And, I am certain, none of them were "witches" in league with the devil and none of them deserved to die.
The whole business of purging the impure had a tradition much older than Protestantism...
Unfortunately, the admonition to “Render onto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and unto God the things that are God’s” is a part of Scripture that nobody paid much attention to.
I'm also related to most of the accusers. There were quite secular causes behind the trials & executions. The church put a stop to it & it didn't take centuries for reason to eventually prevail...
Unfortunately, the admonition to “Render onto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and unto God the things that are God’s” is a part of Scripture that nobody paid much attention to.
Too often, we have to learn these things the hard way. As long as there are those splinters in "other guy's" eye to point our fingers at, we can allow that log in our own eye to be ignored.