Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Still studying for the NMAT...

Found this very stupid thing in my reviewer. Worse, this reviewer probably came from those "all-UP" review centers. Have they no sociologists in these centers?!

"Witchcraft - is the exercise of evil through an immanent power"
"It(witchcraft) is invariably evil." (emphases mine)

Huwaat?! That's BS! Witchcraft is more on manipulation of people through the use of spells or magic. It is not necessarily evil(though, one could argue that manipulation of an individual for personal gain is unethical). This reeks of Christian bias towards shamanic and pagan cultures. And to think that this part appeared after cultural relativism and ethnocentrism was mentioned.

I have a strong suspicion that this is the definition that the CEM(the group responsible for the NMAT) uses. Therefore, I must follow it even though I know it is wrong. Crap.

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