satanic' symbol -- a
symbol of one of his own religion's constructs, not Wicca or
Pagani. He wants his Christian readers to unthinkingly believe it as
well.
Additionally, he seems to think that "magic charms" are also a
major aspect of Wicca. There are many different types of Wiccans and Pagans
and some don't believe in the paranormal (indeed, some are atheists.)
Those that do may or may not believe in magic. Those that believe in magic
may or may not wear "magic charms."
The comment about "drawing down the moon" is in reference to a
ritual which is discussed in a book of the same name. Morey is attempting
to appear knowledgeable about Wicca by dropping the name of one of the
rituals which pay homage to the Wiccan Earth Goddess, to life, and to
birth.
The "power coming over you" is a strange question. He may be
trying to convince himself that his 'Satan' construct actively takes a
part in the various Wiccan and Pagan festivals and rituals. Since he's
not being specific, it's anyone's guess what he's talking about.
Additionally, Morey is trying to suggest that "initiation" is
an aspect of Wicca or Pagani and that if the individual reading it hasn't
been, then she is deliberately being left out of some cabal or "inner
circle." In actual fact, there is no priesthood or analog in Wicca
or Pagani. There is no holy man or woman which is used to dictate the path
of the Wiccan or Pagan. Morey is applying his own religion's authoritarian
layering of church masters to Wicca and Pagani which have none.
What he means about "going skyclading" is anyone's guess.
Wiccans and Pagans have skyclad rituals, lunches, and what-have-you where
wearing clothes is optional. Being an Earth-centered, life-affirming
religion, reproduction, life, and birth are major aspects of Wicca and
Pagani yet Morey probably suffers from the belief that casting aside
clothing taboos results in a mating frenzy.
Once again there is an attempt to contrive an "inner circle"
and "outer circle."
His begging-the-question about using blood in ritual is one of his
worse bits of dishonesty yet in his 'letter.'
In asking what amounts to a rhetorical question, he is stating that blood
is used in Wiccan or Pagan rituals. It's not. He's claiming that if the
reader hasn't used blood "yet," then they are in his "outer
circle" and are not privy to the working of his "inner
circle."
Wiccans and Pagans have ideals which prohibit them from harming anything
-- some feel that includes other animals and so they are vegetarians.
There are variations of Christianity which sacrifice chickens and other
animals; Wicca and Pagani are specifically prohibited from employing
sacrifice. Morey may be once again trying to apply his religion's use of
sacrifice to Wicca.
As for "calling forth a familiar spirit," that's part of Morey's
religion, not Wicca or Pagani. To my knowledge, Wicca and Pagani employ
Jungian archetypes (so called after the theories of the psychologist Carl
Jung who's writings are still available though fairly well discredited
within academic circles.)
Morey is lying. His label of "occult" for Wicca and Pagani is
easily dismissed as an aspect of his hatred. All religions are cults,
his included. All religions are also occult to various degrees; his own
greatly so. What's not so easily dismissed is his vague claim that he's
knowledgeable of Wicca and Pagani. If he has actually studied "the
occult" as he claims, then it certainly wasn't any of the religions
he's attacking in this letter. (And certainly not the origins of his own
cult.)
What he has studied, in all probability, is what his leaders and their
writings have to say about other religions which are not Christian in
origin and quite probably other variations of Christianity which he has
been taught to believe aren't Christian (such as Catholicism, Mormonism,
and the Jehovah Witness.)
Additionally, his reason for writing is to spread his hatred among the
followers of his own religion. Any Wiccan or Pagan already knows that
his characterizations are completely false.
As justification for his lengthy tirade, he holds up vague and undefined
"others," again employing the claim that there are high and low
levels of belief. He points toward two other religions and fails to admit
that they're neither Wiccan nor Pagan. Morey doubtless would like to
group all non-Christian religions into one Satan-inspired religion and
treat them all equally. That is the common mindset of death-centered
religions: the belief that all other religions are in fact actually the
anti-thesis of their own and thus part of it.
He claims that these vague "others" used magic and yet later
he states that magic doesn't work. He attempts to have it both ways and
hopes that his Christian readers don't recognize the contradiction.
"O.T.O." refers to the Ordo Templi Orientis, a religion which is
totally removed from Pagani and Wicca. Morey and his readers are doubtless
of the opinion that any religion which isn't a Christian brand name is
defacto Satanic and as such, all the same religion. He and his followers
probably think that anyone who employs magic in their church may be
called 'Witches.' In actual fact, O.T.O. is a church of the Thelemic
religion, not Pagani nor Wicca. (Once again we see how Morey probably
was mistaken when he claimed to have studied 'the occult.')
Some time around 1988, a disenfranchised ex-member of O.T.O telephoned
the Berkeley police and reported a bevy of outrageous claims of 'Satanic'
rituals, murder, and eating of babies. Police were told to look for
'Satanic' evidence and to make videotapes of religious artifacts. Under
the banner of looking for drugs, however, else they would never have been
able to convince a judge to write out a search warrant based upon what
they were really looking for. (The police testified later that they were
told that they should look for evidence of child sacrifice and other
urban legend nonsense.)
The O.T.O. temple was raided, sacked, and basically destroyed by a great
many police who came in with guns drawn, ordering the church members onto
the floor. On September 12th, 1990, seven church members filed legal
cases against the City of Berkeley, County of Alameda, naming 10 police
officers who were among the many who conducted the raid, charging that
the raid was religiously motivated (also a hate crime, in my opinion)
and that the 1st, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th and 14th amendments to the U.S.
Constitution were violated. Had the religion been identified as a
Christian one, it's most likely that no such actions would have been
taken against them.
All criminal charges based upon claims of drug use were found to be false
based upon medical examinations. Nothing illegal was found even though
the floorboards, rafters, and walls were torn up and the yards dug up.
Morey attempts to sound wise to his Christian audience and once again
employs the logic fallacy known as "begging-the-question." This
time it is the supposition that Wiccans and Pagans don't question the
validity of their beliefs -- again, he's employing aspects of his own
religion to others.
In this Morey is mistaken and contradicts the teachings of his own
religion. Skeptical Inquirer, the science and education
publication put out by CSICOP, is very skeptical and critical of all
claims of the paranormal, pointing out that all claims of the paranormal
to date have failed to yield scientifically-confirmed results.
One study published by CSICOP offers details on how magic is equal to the
placebo effect sugar pills or prayer to deities has. The placebo effect
is based in scientific fact. Belief in magic (be it the Christian variety
they call 'prayer' or Wiccan magic) is exactly equal to the placebo effect.
It doesn't even matter what deities one prays toward.
Magic is equal in validity to prayer to deities -- any deities.
Many of those who use magic are sick all the time. They go through
mulitple (sic) marriages. They have money problems. Their cars get flat
tires. They get their share of flus and colds.
The Wiccans and Pagans that I know are highly intellectual, healthy, open,
bright, and happy individuals. They harbor ethics which compel them
to assist others even though they themselves may be financially strapped.
They have morals which compel them not to harbor intolerance, hatred,
greed, and envy toward others and their possessions. They accept openly
those who are cast-aside by Christianity as "abominations"
-- be they black, gay, Mexican, or female.
Christian marriages fair no better, in fact, than any other marriage...
Unless it's Islam where women suffer as property to the men. The choice
of religion doesn't effect the success of a marriage... something Morey
wants his Christian readers to think does, somehow.
If magic really worked, they would never be sick. They would win every
horse race in town! They would own Wall Street by now! They would be
able to maintain a successful marriage.
Morey continues to build the character he believes Wiccans and Pagans
look like. Not only does no Wiccan or Pagan suggest that their magic
could be used for such nonsense, they have ethics which would forbid
them from employing them if they did.
There are untold thousands of dollars available for any individual who
could successfully indicate the use of magic to derive some paranormal
phenomena. Neither prayer nor any other forms of magic has yet been able
to win those prizes even though hundreds of Christians have tried.
(CSICOP offers a reward as does the magician James Randi, just to name
two rewards currently offered.)
Additionally, Wiccan and Pagan marriages have a slightly higher success
rate than Christian marriages. In Wiccan and Pagan marriages, the female
doesn't become the property of the male and conflict resolution has many
avenues which are not open to the Christian variety. Within Christian
marriages, often even the extremes of divorce isn't allowed by clergy and
so the suffering and bondage has no end until the death of one of the
partners. Women are not constrained intellectually in Wiccan marriages
so other avenues of conflict resolution is open to them.
Which is exactly equal to prayer without the tithe to the priesthood.
For some reason he "forgot" to mention that fact.
The same can be said for prayer. Indeed, the number of Christians who
use prayer in an attempt to influence horse races far exceed the number
of Wiccans or Pagans who might do likewise. I suspect that Morey doesn't
know anything about Wiccan magic and what it's used for.
Morey's characterization and assignation continues.
Which is exactly the same for prayer. Obviously Morey thinks that prayer
is somehow different than Wiccan and Pagan magic and yet for obvious
reasons he doesn't mention the complete failure of prayer while
he's underscoring again and again the failure of Wiccan and Pagan magic.
Who knows what Morey's complaint is about. In his religion, everything
he is supposed to think and know is written down for him -- and, of
course, interpreted for him by his leaders. His mock surprise at not
finding any writings of Wiccan and Pagani clergy seems to be in direct
conflict with his previous claims that there are "inner circles"
and "outer circles."
It's also in direct conflict with his claim to have studied what it is
he's lying about.
A further comment would have to be his supposition that magic can be
and would be used for monetary gains. In his own religion, prayer is not
supposed to be used for such 'unholy' gains and yet he has no
difficulty attributing his unethical characterization to others.
Heavy irony: His belief in an 'after life' is an absurdly mystical and
silly belief and conflicts with physics in every way. His belief that
dead people can rise up and walk again is part of his own "Magical
world view."
Worse: His own Christian bible is frought with contradiction and
scientific impossibility. One of the most easilly observed scientific
blunders within his own book of magic states that mustard seeds can grow
into trees suitable for birds to rest upon. The "faith of the
mustard seed" parable is predicated upon a botanical ignorance.
His dishonesty knows no bounds. He is telling his Christian readers that
Wiccans and Pagans don't have moral absolutes -- or morals of any kind.
In actual fact, most Pagans I know have situational ethics -- a mode
of ethical and moral behavior which is superior to those which were written
by ignorant desert dwellers 20 centuries in the past.
No Wiccan or Pagan says there are no moral absolutes. Morey's dishonesty
knows no bounds.
Morey knowingly advances another lie by stating half of the Wiccan reed
and excluding the rest. The actual law is "And it harm none, 'do
what thou wilt' shall be the whole of the law." It is highly probable
that Morey knows of the actual law and elected to quote half of it simply
to continue to foment hysteria and ignorance and perpetuate his hatred.
It is often stated that the minute a claimant spouts "Hitler"
or "Nazi Germany" or "child abuse" in reference to
those he hates, the individual has shown himself to have no credibility.
True to form, Morey shows us his true colors by handing Wiccans and
neo-Pagans his own contrivance and then wondering why the fictional people
he creates are not out raping and killing. By doing so, he advances the
conjecture that Wiccans and neo-Pagans are.
Many Wiccans and Pagans will state that Christianity is evil based upon
its own standards and base that conclusion upon its history. Morey
shows just how evil Christianity can be by the very 'letter' he writes.
Still, most Wiccans and Pagans will point toward Christianity and allow
that their 'path' is perfectly acceptable and reasonable but "not
for them."
E. To say, "Do what thou wilt" and then tell Christians NOT to
do what they wilt is hypocritical.
F. To say, "that it is wrong to judge/condemn others," and then
to judge/condemn Christians is contradictory.
No Wiccan or Pagan would suggest his characterizations. He is trying to
tell his Christian readers that Wiccans and Pagans are actively seeking
to deny Christians their beliefs somehow.
Once again he exhibits his ignorance and puts the evidence to his lie that
he actually studied what he's talking about. Wiccans and Pagans want
Christian zealots to leave them alone. It is always the Christian
bigot telling Wiccans and Pagans what they can't or shouldn't believe and
what they can't or shouldn't do.
Once again Morey pretends that Wiccan and Pagans have his own cult's poor
ethics.
Heavy irony again.
H. The claim of modern witches that they are reviving pre-Christian
paganism is not true historically. The rituals and beliefs of modern
day magic are of recent origin.
There's even more irony in this lie. In fact Wicca is less than some
80 years old however Pagani dates back to long before the Christian cult
was created by Paul/Saul of Tarsus. Neo-Pagni of contemporary times seek
to restore the Earth-centered religious ideologies they've collected from
legend, lore, and -- yes, sorry to say, Mr. Morey -- historic information
lifted from Irish artifacts.
Morey may to be trying to set aside the fact that much of Christianity
is predicated and based upon early Pagan religions. Christmas and Easter
are Pagan festivals, having their roots in Saturnalia, Winter
Solstice Festival, and the festival for the Fertility Goddess. (No doubt
Morey has a good "explanation"e; on why Easter has so many
fertility symbols and why Christmas has yule logs, wreaths, and trees.)
Morey wants to now claim that his magic is stronger than his brother in
law's. At this point we can easily question whether he has a brother in
law as his credibility is gone. Morey uses his own occult magic to such
a dishonorable end that it's a probably a good thing for him that his
gods don't actually exist.
Morey applies more Christian ideologies to those he hates. Christianity
has historically been nothing more than a justification of tyranny against
innocent people. The belief that one may do whatever one wishes and then
"beg god for forgiveness" (rather than those they harm, rape, or
murder) is one of the most evil aspects of Christianity there is.
Wiccans and Pagans are the most responsible people I know, as a rule.
The only thing Morey gets right is his ranting about who is actually
responsible for the choices one makes. Obviously he doesn't attribute
the lack of responsibility to his own religion. In Christianity, their
"Satan" god is blamed for everything bad which happens to them
and their other "good" gods are blamed for everything good
which happens to them.
In the Christians belief, it seems, few are responsible for their own
actions. Sadly, what usually happens when non-Christians point at a
tyranny inflicted upon humanity by a Christian, Christians will also
point and demand that the Christian in question isn't a "true"
Christian.
Morey is mistaken. Most people in mental wards are Christians. For that
matter, nearly all people in prisons in the United States are Christians.
For someone who states that magic doesn't work, it's ironic that he now
tries to claim that there is some detrimental side-effect or direct
result of using magic. His contradictions are probably not even noticed
by his Christian readers.
Morey is becoming laughable. There are no negative or bad deities in the
Wiccan or Pagan religions from which there needs to be protection from.
The circle is the never-ending circle of change or of life, depending on
what type of circle it is. Christians have bad deities, demons, spirits
and whatnot. Wiccans and Pagans have none.
The only protection Wiccans and Pagans need are by the police agencies
which protect them from hatred held in the minds of Morey and those whom
he infects. Many Wiccans in contemporary times have been shot at and
some dozens have been murdered -- all by Christians who have read much
the same as what Morey writes and have believed it, every word.
Stay tuned. His hatred and rabidity grows:
He doesn't mention the cross that many Christians wear. And St.
Christopher medals et al. which are specifically designed to keep the
wearer from harm. The pentagram isn't designed to keep the wearer from
harm; it has many different significance's depending upon the individual.
Additionally, demons are from his own religion, not Pagani or
Wicca. For some curious reason he persists in attempting to drag Wiccans
and Pagans into his fictional Christian constructs.
He merely repeats a lie he offered previously. In fact there have been
extensive criminal investigations into allegations like Morey's which
have culminated in a special FBI report dealing with "the occult."
The FBI found that these hate-motivated accusations and claims are no
more than a sadistic urban legend. (Contact me for a mailing
address for this report from the Government Printing Office.)
It's hard to contemplate what Morey has been told to believe about Wicca
and Pagani. His comments continue to show that he was mistaken when he
claimed to have studied "the occult" for 30 years.
How does Morey reconcile the fact that Christian clergy is the single
largest "profession" in America which sexually rapes children?
(See the extensive "Clergy Abuse Files."
The greatest magicians always end up broke, alone, and miserable. Check
to see what happend (sic) to people like Crowley. They were all losers.
Morey is mistaken. The best magicians did pretty well in the past and
some of the best magicians today also do very well. Houdini may have
died fairly poor yet that was because he didn't market himself very well.
Penn and Teller as well as James "The Amazing" Randi are highly
successful if not fairly wealthy.
Obviously Morey continues to paint a picture of magic which is different
than the magic entertainers delight us with. His comments continue to
be based upon his hatred.
It would seem that there are no "true Christians" then.
Morey is mistaken. Covens are collections of Wiccans or Pagans which
share some set of ideals which usually center around their religion --
though not always... it could be a coven centered around a common
interest in geology or paleontology or cosmology. In any event, Wiccans
and Pagans don't believe in demons and so can't "send them to
kill" anyone.
Demons are a part of Morey's religion, not Wicca. He is trying
yet once again to attribute his religious beliefs to an entirely
different religion.
I helped to move a girl from Philadelphia to Florida to escape her former
occult friends. If they really loved her, why did they try to kill her?
If she wanted to leave the group, why did they object to her doing what
she wilt?
Morey is lying. Were he to actually be telling the truth, he would have
offered details about his claim, including the police agencies which were
involved in the case, the docket numbers, the name and other incidentals
of the criminals involved, and any number of specifics.
Any time Christians who make such lies are asked for evidence, they claim
that doing so puts them or those they're trying to "protect" at
risk. The claim is nonsense as murder and attempted murder are usually
public media events -- the information would already be known.
By not offering any specifics, Morey continues to perpetuate his lies.
By not reporting attempted murder and threats of murder, Morey is
complicit in those crimes! The most obvious reason why he didn't
file any criminal report is because he's lying to his followers.
He's half correct. As I understand it, the Earth Goddess is where Wiccans
and Pagans return to when they're dead. They get a rebirth and thus
perpetual life in the never-ending cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.
It's not always a belief in reincarnation but more a recycling of used
body parts by the Earth Goddess for her needs.
In any event, we see that Morey desperately needs to believe in gods
which love him and gods which are needed for some vague, unspecified
"salvation" from some unspecified peril. Wiccans and Pagans
aren't that insecure.
Obviously a member of a death-centered religion would think so. In fact
Wicca and Pagani are life-affirming religions which can successfully
boast to having bright and happy club members.
Additionally, he doesn't wish to admit that his own religion is just as
much 'occult' as any other.
Thus we have an admission of what actually motivates Morey into launching
his hate-filled and lies-ridden tirade against life-centered religions.
His religion tells him that all others are actually the anti-thesis of
his own and thus are part of it.
The Christian bible also says that bats are birds, that rabbits chew
their cud, that mustard seeds grow into trees, that the value of Pi is
3.0, that there was a world-wide global flood, that grass hoppers have
four legs, and a bewilderingly long list of other obvious falsehoods.
The hate-motivated lie that the millions of non-Christian religions
are nonetheless Christian is but one lie among thousands one can find in
the Christian bible.
One can only wonder if he actually did any research at all. What he has
admitted to is reading his own religion's book and then deriving all of
his mistaken opinions and unevidenced beliefs based upon it.
Of course Lord Krishna and Mithra (just to name a few Savior gods) did
much the same centuries before the Jesus god was created.
"...Or we'll have to murder you for your own good..." would
fit in well right about now. When his gods fail to take care of all the
Wiccans and Pagans in the world, guess who will "do the lord's
work" and rectify that oversight?
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I can't help but equate what Morey and his leaders have put out here with
anti-Jewish and anti-black hate letters claiming to be authoritative. The
number of lies are obvious to anyone who knows anything about what the
claimant is spouting. That's not important, however, when the hate
letter is intended for those who already believe and will not question
the validity of the claims being made by their masters.
The hatred and dishonesty disgusts me. Here we see one of the reasons
why I'm an atheist, in fact. Here we see why Christianity has the
history that it does and why it's utterly evil by its own standards.
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A LETTER TO WITCHES
By Dr. Robert A. Morey
I see from the pentagram you wear and all your magical charms
that you believe in the power of magic. Perhaps you have attended
a Wiccan gathering or you have participated in some magic rituals.
I don't know.
But so many questions fill my mind. Have you "drawn down the
moon" yet? Have you ever felt a power come upon you? Do you
worship a particular goddess? Have you been initiated? Do you have
a Wiccan name? Have you gone skyclading? Are you in the outer or
inner circle? Have you used blood in your rituals? Have you ever
called forth a familiar spirit?
The reason I am writing you is that I have studied the occult for
thirty years and I have come to certain conclusions.
Now, I know that you will disagree with some of my conclusions because
we have traveled different paths. But I have added the benefit of the
testimonies of those who used magic in the highest levels possible such
as the Golden Dawn and the O.T.O. and then have come to faith in Christ
and now have renounced magic.
All I ask is that you have an open mind and give serious attention
to the things I now bring up. Remember an unexamined faith is a
worthless faith.
I. The fact that magic does not work.
After all the talk about the "power" that people can get from
magic, I have never known a more powerless group of people.
Even more seriously, they cannot beat their own drug or sex addiction.
They are usually in bondage and totally powerless to change their life
for the better.
But the fact is, you waste a lot of money and time on magic and are no
better off. In fact, you will end up worse off.
If magic worked, witches would be picking up the winning lottery numbers
every week. But the fact is that when the "rubber meets the road"
magic simply does not work.
II. Their lame duck excuses as to why they are sick or why they can't
keep their marriage together or why they aren't rich, are weak and feeble.
One psychic "healer" (a relative of mine) is sick all the time.
Her husband is dying of cancer! When she boasted to me of her magical
powers, I confronted her with the rather obvious fact that her magic did
not work for her or her ex-husband. She replied that her magic will not
work for herself.
But who says that you cannot heal yourself by magic? Where is it written
down? And who says that your husband or wife cannot use magic to heal you?
If her magic cannot help herself or her husband, then what good is it?
I could not help but point out that she was always crying about money
problems. What use is her magic if it cannot make her rich?
III. A magical world view is internally contradictory and hypocritical.
A. To say, "there are no moral absolutes" is to give an absolute.
B. To say, "Do what thou wilt, this is the whole of the law" has
been used to justify everything from black magic to human sacrifice. If
there are no standards, then on what grounds can they condemn child abuse,
Hitler, murder, etc.? They can't.
C. To say, "everything is relative" and "there is no
evil," and then to turn around and say that Christianity is
"evil" is contradictory.
D. To say, "Everyone has the right to believe what they want"
and then condemn Christians for what they believe is contradictory.
IV. A magical view of life does not correspond to reality.
G. No magic is going to make you thin if you do not stop eating. No
magic will make you rich if you do not get up and go to work.
I. My brother in law who is in the occult told me he was going to use
magic to get himself a parking space in N.Y.C. I in turn told him that
I would ask Jesus to get me a space. He drove around for four hours
before finding a place while I found one immediately and did not have
to go around the block even once! His magic was not even good enough to
find him a parking space!
J. A magical view of life is a cop out and it breeds irresponsibility.
Instead of taking responsibility for their life, those who use magic
always blame "bad luck" or claim that someone is using black
magic against them. The truth is that YOU are responsible for the
choices you make in life - not magic.
K. It attracts people with mental problems. Sad but true. I have seen
this many, many times. The State Mental Hospitals are filled with people
who were users of magic. It appeals to people with those kind of people.
L. They live in constant fear of the powers they draw down. Hence they
need the occult protection of the circles, towers, shields, charms, etc..
What a terrible religion of fear!
M. If you depend upon trinkets such as pentagrams to protect you, you do
not have any real power. To think that a stupid piece of metal or glass
is going to protect you from a demon you summon is absurd.
N. The lust for blood is evil. It has led to horrible crimes. Killing
animals and people for their "energy" is wicked as well as
criminal.
O. Sex magic is filthy and gross beyond words and involves child abuse,
bestiality, sodomy, etc. You will never have a normal satisfying sex
life once you debase yourself in sex magic.
P. Magic is for losers.
Whenever a true Christian challenges them, the magicians always lose.
I have challenged occultist to take their best shot and they always
failed. On one occasion, a coven sent demons to kill me but I didn't
even get a headache!
Q. While there is a lot of hate and lust in magic, there is no love. If
you leave or reveal the secrets, they will try to kill you.
R. There is no forgiveness, comfort or salvation in magic. It has no
Savior or God who loves and cares for you.
The occult is lonely, sad, cold and sterile.
S. The Bible says that true power behind the magical arts is Satanic.
Those who deny this are dupes of the devil.
These are just a few things that came to mind as I thought about what I
have seen in thirty years of research in the occult.
The Lord Jesus Christ has broken the power of magic and has brought
life, love and immortality to light through the Gospel. Jesus is Victor!
The occult has nothing to offer that compares with the love of Jesus.
Presumably this "love of Jesus" is utterly hidden in the hatred
of its followers.
Turn to Him in repentance. Renounce your witchcraft and the works of
the devil. Burn your magic books and mash your altars. Turn or burn.
Repent or perish! Jesus is the answer. John 3:36.
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