Returning a Wiccan to Catholicism

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My friend just recently turned from a Catholic to a wicca, and I was going to try to convince her to go back. Although I don’t know much about her decision yet, I just wanted to know if there was anything that I could use to prove Wiccan beleifs incorrect before I talk to her?
 
Rather than try to prove wicca incorrect (which it is but she won’t listen to you. Trust me.), why not go to the heart of the matter? Why not ask your friend straight off what made her LEAVE Catholicism?

9 times out of 10 it’s a personal problem that made the person leave, not so much anything with the faith being left behind or the one being gone to.
 
i have the same question for you Why not ask your friend straight off what made her LEAVE Catholicism?
 
I have another approach.

Why not ask her if she feels she can rule out the supernatural, rule out the rituals, that chrisitans have practiced?

Ask her why the wise men did not turn baby Jesus in.
 
Why not ask her if she feels she can rule out the supernatural, rule out the rituals, that chrisitans have practiced?

Ask her why the wise men did not turn baby Jesus in

yes yes yes yes ~👍
you are clever!👍
 
My friend just recently turned from a Catholic to a wicca, and I was going to try to convince her to go back.
Okay this is getting on my nerves so I gotta say it.

Wicca is the Religon.

Wiccan is the term for followers of Wicca, it can also be used in the since of the Wiccan religon and Wiccan Holidays ect.

Wiccanism and Wiccanisms is a newish term that is used like Potterisms. It means slang and terminology unique to the Wiccan religion.
Rather than try to prove wicca incorrect (which it is but she won’t listen to you. Trust me.), why not go to the heart of the matter? Why not ask your friend straight off what made her LEAVE Catholicism?

9 times out of 10 it’s a personal problem that made the person leave, not so much anything with the faith being left behind or the one being gone to.
This will work a lot better. However do not be shocked if your friend avoids you just to avoid the constant debates; you can call it a discussion all you like but it is a debate, and a lot of times the new Wiccan will be in a lot of them with former friends usually with several people talking AT them at once.
I have another approach.

Why not ask her if she feels she can rule out the supernatural, rule out the rituals, that chrisitans have practiced?
Umm you do realise other religions believe in the supernatural to right? That question right there could be seen as very arrogant.
 
It will be difficult, but maybe my struggles with Wicca and Catholicism can help your friend.

When my faith in the Roman Catholic Church was crushed, I floundered and sought God elsewhere. One religion was Wicca.

My friends had crystals, and different powers that they could call on. They have magical abilities. I personally believe it to be a placebo and all in their head, but the things they did with crystals were very convincing.

One thing that caused concern was in trying to figure out where these powers were coming from. There is only one God. I tried to reason with myself that Wicca was just another side of God that they understood. I tried to learn what they knew, and slowly began to realize that the teachings of Wicca go against those of God.

Lev 19:26 "Never eat meat that has not been drained of its blood. "Do not practice fortune-telling or witchcraft.

Another Translation says …
Lev 19:26 “Nothing may be used for food with its blood in it; you may not make use of strange arts, or go in search of signs and wonders.”

These passages gave me pause, as I had to admit that the God of Abraham is not the Horned God, or the Triple Goddess by a different name.

:doh2: Keep in mind, your friend has probably experienced the powers that Wicca offers.

Since Wicca can’t possibly be the God of Abraham, and as there is only the one God, then what is Wicca?
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The answer to the above question is what brought me back into the fold of Christianity.
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Rev 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

The devil has the ability to grant miracles, and can surely give such powers as found in Wicca.

God Bless, and pray for Guidance from the Holy Spirit before speaking with your friend. He can help you to say what is needed.
 
I flirted with Wicca for awhile. I had a couple of their books (which a friend convinced me to get rid of), and went to one of their rituals. For me, the draw was the desire for power. I wanted the power to control my life better, get what I wanted.

Luckily, though, it didn’t work out. I still find that need for control over my life. I’m still trying to learn how to wait on God and trust only Him.
 
Okay this is getting on my nerves so I gotta say it.

Wicca is the Religon.

Wiccan is the term for followers of Wicca, it can also be used in the since of the Wiccan religon and Wiccan Holidays ect.

Wiccanism and Wiccanisms is a newish term that is used like Potterisms. It means slang and terminology unique to the Wiccan religion.

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You know I actually was aware of that, and I purposely was thinking that when I was typing the title, but I must have not done it in the description.
 
You know I actually was aware of that, and I purposely was thinking that when I was typing the title, but I must have not done it in the description.
Well you said they’d become “A Wicca” and I see this kind of thing all the time from Christians so I cleared it up.
 
Ask her specifically about wicca.
How does it all work? What does she expect from it? That sort of thing.
I had a friend who went that way, too, and, (this was before I was even catholic mind you) and over an afternoon of baking cookies, she dropped the whole wicca thing like a bad habit.
I just kept asking her ‘So, you say a spell - WHO is listening to it? The goddess? How do you know? How do you know she answers? How do you know she exists? How do you know that the white candle is what she wants, and not the blue one?’
And she would go on about how it’s mother earth and in the end I said something like ‘So, earth, which is BILLIONS of years old, and FAR more complicated than our finite little brains can understand…you can control it…with a crystal? Really? Cuz you can’t even control your dog, who’s peeing on the floor right now’
The problem, too, with Wicca, is that it’s very scattered. Invariably, one person’s Wicca is not another’s. There’s alot of ‘No, no, you’re not doing that right!’ which goes on. Which begs the question - how do you know YOU’RE right, and THEY are wrong?
Also, lots and lots of bad drumming. For Pete’s sake, I don’t know HOW much bad drumming I had to put up with when I was into that nonsense.
Tell your friend not to do it, or else she’ll get pulled into lots and lots of bad drum circles.:tsktsk: :banghead:
 
Ask her specifically about wicca.
How does it all work? What does she expect from it? That sort of thing.
I had a friend who went that way, too, and, (this was before I was even catholic mind you) and over an afternoon of baking cookies, she dropped the whole wicca thing like a bad habit.
I just kept asking her ‘So, you say a spell - WHO is listening to it? The goddess? How do you know? How do you know she answers? How do you know she exists? How do you know that the white candle is what she wants, and not the blue one?’
And she would go on about how it’s mother earth and in the end I said something like ‘So, earth, which is BILLIONS of years old, and FAR more complicated than our finite little brains can understand…you can control it…with a crystal? Really? Cuz you can’t even control your dog, who’s peeing on the floor right now’
The problem, too, with Wicca, is that it’s very scattered. Invariably, one person’s Wicca is not another’s. There’s alot of ‘No, no, you’re not doing that right!’ which goes on. Which begs the question - how do you know YOU’RE right, and THEY are wrong?
Also, lots and lots of bad drumming. For Pete’s sake, I don’t know HOW much bad drumming I had to put up with when I was into that nonsense.
Tell your friend not to do it, or else she’ll get pulled into lots and lots of bad drum circles.:tsktsk: :banghead:
Do you mean physically drumming? Because if so, that’s funny, because she is a drummer in the marching band at her high school
 
I flirted with Wicca for awhile. I had a couple of their books (which a friend convinced me to get rid of), and went to one of their rituals. For me, the draw was the desire for power. I wanted the power to control my life better, get what I wanted.

Luckily, though, it didn’t work out. I still find that need for control over my life. I’m still trying to learn how to wait on God and trust only Him.
Hello Christy Beth!

You do have control over your life. You have free will.
You chose well.
When things don’t go as we wish, all we need to pray is if these things are in God’s will. And if they are, to ask for the strength to get through these trials we face. Remember, Satan does not care about or spend time with anyone he already has. So see it as a blessing when you have a trial, if you do. God does not will anything that will not glorify his Son.
You could be glorifying him right now.
In whatever struggle you may come upon, or are in.
But you never need to look farther than the Cross to find the answer. Wicca can not do this for you.
 
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