No, generally shamans are communing with spirits, good, bad, and "nature" spirits, for purposes of divination, healing, restoring natural order. The big evil vs. good personality struggle is not part of the belief system.
It’s interesting to me that people could only be called prophets in the Bible. Why is it impossible for God to use people in current society as prophets without them being labeled as evil or false?
Yes. The Old Testament contains several passages that clearly indicate that occult practices are evil and should be avoided. In the NT, the main verse cited is Acts 19:19: "A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas."
Shamanism, witchcraft, sorcery, etc. are all considered the same thing from a biblical perspective, regardless of practitioners' intentions. There is absolutely no biblical support for such activities.
Wait a minute......isnt "Shamanism" Devil shit? In X-tianity?
No, generally shamans are communing with spirits, good, bad, and "nature" spirits, for purposes of divination, healing, restoring natural order. The big evil vs. good personality struggle is not part of the belief system.
False prophets.
Words have meaning. Shamans are not prophets.
It’s interesting to me that people could only be called prophets in the Bible. Why is it impossible for God to use people in current society as prophets without them being labeled as evil or false?
Yes. The Old Testament contains several passages that clearly indicate that occult practices are evil and should be avoided. In the NT, the main verse cited is Acts 19:19: "A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas."
Shamanism, witchcraft, sorcery, etc. are all considered the same thing from a biblical perspective, regardless of practitioners' intentions. There is absolutely no biblical support for such activities.
Naah, tribal medicine folk to rid evil spirits. They don't know that the ghosts are microscopic.