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| Do you believe in witches? |
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| My ex-wife was a witch. |
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| Yes and I am one |
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| Yes and I know one |
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visitorq
Joined: 11 Jan 2008
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| If she floats then she is not a witch. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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I'm pretty sure it's the other way around: If she floats she is a witch on the principle that water is like holy water and holy water rejects her. Take her out and burn her. If she sinks and drowns then she was innocent. Oops.
And please, let's not dis Madison County.
I don't find it particularly hard to believe there are witches in the 21st Century. Time does not have a noticeable impact on the number of idiots in the human population. Further proof: there are plenty of idiots who believe chants and potions have any effect. The war against ignorance is never ending and the battle must be fought with each generation. |
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flakfizer
Joined: 12 Nov 2004
Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.
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| Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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| A witch turned me into a newt. |
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Bramble
Joined: 26 Jan 2007
Location: National treasures need homes
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| Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
| The war against ignorance is never ending and the battle must be fought with each generation. |
I hope you say the same thing to all your Christian friends and co-workers, at every available opportunity. |
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browneyedgirl
Joined: 17 Jul 2007
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Witches who fly on brooms? No.
People who act like witches? Yes. |
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Rob'sdad
Joined: 12 May 2008
Location: Seoul
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Once we had a witch in my village in the spring of 1650. So we bound her feet and legs and cast her into the pond one evening.
Imagine our embarressment when she failed to resurface. I remember, because I'm a vampire. Or a werewolf...I keep forgetting. |
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Kikomom
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: them thar hills--Penna, USA--Zippy is my kid, the teacher in ROK. You can call me Kiko
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Dad, you keep forgetting because your village had an Ergot outbreak that summer, and you were all pretty much foaming at the mouth at one point or other.  |
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newteacher
Joined: 31 May 2007
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| Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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| flakfizer wrote: |
| A witch turned me into a newt. |
But did you get better? |
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Omkara
Joined: 18 Feb 2006
Location: USA
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| Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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Why am I not surprised?  |
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Rob'sdad
Joined: 12 May 2008
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Kikomom wrote: |
| Dad, you keep forgetting because your village had an Ergot outbreak that summer, and you were all pretty much foaming at the mouth at one point or other. |
Sweet crackback. That didn't enter my origional thought. I was thinking it was rabies or hangover from the little ice age. Or maybe just a hangover.
An alternative answer. I might be completely full of shit.
Anyway, to set the record straight, in 1650 my forefathers were rebuilding after the thirty years war. If they had time for witch hunts, God Bless 'em. |
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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA
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Like most things in this world, religion can be analyzed in terms of a combination of three modes of material nature: goodness, passion, and ignorance.
Religion in the mode of ignorance includes stuff like witchcraft and voodoo. |
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visitorq
Joined: 11 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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Like most things in this world, religion can be analyzed in terms of a combination of three modes of material nature: goodness, passion, and ignorance.
Religion in the mode of ignorance includes stuff like witchcraft and voodoo. |
Where does Almighty Lord Satan, Ruler of Mankind and all the Cosmos fit into your equation? That's what I want to know. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 12:52 am Post subject: |
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| I hope you say the same thing to all your Christian friends and co-workers, at every available opportunity. |
I prefer to say it to eco-terrorists. |
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Bramble
Joined: 26 Jan 2007
Location: National treasures need homes
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| Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:07 am Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
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| I hope you say the same thing to all your Christian friends and co-workers, at every available opportunity. |
I prefer to say it to eco-terrorists. |
Say it to yourself. |
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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA
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Satan is probably derived from Lord Shiva - the powerful demigod in charge of universal destruction, the mode of ignorance and ghosts, goblins, witches, etc.
I don't usually link to "new-age" sites (because they lack an authoritative approach) but this one seems to draw some interesting connections between Shiva, Jesus, Satan - and UFOs...
http://www.newagegod.com/STMedia/shiva4.htm
Btw, I wouldn't brand "Bramble" as an eco-terrorist (a very politicized term) although in general I do favor the branding of feminists ... |
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