1. the bible quote that so many choose to ignore “thou shall not suffer a witch to live”

“Pagan” does not automatically mean “witch,” nor do all people who fall under the very broad category of “Pagan” practice witchcraft. Also–note the time period and location in which the statement was written. What the Jews in the time before Christ’s birth would have considered a witch and witchcraft would have been very different from modern practice and application. There are also those who believe “witch” to have been a mistranslation of “poisoner” in the original text.

2. Maellus Maleficarum

It was written by a single man (or two, depending on whether you believe Kramer’s publisher had more than a token role in its creation) and relied heavily on a book that came before it (Formicarius, by Johannes Nider. Before the writing of Formicarius, people commonly believed magic was cast by educated men with complex rituals. This book is what introduced the idea of the uneducated female witch) Malleus Maleficarum was in an attempt to prove the existence of witchcraft and set up a system of identifying and convicting witches. Though it did spark many witch-hunts in Europe, it’s more of an example of the effects of propaganda than a testament to the overall behaviour of Christians at that time, let alone Christians today.

And again, pagan =/= witch.

3. Christians are anti women, most Pagans are female

Both statements are gross generalizations. Not all Christians are anti-women, and there is a good number of male pagans out there.

4. christians are anti magic, or they believe that “only jesus can cast magic”

Actually, there are Christians who, though they don’t claim the label of “Christo-Pagan,” perform spells and rituals in the name of God and/or Christ as a pagan practitioner might do in the name(s) of his or her god(s) and/or goddess(es).

That aside, how does simple belief that the one central to their own religion is the only one who can create miracles by virtue of his divinity repulsive?

5. Catholicism started this way. Ugh. I grew up catholic, I dont want to go back there.

Your preference is your preference, of course, but…Catholicism started out what way, exactly?

6. christo pagans are just out to convert Pagans (ive seen websites that have bible quote after bible quote)

Blanket generalization. Some might want to convert people to what they feel is right, but that doesn’t mean they ALL do. Just because someone claims to be Christo-pagan and has Bible verses on their site doesn’t mean they’re out to convert anyone, though. Sharing is not a conversion attempt.

7. Christianity is monotheistic, Paganism is Polytheistic.

That shows how the two can be at odds (though there are several pagan religions and it’s not impossible that there might be a monotheistic one in the mix), but taking two contradicting things doesn’t automatically make the one who’s trying it “repulsive.”

Also, it’s not impossible for someone to be a pagan and not worship any pagan gods. There are non-religious witches who consider themselves pagan because they follow what is typically recognised as a pagan practice.

8. Christians have done many many bad things, all christo pagans are doing is tainting Paganism.

Yes, people have done bad things and spilled blood in the name of Christianity, and so have non-Christian people acting on behalf of their own gods. A Christian would have just as much right to say that Christo-Pagans taint Christianity. There are no “pure, innocent” religions.

9. Charles Manson is a christo pagan.

His religion had nothing to do with what he did. He did not act in the name of any religion, and during one of his prison stays before the murders, it was stated that “he never remain[ed] long enough with any given teachings to reap meaningful benefits.” Around that time, he was claiming to be a Scientologist, not a Christo-Pagan. He became a sort of God-figure to his family of followers and he encouraged that to manipulate them. He was a twisted man who used a twisted interpretation of Revelations and the Beatle’s song “Helter Skelter” (IIRC, his “family” even believed the BEATLES were the four Horsemen)as his philosophy. This speaks more about him than any religion he professed.

10. Dare we forget the Wichtrials that were done by Christians?

And again, a pagan is not always a witch. And the things that led up to the trials in Salem were a combination of political tension between the people of Salem Village and Salem Town, an unexplainable “illness” with no discernible cause and as such was blamed on bewitching, now thought to be ergot poisoning (a fungus that would have been able to thrive during the spring and summer prior to the craze that began in winter and could have easily contaminated the rye crop), and the afflicted being pressured to name their attackers.

The girls who accused the first “witches” were basically on LSD from contaminated bread and at the time, the supernatural was as likely an explanation as the scientific. More likely, in fact, since they lacked any real diagnostic technology. From there, mass hysteria took over. In such a situation, people will be afraid and want answers. They want the control that’s been taken from them. If this had happened in a pagan society of the time, they wouldn’t have known what was happening any better than the Christian colonists did, and there’s nothing to say that those frightened, confused people wouldn’t have done something along the same lines in hopes of feeling in control again.