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So basically I meet this woman claiming to be CATHOLIC AND PAGAN.

She holds that she can be both and has read the Catchism and studied RCC doctrines.

When I pointed out why she couldn’t be both. She told me I was lucky stupidity wasn’t a sin and that it was obvious I didn’t know ANYTHING about Paganism…

How do you answer this Newage nonsense!?

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You don’t have to know anything about Paganism. You know the Catholic Church and that is enough. You can’t be in communion with the Church if you are also following another religion.
 
Melo said:
You don’t have to know anything about Paganism. You know the Catholic Church and that is enough. You can’t be in communion with the Church if you are also following another religion.
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Matthew 7:1-2

“Pagans” meant country folk initially. It was a term used to describe the country people with their country religions of superstition and nature, juxstaposed with the sophisticated towny Christians of the early Church.

I think you are right, you can’t be a pagan and a Christian, but if she thinks she can and has come to some reconciliation in her mind, don’t judge her for it. She may come more to know Christ and reject the superstition. She may not practise “Wicca” or whatever you think she practises, she may just like the idea of nature etc and much of what is extolled by Wiccans today is in that vein.

Love her, look after her, nurture the love in her. Show her Christ.
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Unfortunately, this may be partly an outcome of our religious education. In my son’s seventh grade religion book, early on they had a table of “crucifix symbols.” Prominently displayed was the Ankh symbol from ancient Egypt. When I pointed this out to the parochial school principal, she corrected me by saying that I was just being “picky.”
 
cyberwolf001 said:
So basically I meet this woman claiming to be CATHOLIC AND PAGAN.

She holds that she can be both and has read the Catchism and studied RCC doctrines.

When I pointed out why she couldn’t be both. She told me I was lucky stupidity wasn’t a sin and that it was obvious I didn’t know ANYTHING about Paganism…

How do you answer this Newage nonsense!?

:banghead:
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If she were claiming to be Baptist and pagan, I’d share the Gospel with her, just like I would with any other unsaved person.
 
I’d politely point out the sections of the catechism that deal with this. Such as the whole…one God part…😛
 
I used to define myself in this way.
Actually- as a Catholic Witch. I compared myself to the Italian Strega, which doesn’t really work for a Germanic American 20 year old (at the time, I am an older and wiser 23, now)

Anyway-
If one really tried, twists lots of things, and ignores others… it is possible to be a Catholic Pagan/Witch/Whatever.

You know what cures it? Prayer. And Patience. LOTS of Prayer and Patience.

Also- she is well acquainted with Mary. And probably views her as a Goddess. Use that to your advantage. Remind her of the power of fleeing to Mary’s mantel. She may abuse this belief, for a while, but it will be her saving grace. It was mine, and the saving grace of many others I know.
Jesus and his Mother are patient and work very well with what they are given. It may not make any sense to us, but the Holy Spirit works in round about ways sometimes.

I hope those ramblings made sense…
 
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Anyway-
If one really tried, twists lots of things, and ignores others… it is possible to be a Catholic Pagan/Witch/Whatever.
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No offense, but only if one is deluding one’s self.:eek: Over the years, people have declared Christianity compatible with everything. But it’s a sham. It may not pay to be that blunt in evangelization, but to say anything less is dishonest and/or ill-informed.
 
Brian_C said:
No offense, but only if one is deluding one’s self.:eek: Over the years, people have declared Christianity compatible with everything. But it’s a sham. It may not pay to be that blunt in evangelization, but to say anything less is dishonest and/or ill-informed.
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That’s what I said.
If one were to twist things, ignore others, and a vast majority of other things- anything is possible.
I never said it was right…
 
Yes, I see what you’re saying. I guess my outrage is more over the OP where it was said “she has read the catechism and studied RC doctrines.”
 
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Unfortunately, this may be partly an outcome of our religious education. In my son’s seventh grade religion book, early on they had a table of “crucifix symbols.” Prominently displayed was the Ankh symbol from ancient Egypt. When I pointed this out to the parochial school principal, she corrected me by saying that I was just being “picky.”
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The book was correct, this is a crucifix symbol.

The ankh of ancient egypt was adopted by the first century Christians of Egypt. The cross is known as the crux ansata or sometimes the Coptic Cross, It is not pagan.
 
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