The trial of bitter water could be interpreted as an abortion ritual in the Old Testament but I forget the logic people use to deflect away from it. Ironically it was the printing press and translating the Bible that led to major reforms in the church but nowadays it seems like nobody actually reads the damn thing and just put anything they want in it. Homosexuality is equivalent to eating shellfish in it but they'll rage about "the gays" while eating shrimp cocktail.
the new testament does actually pretty clearly abolish the no shellfish rule but tatoo's are technically forbidden and no one cares about that.
Also the reforms weren't all positive witchcraft trials really took off as a part of the protestant reformation whereas previously the idea that people could do magic was regarded as heresy and therefore belief in witches and witchcraft trials was not inline with church teachings
The trial of bitter water could be interpreted as an abortion ritual in the Old Testament but I forget the logic people use to deflect away from it. Ironically it was the printing press and translating the Bible that led to major reforms in the church but nowadays it seems like nobody actually reads the damn thing and just put anything they want in it. Homosexuality is equivalent to eating shellfish in it but they'll rage about "the gays" while eating shrimp cocktail.
the new testament does actually pretty clearly abolish the no shellfish rule but tatoo's are technically forbidden and no one cares about that.
Also the reforms weren't all positive witchcraft trials really took off as a part of the protestant reformation whereas previously the idea that people could do magic was regarded as heresy and therefore belief in witches and witchcraft trials was not inline with church teachings