[Texaggie79]

Ah but witchcraft was not considered a religion.

All attempts to delude the people, or to abuse their understanding by exercise of the pretended arts of witchcraft, conjuration, inchantment, or sorcery or by pretended prophecies, shall be punished by ducking and whipping at the discretion of a jury, not exceeding 15. stripes.

Thomas Jefferson, A Bill for Proportioning Crimes and Punishments 1778Papers 2:492--504

[freeeee]

I'd heard that he was a working as a clerk when he wrote that. I don't have a source for this claim though.

If witchcraft isn't a religion what is it?

I challenge anyone to find a definition of religion that includes all major religions and excludes witchcraft, except by specifically excluding it by name. I don't think it can be done.

(No, I don't practice witchcraft.)