Any Jewitches out there?

That wasn't Newton who was placed on house arrest for saying that the earth rotated around the sun, that was Galileo.

Newton was an English subject and a member of the Church of England. The Catholic Church in England had no power to arrest British subjects. Newton was born in 1642, the year that Galileo died. By that time the theory of heliocentrism was well accepted. There's an excellent biography of Newton at http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/ufhatch/pages/01-courses/current-courses/08sr-newton.htm

So, to clarify. When one fish is turned into many, that's not magic? That's a miracle? That's semantics. Catholics consume the body and blood of a man that has been trans-substantiated from bread into flesh, and wine into blood. But that's ceremony, not magic? That's hypocrisy. That's selling your brand of a belief system and trying to discredit or demonize any other. Pepsi does not believe in Coca Cola. Mountain Dew be with you.

Lark is correct about Newton! It was not he who was arrested.It is as Lark says; in Catholic countries people were indeed put under house arrest for preaching anything against Catholic beliefs.Such as Copernicus. But it was not really known about Newton's Alchemy until after his death, even though his Christianity beliefs were rather unorthodox. But he was never arrested for his beliefs, or for anything else. He was a famous and renowned scientist! He did a lot more than discover Gravity!

Yes Jewitch, there is several, to answer your question.

Not me personally but since the question was taken elsewhere thought I would answer for you.

Actually Brysing is rite.According to the US government, wicca is the only established 501c(3) group out there. Witchcraft is labelled as a form of folk magick.
While I don't really like christians talking about being witches on the radio, all religious establishments can do so.

Those who practice magic(k) are ordinary mortals. Don't kid yourself by thinking otherwise.

That being said, these are the ten commandments.

1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me


2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image


3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain


4. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy


5. Honour thy father and thy mother


6. Thou shalt not kill


7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.


8. Thou shalt not steal.


9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.


10. Thou shalt not covet

Turns out none of those say a thing about practicing magic(k) or being a witch. Also,none of them say anything about being an "ordinary mortal." What ten commandments were you reading?

Exodus 22:18 does state:

"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."

However, it should be noted that this is from the King James version. The inquisition had been going on for about a century or so, and King James... well, he loved himself some burnt witches. As all respectable kings of the time did in the Western world.

The bible (or old testament anyway) was first translated from Hebrew to Greek, then to Latin, and then to German, and then finally translated into English during the 1500s. If you've ever tried to use Google Translate, some ideas are lost in the process of translating from one language to another. Words just don't mean the same thing. Verbs change. So on and so forth. Well, Hebrew doesn't contain the word "witch." The original word was "chasapah." Translated to Latin, this becomes "Veneficum." In Latin, we understand this to mean poisoner. The term for "witch" in Latin is "malificos." However, when "Veneficum" was translated to German by Martin Luther, it was translated as "Die Zuberinnen." This was the German term for a female witch, and in turn was noted in the margins of the translation as a term that could be used somewhat non-gender specifically.

So, there you have it. Nothing is actually against witches or magick in the Bible. Indeed, Moses himself is considered a celebrated sorcerer who had the famous magical duel against the Egyptian priests.

Please educate yourself.

Sources:
http://www.godstenlaws.com/ten-commandments/#.Uc5r6fmsh8E

http://voices.yahoo.com/mistranslated-bible-quotes-thou-shalt-not-suffer-a-9165647.html?cat=37

im jewish too!

There are also early Christian texts which hint at Jesus being familiar with witchraft as a child.

If interested, try and get hold of a book called:

Lost Books of the Bible

(Subtitle:)

Being all the Gospels, Epistles, and other Pieces Now Extant Attributed in the First Four Centuries to Jesus Christ, His Apostles and their Companions

If interested in Christianity or Judaism generally, I also recommend:

Bible Stories & Religious Classics

(edited by) Philip P Wells

It's like the missing other half of the Bible, these days something of an 'inner' text.

A great resource for out of print and scarce books is www.kessinger.net

Literally all religions have a witchcraft subset and it is so incredibly offensive for someone to sit there and out right deny what someone has outright stated about themselves and their identity. Even Islam has it. Muslim-witches who subscribe to a specific witchcraft (I'm close friends with someone who is) within the religion. Catholics subculture is literally witchcraft (burning candles for protection, money, luck, etc, utilizing certain saints- that is witchcraft my friend), and I've heard of jewitches, there appears to be a very large unground movement of them (but don't ask me much beyond that bc I am not Jewish nor have I done much research beyond "oh hey does this exists? *Google search, Google search again with different wording, finds someone to have a conversation with- gets answer*" I cannot believe some of you sat there an argued this lmao. Like go join a religious community, you'll find the witchcraft within it very quickly if you pay attention and look. How sheltered do you have to be not to know that?

Are you a practising Jew ? Like attended synagogue and stuff ?