Modern Day Witches Call Theirs ‘A Beautiful Way Of Life’

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I have to disagree with you here–religion isn’t supposed to turn us inward, it should guide us to find the highest truth, then help us align ourselves with that truth…
 
Why is the belief in the afterlife the deal breaker for you?
 
Nah, i don’t think it’s so much support as trying to come to a consensus as to what is meant by the word "Wicca "
 
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The quiet support for Wicca on this thread is most troubling.
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Pointing out that they are not Satan-worshippers, and that they have some good principles, should not trouble anyone who values truth.
There is some good to be found in most religions (obviously excusing Satanism).
 
I am no expert on Wicca and I have never met a Wiccan or witch, but from what I can find out, they don’t worship the devil and are no worse than any other neo-pagan religion, like Hellenic Polytheism, Kemeticism, Neo Norse Paganism or Neo Anglo Saxon Paganism. Frankly, I am much more worried about New Age religions like Scientology, but only because of their actions, not their beliefs.

What I am hearing on this thread is religious bigotry. The Church used to seek out witches and burn them at the stake. Today I guess we just bash them on the internet. I would have hoped we are better than that.
 
jfz178 said:
What I am hearing on this thread is religious bigotry.
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Um, a Catholic board isn’t the greatest place to go looking for people to support some religion that is not only non-Catholic but also non-Christian, and one that further is prohibited by the Church and, if practiced incorrectly or by someone who is vulnerable, could result in someone’s demonic possession - the occurrence of which has little or nothing to with whether someone set out with the goal of “worshipping the devil”.

This is also not a place where people feel a need to be kind, loving, or politically correct when discussing other religions that people feel are sinful. Your “burning at the stake” comment is a bit hyperbolic, but I’ve seen people on this board who think heretics in general should be executed, so don’t think this is something extra special just for Wiccan practitioners.
 
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Why are you apologizing for a blasphemous “religion”?

This is unacceptable.
 
Of course they would.

What sort of religion would advertise “you will hated by all men, persecuted, martyred, you will suffer in this life…” ❓
 
For the record, I am not saying I SUPPORT pagan religions because I don’t. I am talking about tolerance, at least the same level of tolerance that we show other religions. And I think if a Catholic wanted to oppose a group of religions, Protestantism is a worse affront to Catholicism, because it was started in direct opposition to Our Faith. But I am not recommending we do that either, just making a point.

The “Declaration on the Relationship of the Church to Non-Christian Religions” says that (emphasis added):
  1. All men form but one community. This is so because all stem from the one stock which God created to people the entire earth (cf. Acts 17:26), and also because all share a common destiny, namely God… Men look to their different religions for an answer to the unsolved riddles of human existence…. The Catholic Church rejects nothing of what is true and holy in these religions.
  2. Yet she proclaims and is in duty bound to proclaim without fail, Christ who is the way, the truth and the life (Jn. 1:6). In him, in whom God reconciled all things to himself (2 Cor. 5:18-19), men find the fullness of their religious life.
  3. Accordingly, following the footsteps of the holy apostles Peter and Paul, the sacred Council earnestly begs the Christian faithful to “conduct themselves well among the Gentiles” (1 Pet. 2:12) and if possible, as far as depends on them, to be at peace with all men (cf. Rom 12:18 ) and in that way to be true sons of the Father who is in heaven (cf. Mt. 5:45).
So that is Catholic teaching on the topic of this thread, so I see no reason why it is not an appropriate point to make on this forum. What I have read here is the opposite of us “conducting ourselves well with the Gentiles,” or “being at peace with all men” (or women). We should stick to Our Faith, but be tolerant of everyone.

I can’t help but also detect an element of sexism here. Why would people rail against Wicca any more than any other pagan religion? Well what is different about Wicca than those others? It is led by women.
 
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See the great post made by @jfz178 above, said better than I could.
 
jfz178 said:
The Catholic Church rejects nothing of what is true and holy in these religions.
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Once again we didn’t “reject” what was “holy” in earth religions such as old school earth religions. (I am not using the term “Wicca” because someone noted that is a modern term or modern invention meant to cover the modern form of various historic practices, and even the people within the movement argue over which practices exactly are covered, so it’s a bit of a confusing mess.)

The Catholic Church pretty much just incorporated the holy part or re-framed it in light of the truth of Jesus Christ, back when the Church was getting started in areas full of pagans practicing earth religions.

As for “sexism”, there are male Wiccans out there. You said a few posts above you’ve never met a Wiccan or witch. I meet them all over the place. They have entire shops, work in the community, and sometimes show up at the same non-religious events I attend. Modern Wicca was pretty much defined by a British man. I don’t deny that there are probably some sexists on the forum, but there is no basis to consider Wicca a women’s religion.
 
What’s with all the accusations of sexism and bigotry?
Sheesh–the thread title was about whether Wicca was beautiful!
I love nature as much as the next person and find natural rhythms interesting to study.
But as a religious practice I find Wicca lacking (duh, or else I would be Wiccan and not Catholic)
But bigotry and sexism? Really?
 
The Protestants did it in this country, but the Catholic Inquisition did it in Europe before that.
 
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