AmyJo wrote:Most of the accused burned in the Salem witch trials weren't really witches to begin with.
They stacked rocks on them or hanged them, I believe. Burning at the stake is left to Hollywood.
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It's a fun topic, AmyJo. Thanks.
I believe they were all women except for the one who had rocks stacked on him. He was 71 years old. My God, what torture for those poor people. The real witches were the false accusers!
AmyJo wrote: Most of the accused burned in the Salem witch trials weren't really witches to begin with.
Nobody has EVER been a witch in the sense of the word as understood in European and early American witch trials - a person who has entered into a league with Satan in order to be given magic power to harm their neighbours in terms for his dominion over their souls.
Because:
(a) Satan is as imaginary as Santa.
(b) People don't have souls.
(c) Magic powers do not exist.
Just thought I'd mention those points. By the way, witch-hunters came down pretty hard on people who said they didn't believe in witches. You know, party poopers and all that stuff?
The ones meeting in Salem in April are Christian witches. Maybe it's a form of Wiccan practice. But they are most definitely not Satanic.
It isn't imaginary to them. Witchcraft is real as far as they're concerned. Wouldn't you rather they practice good magic, or black magic? They believe Jesus Christ was a Grand Wizard. And you know, they may very well be right.
AmyJo wrote:I believe they were all women except for the one who had rocks stacked on him. He was 71 years old. My God, what torture for those poor people. The real witches were the false accusers!
Actually, five of the hanged were also men. There were another five or so that died in prison (records are not exactly clear).
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1951
AmyJo wrote:Most of the accused burned in the Salem witch trials weren't really witches to begin with.
Are you implying that some of the accused burned in the Salem witch trials actually were witches to begin with?
It isn't imaginary to them. Witchcraft is real as far as they're concerned.
Is witchcraft real as far as you're concerned?
"Finally, for your rather strange idea that miracles are somehow linked to the amount of gay sexual gratification that is taking place would require that primitive Christianity was launched by gay sex, would it not?"
AmyJo wrote:Most of the accused burned in the Salem witch trials weren't really witches to begin with.
Are you implying that some of the accused burned in the Salem witch trials actually were witches to begin with?
It was the murderers who were the real witches during the Salem Witch Trials. Those murdered were falsely accused. There was only one of the nineteen women who gave a confession to being a witch, but it was most likely a coerced and a false confession under duress. People were unjustly accused if they were seen as different in the Salem community.
It isn't imaginary to them. Witchcraft is real as far as they're concerned.
Is witchcraft real as far as you're concerned?
It's real to those who believe in it. I'm just superstitious enough to be superstitious. I believe in evil, and the powers of darkness and light. So yeah, if someone wants to play with fire that's real enough. I don't care to dabble in the occult, but I do find it an interesting topic. Maybe in a past life I lived in Salem.
AmyJo wrote:I believe they were all women except for the one who had rocks stacked on him. He was 71 years old. My God, what torture for those poor people. The real witches were the false accusers!
Actually, five of the hanged were also men. There were another five or so that died in prison (records are not exactly clear).
So there were more men than just the one, huh? Still more women overall. Boy were those Puritans nuts. The real evil was inside themselves.
I just finished listening to an in-depth podcast on the Salem Witch trial. It was eleven episodes of at least 60 minutes, followed by several hours of interviews. At this point, I can’t write them off as nuts. Knowing a little more about the people and the events at that time made me understand what happened and why. I found it fascinating.
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1951
Res Ipsa wrote:I just finished listening to an in-depth podcast on the Salem Witch trial. It was eleven episodes of at least 60 minutes, followed by several hours of interviews. At this point, I can’t write them off as nuts. Knowing a little more about the people and the events at that time made me understand what happened and why. I found it fascinating.
Res Ipsa wrote:I just finished listening to an in-depth podcast on the Salem Witch trial. It was eleven episodes of at least 60 minutes, followed by several hours of interviews. At this point, I can’t write them off as nuts. Knowing a little more about the people and the events at that time made me understand what happened and why. I found it fascinating.
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1951
