This is one of the questions we received when we did the 'ask your question' day...
Is it possible for someone to be a witch and to believe in God?
To answer this question, I would suggest that we don’t just consider witches, but any person who subscribes to any other faith, or no faith at all (like an agnostic or a spiritist). The real question is: Is a person who is not a Christian capable of believing in God? Let me refer to Paul’s words:
Romans 1:19-20 (MSG) But the basic reality of God is plain enough. Open your eyes and there it is! By taking a long and thoughtful look at what God has created, people have always been able to see what their eyes as such can't see: eternal power, for instance, and the mystery of his divine being. So nobody has a good excuse.
I believe that it is possible. Indeed, many people of other established religions and many people who have no real faith position at all still believe in God or at least that some Divine Being exists. I would argue that their picture of God is incomplete or imperfect.
Now, I know this is offensive to some. I don’t mean to sound arrogant or inconsiderate, even though some folks will feel this way. But I think I make a good point: to argue that a Muslim and a Buddhist and a Hindu and a Christian and a Wiccan all worship the same god is to offend them all. You may think you are being respectful and tolerant, but the truth is that such an attitude is just the opposite. Allah and the God I know are not the same. Any faithful Muslim would agree with that statement, by the way. One of us is right, but we can’t both be right.
I have bet my life and my afterlife on the premise that Jesus is who He claims to be - namely, the most complete picture of God that we can possibly know.
So, respectfully, I argue people who believe in God in any form may have pieces of truth, but they do not have the complete picture. Only through Jesus can we really know God. Jesus said it like this:
John 14:6-11 (NIV) …"I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him."
8 Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us."
9 Jesus answered: "Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?
10 Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.
11 Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves.
I think that God’s best for us – for all of us – is found in and through Jesus Christ. People who say that they believe in God but don’t believe in Jesus may, in fact, be telling you the truth. But they don’t know THE Truth. Truth is a person. His name is Jesus.
