Question:

I’m contacting ‘re. how to respond to someone who believes in Majola (snake/ancestor)? They recently killed a puff adder near their house and are so worried. I don’t believe all this, but I wish to respond in a way that will show them truth.

Answer:

Some people believe in totems animals and that certain of the animal species are the reincarnation of the dead ancestors, or at least carry a message from them.

But no animal was ever created to be a conduit between people and the spirit world. This only happens when people have diverted from God’s path and on believing in Jesus as the way to God (John 14:6, 1 Timothy 2:5). So yes, people who believe in the wrong things will be worried and filled with fear over many things. For instance, a black cat, an owl, etc. Hence, they rush to kill some animals.

When animals commune with people in a spiritual sense, this is when there is witchcraft and perverting of their original design and purpose. For instance, in some parts of Africa people eat goat as normal meat. In South Africa, people never touch a goat until they do ceremonies for the dead. And yet, in its design and creation, a goal is like sheep. A different type of meat but also a domestic animal with no spiritual powers. In India some people do not eat cattle because they believe that they are their dead relatives who have come back to life. And so on it goes.

Humans were created to have dominion and rulership over all of God’s creation (Genesis 1:26-28). They only get to depend on creation when they forsake God.

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