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sorcery

  1. danieldemol

    Fear of sorcery and violence keeping people insufficiently educated in village of Papua New Guinea

    'Hundreds of students in a remote Papua New Guinean school have been stuck repeating the same grade for eight years because teachers are not showing up to work, community leaders say. Key points: Teachers at the school remain on the payroll despite not showing up, community leaders allege The...
  2. questfortruth

    Joanne Rowling and witchcraft

    Facts are: 1. The main "good guy" is Harry Potter. 2. He does witchcraft. 3. Witchcraft is sin according to Holy Bible. 4. Joanne Rowling is follower of Bible, not enemy of it. These are contradictory facts, which are being accepted by mind. Contradiction inside mind is split of the mind. The...
  3. danieldemol

    Can belief in sorcery lead to murder?

    I read this news article about sorcery in Papua New Guinea; Stripped, tortured with hot irons and thrown off a bridge: 'Witchcraft' terror spreading in PNG From the article; 'Fears of COVID-19 'time bomb' in PNG as unexplained deaths spark sorcery claims, torture and murder By PNG...
  4. Ehav4Ever

    Questions about (כשוף - קסם - חבר - חרש) Types of Avodah Zara

    Concerning the "wise men" of Pharaoh: According to Saadya Gaon in his commentary to the Torah he mentions (דבר הנעשה בחשאי ובהסתר) i.e. essentially slight of hand tricks. Also, mentioned in Emunoth and Deoth book 3 section 5 that they did things that were (כפא מסתורא אדא כשף) hidden to make...
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