And I forgot to add:
They all have had witch hunts - just look at the Bible:
Quote:Exod.22
[18] Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
Deut.18
[10] There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
1Sam.15
[23] For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
2Kgs.9
[22] And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
2Chr.33
[6] And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
Mic.5
[12] And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:
Nah.3
[4] Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.
Wis.12
[4] Whom thou hatedst for doing most odious works of witchcrafts, and wicked sacrifices;
Gal.5
[20] Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,