Question for Christians but anyone can answer. [Spirituality & Religion]

@redredred I think I understand what you're asking. No, the witches of the bible didn't actually perform magic. But sadly their rituals were real. They killed children and the Jews opposed it wholeheartedly

@Qwerty14 Looks like the bible says it was real.

Exodus 7:11 ESV

Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the magicians of Egypt, also did the same by their secret arts.

@redredred Those people were con artists

@Qwerty14 "..,also did the same by their secret arts."

Emphasis on DID, it indicates these sorcerers accomplished their acts by their secret arts. Thats what the bible says.

@redredred You too suffer from an inability to interpret scripture. The Pharoahs sorcerers were magicians who performed parlour tricks. They couldn't replicate every plague, nor could they explain them.

@Qwerty14 Im talkng to those idiots who talk about an inerrant bible and then plead that its speaking allegorically when an obvious error is pointed out. Bats arent birds as leviticus indicates and the sun doesnt move through the sky as Joshua indicates. If you thinks thats a minor point, read up on Galileo.

@redredred


True, but you have to remember that at that time animals were classified by what they did and not by any legitimate phylogeny.

Bats are birds because they fly.
Whales a fish because they swim.

@Pikachu Thank you for making my point but I dont need the help. Using those incorrect terms indicates that the bible was written by ignorant humans, not as a divinely inspired inerrant book.

One cannot claim the bible is inerrant and then plead allegorical or colloquial speech when caught in an error. Its either absolutely inerrant divine truth or its just a pile of error-ridden, ignorant folk tales. Ive pointed out the obvious errors so, its the latter.