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How to spot a witch?

Postby Glorious Freedonia » Fri Nov 17, 2023 3:55 pm

How do you identify someone as a witch? I think it can be a tricky thing. We know that they exist, generally. That is easy. The tough part though is identifying, who, in particular is witch and who is not a witch.

For example, I do not think that a witch can confess their witchery because they are all liars. So if a someone identifies as a witch, then they are not a witch. They are just playing at being a witch, which is fine.

Spectral evidence is out. As Judge Pike substantially pointed out, if witches derive their power from dark forces , and the dark powers produce specters that look like us, then the dishonest nature of dark forces means that the images are being used to deceive us.

This leaves us in quite a pickle! We know that we are not supposed to allow witches to live, but I cannot figure out any means of reliable identifying one.

We are being called by scripture to do an impossible thing.

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Postby Galmat » Fri Nov 17, 2023 3:58 pm

Glorious Freedonia wrote:How do you identify someone as a witch? I think it can be a tricky thing. We know that they exist, generally. That is easy. The tough part though is identifying, who, in particular is witch and who is not a witch.

For example, I do not think that a witch can confess their witchery because they are all liars. So if a someone identifies as a witch, then they are not a witch. They are just playing at being a witch, which is fine.

Spectral evidence is out. As Judge Pike substantially pointed out, if witches derive their power from dark forces , and the dark powers produce specters that look like us, then the dishonest nature of dark forces means that the images are being used to deceive us.

This leaves us in quite a pickle! We know that we are not supposed to allow witches to live, but I cannot figure out any means of reliable identifying one.

We are being called by scripture to do an impossible thing.

What do you all have to say?

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Postby Bradfordville » Fri Nov 17, 2023 3:58 pm

"We know that they exist." Maybe in the world of imagination. I tend not to live my life in fear of silly shit like this.
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Postby Glorious Freedonia » Fri Nov 17, 2023 3:59 pm

The Bible is quite clear that witches are real.

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Postby Glorious Freedonia » Fri Nov 17, 2023 4:00 pm

Galmat wrote:
Glorious Freedonia wrote:How do you identify someone as a witch? I think it can be a tricky thing. We know that they exist, generally. That is easy. The tough part though is identifying, who, in particular is witch and who is not a witch.

For example, I do not think that a witch can confess their witchery because they are all liars. So if a someone identifies as a witch, then they are not a witch. They are just playing at being a witch, which is fine.

Spectral evidence is out. As Judge Pike substantially pointed out, if witches derive their power from dark forces , and the dark powers produce specters that look like us, then the dishonest nature of dark forces means that the images are being used to deceive us.

This leaves us in quite a pickle! We know that we are not supposed to allow witches to live, but I cannot figure out any means of reliable identifying one.

We are being called by scripture to do an impossible thing.

What do you all have to say?

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By claiming to be witches, they cannot be witches.

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Postby Galmat » Fri Nov 17, 2023 4:01 pm

Glorious Freedonia wrote:How do you identify someone as a witch? I think it can be a tricky thing. We know that they exist, generally. That is easy. The tough part though is identifying, who, in particular is witch and who is not a witch.

For example, I do not think that a witch can confess their witchery because they are all liars. So if a someone identifies as a witch, then they are not a witch. They are just playing at being a witch, which is fine.

Spectral evidence is out. As Judge Pike substantially pointed out, if witches derive their power from dark forces , and the dark powers produce specters that look like us, then the dishonest nature of dark forces means that the images are being used to deceive us.

This leaves us in quite a pickle! We know that we are not supposed to allow witches to live, but I cannot figure out any means of reliable identifying one.

We are being called by scripture to do an impossible thing.

What do you all have to say?

The term "witch" historically refers to someone, typically a woman, believed to possess supernatural powers often associated with magic, sorcery, or the practice of casting spells. In different cultures and periods, the concept of a witch varied, but it usually involved the belief in a person who used magical abilities for both beneficial and harmful purposes, often connected to the spiritual or supernatural realm. So if someone says they are a witch, more than likely they are a witch.
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Postby Gaybeans » Fri Nov 17, 2023 4:01 pm

Witches, in the way that you're talking about, frankly don't exist. Gotta slot them under the same category as the tooth fairy, the Easter Bunny and the Queen of England.

Hell, it wasn't until pretty far into Christianity that it was deemed Christian to believe that they existed. But uh oh, witch trials and one monk who decided to take his hate fixation over one (1) specific lassie into a mass slaughter (which when the Malleus Malificarum was published, it was denounced as obvious nonsense but alas...)
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Postby Eternal Algerstonia » Fri Nov 17, 2023 4:02 pm

You know it when you see it, because you get the feeling. Who's giving you that feeling? God. God is telling you where the witches are. God has revealed to me the witches active in the World Economic Forum, the Bohemian Grove, the Sino-Fortune 500 Meeting of World Subjugation, the United Nations Agenda 21, and the globalist Uniparty in the United States of America. I have a full list of witches and demons active in all sectors of America that I will reveal when the War for the Constitution begins.

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Postby Galmat » Fri Nov 17, 2023 4:04 pm

Eternal Algerstonia wrote:You know it when you see it, because you get the feeling. Who's giving you that feeling? God. God is telling you where the witches are. God has revealed to me the witches active in the World Economic Forum, the Bohemian Grove, the Sino-Fortune 500 Meeting of World Subjugation, the United Nations Agenda 21, and the globalist Uniparty in the United States of America. I have a full list of witches and demons active in all sectors of America that I will reveal when the War for the Constitution begins.

I wanna believe this is satire, but I cannot tell anymore.
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Postby The Selkie » Fri Nov 17, 2023 4:08 pm

Glorious Freedonia wrote:How do you identify someone as a witch? [...]


Witches burn. Wood burns, too. Witches are therefore made of wood. Wood floats. Ducks also float. If she weighs the same as a duck, she must be made of wood and, therefore, a witch.
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Postby Galmat » Fri Nov 17, 2023 4:09 pm

The Selkie wrote:
Glorious Freedonia wrote:How do you identify someone as a witch? [...]


Witches burn. Wood burns, too. Witches are therefore made of wood. Wood floats. Ducks also float. If she weighs the same as a duck, she must be made of wood and, therefore, a witch.

Medieval books to spot witches be like:
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Postby Bradfordville » Fri Nov 17, 2023 4:10 pm

Glorious Freedonia wrote:The Bible is quite clear that witches are real.


The Bible is an ancient scroll. Not a 100% factual document. Witches exist to the extent that some delusional folks think they have magical powers. No one actually does.
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Postby Ethel mermania » Fri Nov 17, 2023 4:11 pm

They weight the same as a duck
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Postby Ethel mermania » Fri Nov 17, 2023 4:11 pm

The Selkie wrote:
Glorious Freedonia wrote:How do you identify someone as a witch? [...]


Witches burn. Wood burns, too. Witches are therefore made of wood. Wood floats. Ducks also float. If she weighs the same as a duck, she must be made of wood and, therefore, a witch.


Ninja'd, but this is the correct answer.
https://www.hvst.com/posts/the-clash-of ... s-wl2TQBpY

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Postby Glorious Freedonia » Fri Nov 17, 2023 4:13 pm

There is the idea that if you are a witch then you are in an arrangement with Satan, the Prince of Lies. If Satan or some other dark force is the prince of lies and someone is in league with them, then any evidence of a witch being a witch is based on a lie and cannot be trusted. Thus, the one who seems most unlikely to be a witch would be the one most likely of being a witch.

So witches are probably sweety pies but there are also real sweety pies so we are still back to the impossibility of being able to ferret them out.

I am not sure that there is a Prince of Lies but if there is then we are in witch spotting trouble!

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Postby Glorious Freedonia » Fri Nov 17, 2023 4:14 pm

Bradfordville wrote:
Glorious Freedonia wrote:The Bible is quite clear that witches are real.


The Bible is an ancient scroll. Not a 100% factual document. Witches exist to the extent that some delusional folks think they have magical powers. No one actually does.

"Don't believe the Bible, instead believe Bradfordville." Is that your argument?

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Postby Galmat » Fri Nov 17, 2023 4:14 pm

Glorious Freedonia wrote:There is the idea that if you are a witch then you are in an arrangement with Satan, the Prince of Lies. If Satan or some other dark force is the prince of lies and someone is in league with them, then any evidence of a witch being a witch is based on a lie and cannot be trusted. Thus, the one who seems most unlikely to be a witch would be the one most likely of being a witch.

So witches are probably sweety pies but there are also real sweety pies so we are still back to the impossibility of being able to ferret them out.

I am not sure that there is a Prince of Lies but if there is then we are in witch spotting trouble!

I really hope you are joking, this cannot be real.
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Postby East African Federation 2022RP » Fri Nov 17, 2023 4:14 pm

If they always lie, then ask the, what 1 + 1 is. If it is anything but 2, them there you go.

Or do the duck thing. That looks like it would work
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Postby Glorious Freedonia » Fri Nov 17, 2023 4:15 pm

There is a lot of fun Monty Python references but lets not let this serious discussion get too derailed.

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Postby Jabberwocky » Fri Nov 17, 2023 4:15 pm

Modern witches sport a big head full of orange hair.
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Postby Ashotu Kun » Fri Nov 17, 2023 4:16 pm

They often look like paper collages..

Ohhhhhhhhh you meant that type of witch
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Postby Glorious Freedonia » Fri Nov 17, 2023 4:18 pm

East African Federation 2022RP wrote:If they always lie, then ask the, what 1 + 1 is. If it is anything but 2, them there you go.

Or do the duck thing. That looks like it would work


The 1+1 thing sounds right. However, there are liars who are not witches. There are also dullards who might not know that 1+1 is 2 but I think even dullard mathematicians can get that one right.

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Postby The Two Jerseys » Fri Nov 17, 2023 4:19 pm

She'll be dressed as one.

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Postby The Selkie » Fri Nov 17, 2023 4:20 pm

Glorious Freedonia wrote:There is a lot of fun Monty Python references but lets not let this serious discussion get too derailed.


You're right, the whole wood-duck-thing is never gonna work. I mean, there must be fat witches. Instead, go to King's Cross Station in London and look for kids asking for Platform 9¾.
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