lcri-1:
"As for real life, I'm not one to believe that the existence of the supernatural requires the existence of the Christian/Jewish/Muslim God, but I am agnostic and frankly don't wish to start a flame war (there are way too many on that topic already)."
I'm not afraid of flame wars. But I don't think we need to worry about that, here.
We should just consider that there is a whole lot out there that we still don't know yet. Who's to say that the Blair Witch is a conventional kind of "witch"? What if her origin tale is different than what we expect, and therefore what if the source of her power is different than what the characters prepare for?
How would that tardy information ever make it back to the outside world so somebody else might take another, different, stab at it? (Thank goodness for video cameras and found footage, I guess!)
This might sound cheesy but, for example, what if the Witch were an extraterrestrial alien, and not a woman in league with a demon or whatever? How well would an invocation ritual work on that? I'm only using that as an example, and not at all trying to turn this series into a bad sci-fi franchise.
What if she were being guided by a Native American evil spirit/demon, and could only be weakened by saying the name of the Native American good spirit/god, as opposed to generic English or Latin words for "god"?
What if the only "name of God" that actually works in an invocation rite is the precise name of God in the original Hebrew/Aramaic/Babylonian/etc. language, and any imperfect approximations by faithful, well-intentioned believers simply have no effect at all? (The English word "God", for example, is derived from the German word "Gott", and really has nothing to do whatsoever with the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek languages of the oldest known versions of the Bible.) It's something worth considering, if we are to put much stock in the power of a name, which is simply a string of letters and sounds used to identify something. If you don't get the exact right string of letters and sounds, then ultimately what DO you have, really? I would reckon that it would just be a bunch of arrogant babbling to the Witch.
I'm just saying: There are tons of possibilities as to what the Blair Witch really is, so there are tons of different ways to approach and/or combat her. That makes determining the right one(s) very difficult. And so, she's still doing her thing after 200 years.
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Matthew7819:
"[... H]eck even Atheists who claim that God does not exist and hate God or the concept of God in general react strongly to the name of God being brought up, but i suspect that this has to do with Christian hypocrites and with false Christians that dont practice what they preach with sincerity, that will be the death of the Christian and Jewish Faith."
Yep, it's hypocrisy and pushy, overbearing attitudes that set off most atheists. Otherwise, many if not most atheists can engage in great philosophical discussions about faith and God and what-not.
This is just like how many people of faith can engage in such discussions with atheists, if the atheists can keep their snotty attitudes/dismissiveness/condescension, etc. out of the conversations.
Bad attitudes and tones are barriers to good communication.
They probably tick off witches, too...
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Matthew7819:
"I for one want to see the Duck Dynasty cast out in these woods, Phil and his boys would really put a hurting on her quickly, being strong Rednecks and Bible loving Christians, they would be prepared to survive in the woods and have Faith to fight back against the Witch."
Save that for another "Scary Movie" spoof of BW. :)
They would burn those silly little wooden stick figures like matchsticks. I'm sure one would hold up the moss from the stick figures and compare it to his beard; probably one would offer it to one of the women to use! One would collect up the rock formations for weapons, and grab the bloody teeth or whatever for a stew. (Waste not; want not!) The first entity to go rattling their cage in the night would get a face full of shotgun shot. And then the clan would send out a caravan of trucks with winches to tear down the witch's house. Add some Jerry cans of gasoline to the rubble for a barbeque for a victory celebration.
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