Wow.... where'd the bigotry come from ali?
You do realize that there are LOTS of Christian scriptures that were not included in the Bible, that the meaning of the word "with" in the bible is hotly contested as the original word meant "one who poisons the community well," and that a lot of people would NOT consider a Santeria priestess a witch, right? There are many Christian witches, just as there are many different branches of Christianity that debate certain bits of dogma so there are those who believe that witchcraft and Christianity are not at all mutually exclusive. Did not Solomon consult a witch when he needed wisdom? So, yes, there are witches who follow the words of Christ, you know, the New Testament.... that stuff that was supposed to free ya'll from the religious restrictions and perils of the Jewish Old Testament.

Um, it's my understanding that santeria is almost the definition of syncretic religion, where a people take on most of the trappings of an established relion, layered over their initial, indigenous religion. The way I learned it in school santeria is basically just Catholicism expressed in the language of the indigenous people, drawing parallels between Ctaholic saints and rituals and their own gods and rituals. From wiki:

Syncretism in Caribbean religions and cultures

The process of syncretism in the Caribbean region often forms a part of cultural creolization. (The technical term "Creole" may apply to anyone (regardless of race or ethnicity) born and raised in the region.) The shared histories of the Caribbean islands include long periods of European Imperialism (mainly by Spain, France, and the United Kingdom) and the importation of African slaves (primarily from Central and Western Africa). The influences of each of the above interacted in varying degrees on the islands, producing the fabric of society that exists today in the Caribbean.

The Rastafari movement, founded in Jamaica, syncretizes vigorously, mixing elements from the Bible, Marcus Garvey's Pan Africanism movement, and Caribbean culture.

Another highly syncretic religion of the area, voodoo, combines elements of Western African, native Caribbean, and Christian (especially Roman Catholic) beliefs.

Other modern syncretic religions

Recently-developed religious systems that exhibit marked syncretism include the New World religions Candomblé, Vodou, and Santería, which analogize various Yorùbá and other African gods to the Roman Catholic saints. However, the Catholic Church condemns such syncretism. Some sects of Candomblé have incorporated also Native American gods, and Umbanda combined African deities with Kardecist spiritualism.

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