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Apologetics: Stranger in a Strange Land – Another New Age Expo.

It’s been several months, which means that it’s time for yet another post about my experience at the New Age Expo. Yippee!

This expo was a lot smaller than the one I went to earlier in the year. It was at a different location that was tiny compared to the last one, yet somehow, the organizers managed to shove at least a quarter of last time’s booths into the space. This inevitably made it a cramped maze of booths and tables (mostly revolving around crystals and psychic readings) that made it hard to navigate. And since most of the people there were selling psychic readings and were doing sessions with their clients, I didn’t get the chance to talk to a lot of people. But the ones I did speak with were interesting.

The first person I spoke to was a lady who was essentially selling various talismans, herbs, potions, etc. designed to bring about various things like love, prosperity, inner peace, protection…blah, blah, blah. We had a conversation about energy and how all the things that she was selling give off energy and can help change vibrations. Her reasoning for this belief is that vibrations determine how we sense the world around us, so various things to affect those vibrations will help change our reality and bring us various things.

This is obviously pseudo-science. While there is something to be said about vibrations affecting how we perceive reality, we can’t just tamper with those vibrations to manifest a new reality for ourselves. Sure, the sound of ocean waves or a certain smell may calm us and help us feel better, but they can’t bring about money, love, protection, etc.

Speaking of that, the next person I spoke to was yet another woman who was selling various types of jewelry that were meant to bring about similar things. Essentially, what she would do is have you pick your jewelry, she would perform a ritual over it to give it the power to attract whatever thing you wanted and then put it on you. We had an interesting talk about religions and worldviews and about more holistic approaches to addressing your mental health, and I was able to share the Gospel with her towards the end of the conversation.

Now, we come to the longest conversation I had at the expo. If you remember my post from last time, you will remember that my mom and I spoke to a guy I’m going to call Wyatt. At first, we thought he was a Wiccan, then thought he leaned more Luciferian, and he was claiming that he was God and could help others reach their god-ness.

But that was the conversation we had with him. This time around, I talked to a friend of his who was part of the same group. I’ll call him Jerry.

The conversation I had with Jerry can be summed up as circular and slightly disturbing. According to Jerry, we aren’t God per se but are part of God in a sense and will go back to him at some point. Who exactly God is or what will happen to you after death (Heaven or Hell) in this view, I’m not entirely sure, as he seemed to be intentionally vague about it. He told me they don’t believe in reincarnation, and when it comes to figuring out morality in this life, while it’s okay to life by your code of morals, it’s better to live by God’s code of morals.

What’s God’s code of morals according to Jerry? Glad you asked. It’s whatever seems good to us humans.

This is where the conversation started getting very circular, contradictory, and a bit disturbing from a Christian P.O.V. According to Jerry, the Bible is man-made, Christianity was created by Paul, and what’s good and brings glory to God is essentially just what we would agree on is good. We shouldn’t judge others as some things are between them and God, and if something works for you, then God must approve of it. Why? Because God is good…whatever good is since there is no set standard other than not being a horrible person.

To support this view, Jerry then resorted to a handful of cherry-picked and radically misinterpreted Scriptures, namely the story of Jesus and the adulterous woman, and the verse about knowing good by its fruit.

“But wait!” You might be saying, “Where in the Bible does it say that what’s good is known by its fruit?” The answer is nowhere, or at least, not in the sense that he meant it.

This quote comes from Jesus in Matthew 7:15-20, where Jesus says:

15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.

You see the problem here? Jesus was talking about false prophets. False prophets in Scripture are defined as those who deny the teachings and commands of God. Sure, they may be doing what seems to be “good,” but ultimately, they are workers of evil, “ravenous wolves.” Jerry, to some, may be doing good in helping them reach his spirituality’s version of enlightenment or healing, but ultimately, he is rejecting God’s commands (like don’t be playing around with the occult, which he is), and selling a counterfeit worldview.

Because of this, since he believes himself to be a worker of goodness who does everything by the power of God (whoever his version of God is), he believes he’s in the right. That’s where it got disturbing for me, as it was clear that he knew at least some of the Bible and was content to twist it as necessary. To some extent, that alone made the conversation almost feel like talking to Screwtape. I’ve seen people twist Scripture before, but to see someone twist it so blatantly to defend their views right in front of me made it hit differently. Add on the fact that he hardly let me get a word in edgewise, and it was even weirder.

Eventually, after about 40 minutes of going in circles, being talked over, and listening to Scripture get twisted into a jumbled mess, I made my exit. At that point, I was so confused by what he was saying because it was so out of left field and tired of going in circles that I decided it wasn’t worth it anymore and moved on. I located my dad and after walking around a bit more, we left.

Until next time,

M.J.

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Apologetics/Blog: No. You Cannot be a Christian and a Witch.

It’s the last day of August. We have about another month until it’s officially “spooky season” and about another two months until it’s actually Halloween. But gosh dang it, if Walmart and Costco can start putting out the Halloween stuff already, then I can start talking about witches.

Recently, my For You page on YouTube has had several recommendations for videos talking about the rise of “Christian” witches online. Why I’ve been getting so many recommendations for videos reacting to these ladies, I’m not entirely sure, but I’m not totally unfamiliar with the topic. I’ve known about “Christian” witchcraft for a while now, have even met a few people dabbling in the New Age or occult who identify as some version of Christian, and am very aware of how prevalent it is in the church even if it’s not out in the open. It’s something that annoys me to no end because of how ridiculous it all is.

The crux of the matter – no pun intended – is that calling yourself a “Christian” witch is like calling yourself a Far-Left conservative. The two labels do not mix; they are a total oxymoron.

The reason for this is because the Bible specifically prohibits occult practices, such as various forms of divination, necromancy, spellcasting, etc. In fact, not only does the Bible prohibit such things, but it describes people who do that stuff as “an abomination” in Deuteronomy 18:9-15. Other Old Testament passages echo this sentiment, with Leviticus 19:26 and 20:6 warning to stay from mediums, necromancers, diviners, etc., warning that turning would be unfaithfulness. In the prophetic books of the Old Testament, mediums, necromances, sorcerers, etc. and the groups that rely on them are consistently ridiculed.

But don’t worry. That’s the Old Testament. God was meaner then, so of course He wasn’t tolerant of that stuff then, right? Surely, Jesus was much nicer, right?

Wrong.

While Jesus does talk about who’s going to Hell in the Gospels, the most explicit condemnation of witches/sorcerers is in the book of Revelation, which is the revelation of Jesus Christ to His disciple, John. In numerous verses in Revelation (i.e. Revelation 21:8), Jesus warns that amongst those who will be going to Hell are sorcerers/sorceresses.

It’s also worth mentioning that in the apostles evangelistic efforts, witchcraft was very obviously frowned upon. In Acts 13 – which covers the history of the early church – a sorcerer named Bar-Jesus (a.k.a. Elymas) tries to stop Paul and Barnabas from giving the Gospel to the local proconsul and is cursed with blindness. Also, in Acts 19, it’s recorded that the Christians in Ephesus, after being saved, burned all of their idols and magic books. That’s not even mentioning how many times the Epistles warn that those who practice magic will be amongst the people going to Hell.

From this, it should be pretty clear to everybody that God really does not like people dabbling with the occult because it is spiritual rebellion. Thus, it should be obvious that you cannot be both a Christian and a witch at the same time. Christians, by definition, are followers of Christ, which means that as such, we shouldn’t be dabbling in sin, especially big ones like witchcraft. Even if you’re claiming that you’re not drawing from the elements, other gods, or using spells to curse people, witchcraft in all forms is still forbidden.

So, why is it so popular now to identify as a Christian witch?

I think a lot of it ultimately has to go back to two things: the lack of biblical literacy and the popularity of the New Age and occult in almost everything. From self-help books to psychology to entertainment, the New Age and occult is in everything, and when combine that with a lack of knowledge about what’s in the Bible, you get a bunch of people thinking they found a loophole in their faith that allows them to continue practicing witchcraft, not realizing (or refusing to acknowledge) that it’s an oxymoron.

But why is witchcraft such a big sin? Why can’t we play with magic?

The reason for this is because ultimately, it’s idolatry. Magic requires you to put faith in yourself and your powers over creation, or to put faith in something more obviously posing as a god. In all of its forms, whether people realize it or not, you are not putting your faith in God, the creator of everything, but in yourself and the rest of creation.

Further, magic and the occult is dangerous. If you look at how a lot of it is done with channeling, tarot, energy healing, etc. all of it opens you up to a myriad of possibilities for demonic influence. Sure, it might seem to work for a bit, but ultimately, playing with those entities will destroy you spiritually, if not mentally and physically, too. God forbidding the use of magic, the occult, or witchcraft wasn’t to limit us and keep us subservient, but to protect us from things that want to hurt us.

Until next time,

M.J.

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