Don't harsh on them to hard, it is how they were taught. The bible does say that you are to be wise as serpents and I can only fathom that to mean to know what "they" know about how it works. I myself find it funny that everything is dependent on faith and Jesus came to teach that for free while others found a way to obscure it behind hidden texts, lost scrolls, buried tablets, obscene rituals and "rights" of passage. You can be shown all of that for free if you would only ask the Creator to be shown it and know that you will be. The good, the bad and the ugly.
Idols are forbidden because they are unnecessary and are used as a means for man to make money.
Someone asked for an encyclopedia, I didn't see it on the first page. #17 is History of... The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology
I think in these cases I’d treat these books like I treat my rifles. Locked up when the kids are around. Otherwise I think you’re right, we should be girded well in faith to read these materials and if we should falter to put them back down again. These are tools but they are much more dangerous than say harry potter.
But MuH bible says ....
Sorry peeps, but it's something that pisses me off about some Christians. They (some not all) only read and refer to scripture for everything.
Like reading a book like Crowley's or Manly P Hall is out of question because... The Bible says so .
I can't say I've seen any here but I've encountered many in RL.
Very few Christians have read the Bible. It's more of a history book than what the detractors say it is.
Don't harsh on them to hard, it is how they were taught. The bible does say that you are to be wise as serpents and I can only fathom that to mean to know what "they" know about how it works. I myself find it funny that everything is dependent on faith and Jesus came to teach that for free while others found a way to obscure it behind hidden texts, lost scrolls, buried tablets, obscene rituals and "rights" of passage. You can be shown all of that for free if you would only ask the Creator to be shown it and know that you will be. The good, the bad and the ugly.
Idols are forbidden because they are unnecessary and are used as a means for man to make money.
Someone asked for an encyclopedia, I didn't see it on the first page. #17 is History of... The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology
https://u1lib.org/s/The%20Encyclopedia%20of%20Witchcraft%20and%20Demonology
Good Luck!
I think in these cases I’d treat these books like I treat my rifles. Locked up when the kids are around. Otherwise I think you’re right, we should be girded well in faith to read these materials and if we should falter to put them back down again. These are tools but they are much more dangerous than say harry potter.