Posted on 08/14/2023 10:40:40 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
Netty has been practising magic for 16 years. She cast a spell to get her current job in banking. She credits other spells with securing subsequent salary raises. She once used a spell to make her boss like her more. Another bagged her the love of her life, seven years ago. She still has the honey jar she used for it – into which she put herbs, a petition and a Corona bottle cap he’d discarded. (She assures me he knows about it.) Raised a Catholic, Netty has not completely reneged on the faith, nor does she see any conflict in casting spells and praying to saints. You might call her a Christian witch. You might be surprised to know there are thousands of them.
Organised religion is in decline. In Western countries, growing numbers are turning their backs on the Church. Thousands of churches shutter each year, faced with dwindling congregations and funds. The 2021 census on religion in England and Wales alarmed many: for the first time since its advent in 1801, less than half the population described themselves as Christian, down from 72 per cent two decades ago. Those ticking “no religion”, the second-most common response, soared to 37.2 per cent. The UK is now, statistically speaking, one of the least religious countries in the world.
Across the Atlantic, the story is similar. In 2020 less than half of Americans belonged to a church, synagogue or mosque, the first time congregants slid below the majority in Gallup’s eight-decade study. The holy current in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Europe is flowing in the same direction.
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“Netty has been practising magic for 16 years.”
No, Netty is a delusional ****.
We had some Wiccans at work. One guy on my team found a witch’s spells on the mainframe and printed them. She found out and threatened to hex him. The company had to deal with the threat as if it might be real.
Hilarity ensued with the Wiccans arguing that hexes weren’t real.
Not new. I still remember 1970, books at B. Dalton Bookseller that had an “Occult” isle, later changed to “New Age”.
Lots of books on casting spells along with horoscope books such as “Sun Signs”, reading Tarot cards and others.
Gee, you raise an entire generation telling them that Harry Potter is great literature and you’re surprised when this is what you get? Seriously, who couldn’t see this coming 10 miles away?
Some will open doors best left closed in their quest to be witches, doors which opened will be difficult if not impossible to close.
You might, but you'd be wrong. There's no such thing.
Witchcraft, even so called white Witchcraft invites the devil in.
LOL, sounds about right.
For Wiccans, and for a corporation...
Last time I took my kids to a Books A-Million store, there were 2 aisles of devil worship books there dedicated to all ages.
Can I still watch Lord of the Rings?...
Harry Potter Twilight, etc.
Yes.
Now go shred your copy of ‘The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe’.
There was actually a fair bit of Christian metaphor in the Harry Potter books, especially toward the end of the series.
Baloney! She's a heretic at best, an apostate at worst. In any case she's a superstitious idolator.
She needs to repent.
Now.
The road she's on leads to Hell.
The wizard in the group argued that Wiccans don’t use hexes while there were 2 pages of hexes in the file. The HR types looked pained to have to deal with this. They interviewed the other person on the wizard’s team and he said “I think they mostly smoke Weed and dance naked in the woods”.
The wizard lost his job when we implemented random drug tests. The witch was vital so she was on the “do not randomly choose this person” list.
Gen Z’s have a habit of believing very strange things.
This has nothing to do with Harry Potter and everything to do with modern Christianity today becoming a weak, emasculated “anything goes” non-judgmental religion that has abandoned its moral footing.
Little wonder people are looking elsewhere.
I used Harry discovering he was a wizard for a lesson on Prevenient Grace.
Explains why they vote for Democrats.
““Netty has been practising magic for 16 years.”
No, Netty is a delusional ****.”
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1000% spot on !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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