Miracles and Witchcraft

    Deciding whether a particular event is a miracle or witchcraft for most people seems to be a very simple matter. If a holy man of your faith or your church did it, it's a miracle, otherwise, it's sorcery. To any thinking person, that criteria is clearly prejudice and unacceptable. To some people, there are no miracles or real witchcraft, just trickery like a stage magician. I don't agree with them, but at least they are treating everyone equally.

    So what is a fair way to judge the difference (assuming such judgment is necessary)? Here is how I would do it. If the event has a spiritual purpose, than it should be considered a miracle regardless of the religion of the person or persons involved. If it is for a clearly material purpose, than it is not a miracle, but more appropriately considered sorcery. Where things get problematic is that it is often not obvious if the event is serving a spiritual purpose or a material one. And sometimes, an event can have both material and spiritual results. So if, for example, someone accurately predicts winning lottery numbers, that is clearly a material thing and can be considered sorcery (or witchcraft, if you prefer). But if the event saves a person's life, is that material or spiritual? It could be strictly material, but it could also be both. Saving a person's material body is a material goal, but if it is done because that person will later help save the souls of others, than it also has a spiritual purpose.

    So, since it is often not obvious if an event has a totally material purpose a mix of material and spiritual, it is best to assume that it could be a miracle rather than sorcery, and act accordingly.

 

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