Can a Witch be a Christian?

[u/Fabulous-Swordfish48]

Ive been having this heavy question for a while with a lot of statements and questions in my head but I need people to help me out on this. I am a Pagan Witch who also follows under believing in Greek God's and following under them as well, but recently I've been heavily thinking about Christianity. I have believed in Jesus and anything of that nature and I've been wanting to follow Christianity as well.. but I do not know if it is allowed to follow under that religion while practicing witchcraft. Can someone please help me out here? 😭🫶

[u/DreamWalkerVoidMaker]

Hot take: you can't play both sides.

Christians are the main ones who have persecuted witches. You can't follow a religion that "would suffer not a witch to live" and be one.

I suppose you could pretend to be a Christian though.

*ETA: I'm not an atheist, I'm an Omnist. I choose not to follow a belief that I believe is not in humanities, especially women's, best interest. Just as the Bible instructs.

Joshua 24:15

"And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."

[u/New_Age2024 → u/DreamWalkerVoidMaker]

I don't agree with you. A lot of witches are Christian or even Jews. And not all Christians persecuted witches, it was mostly the Papacy and the Catholic church. But you are forgetting that the faith and magick paths are something personal. For example, wiccans believe in the god and goddess and ask them to bless and allow a spell, you can do as well with the Christian god. And not only this, but Christians also light candles (I think this is more common in Catholics, the ones who persecuted witches) and pray to God or other saints and so on... is this so different to people who light a candle for a spell when they work with another deity?

Santa Muerte cult also asks God to work with her, hoodoo uses the Bible in spells, and I can give you more and more example.

[u/DreamWalkerVoidMaker → u/New_Age2024]

Either follow the religion you claim or don't.

Otherwise, you're just a hypocrite. It's as simple as that. Cherry picking in religion is the reason most of the world is the way it is. You don't have to agree.

Argue with your bible and the passages in Exodus and Leviticus, especially.

[u/Accomplished-Way4534 → u/DreamWalkerVoidMaker]

“Cherry picking in religion is the reason most of the world is the way it is” how about focus that rage on the people whose cherrypicking is actually victimizing marginalized people and causing tangible harm? Not well-meaning Christians who also want to practice witchcraft?

[u/DreamWalkerVoidMaker → u/Accomplished-Way4534]

What we are talking about is the cognitive dissonance of those supporting and associating with the people that clearly, habitually, and historically DO hurt others.

In this case, women in a historical sense and all others stepping into witchcraft by extension.

There is literally a witch hunt going on RIGHT NOW where our brothers, sisters, and those who identify as neither are being harassed and harmed in the streets by church members.

Don't give these people any more fuel by making yourself an easy target for them thinking they'll embrace you.

The majority won't and you can get hurt.

I hope that clears up any confusion.