Actualy Wicca is a nationaly recognised religion. It is not just “spirituality”.dangel;5652090]Like I said, it’s not a religion unless YOU MAKE IT SO. Otherwise it’s a spirituality.
JUST because something is on the net doesn’t mean it’s real, and while there are Wiccans out there who use Wicca as a full based religion doesn’t mean all do the same. It’s not that black and white.
NO Christianity has no pagan days in it. They are strictly Christian. Christmas and Yule have nothing in common. One celibrates the birth of Christ while the other is the winter solstus or has in some pagan religions a fat drunken fertility god. Don’t confuse the comercialism of Christmas with the latergical celibration.And Christianity has tons of Pagan days, Christmas/Yule for one. Christianity took all the previous holidays and just renamed them to suit themselves.
Absolutely untrue. They usurped older pagan traditions and Christianized them.NO Christianity has no pagan days in it. They are strictly Christian. Christmas and Yule have nothing in common. One celibrates the birth of Christ while the other is the winter solstus or has in some pagan religions a fat drunken fertility god. Don’t confuse the comercialism of Christmas with the latergical celibration.
did you see any real magic? Wigi board stuff??? I don’t believe in any sort of paranormal stuff personally (in college I seen some drunk friends do the wigi board thing, and nothing happened, as far as I could tell anyway).I was a member of the Frost’s Church and School of Wicca back in the mid 1980’s and took their classes (at the time it was via mail) and found it interesting. It is not openly satanic at first blush. It is more of worshiping the creation instead of the creator.
When you get deeper into it though there are some quite dark parts. The Frosts tried to stick to “white magic” but there were plenty of people willing to go into the darker stuff.
It can get rather scary. Especially when you throw in some Crowley.
FYI: Modern “Witchcraft” started back in 1951 or 1952 when England’s anti-witchcraft laws were repealed. Gerald Gardiner was one of the early ones and Ray Buckland brought it to the U.S. I read much of GG’s works and some of Buckland’s. After a great deal of time dealing and dabbling I left in the late 80’s.
Some things are better left alone.
I will have to disagree. Lets look at Christmas. What does Christmas share. Beside the time of year? The time of year it is held can be debated as to why it is when it is. One time line is due to the killing of Christians in early Christianity it was moved to coincide with the winter solstice.Absolutely untrue. They usurped older pagan traditions and Christianized them.
That’s why I always say Christianity is the perfect mix of paganism and monotheism.
I agree. There is no doubt that the Catholic Holy days coincide with seasonal celebrations that were traditional throughout the pagan world.I will have to disagree. Lets look at Christmas. What does Christmas share. Beside the time of year? The time of year it is held can be debated as to why it is when it is. One time line is due to the killing of Christians in early Christianity it was moved to coincide with the winter solstice.
What examples of mixed paganism and monotheism can you give.
Well why wouldn’t they?I’ve never met any Wiccans who believed in the Catholic God. Why would they?
If you go into something looking for bad points then all you will find are bad points.I’m not positive what it means to “spit one’s dummy out,” so I can’t say I haven’t done it. Still, a quick glance at the formation of modern Wicca & its founders, such as Gerald Gardner & Raymond Buckland, offers grist for considerable (though, I grant you, uncharitable) amusement.
The pet theories, sexual preoccupations, and ginned-up ceremonies of the early Wiccans caused them to look less like noble pagans of olde OR satanic votaries, and more like victims of an elaborate and malicious practical joke. This quality has continued to cling to its modern practitioners. It’s this vaguely duncelike quality that makes me think it a poor fit for the devil, who is not merely the Prince of Lies, but the Prince of Pride. Still, he might believe that useful idiots are nevertheless useful for all that: hence, my original comment.
-.- …it’s nationally recognised as a religion, yes, but you don’t have to make it a religion if you don’t want to.Actualy Wicca is a nationaly recognised religion. It is not just “spirituality”.
NO Christianity has no pagan days in it. They are strictly Christian. Christmas and Yule have nothing in common. One celibrates the birth of Christ while the other is the winter solstus or has in some pagan religions a fat drunken fertility god. Don’t confuse the comercialism of Christmas with the latergical celibration.
Well the Frosts aren’t the only Wiccans out there and yes, Wicca was founded in around 1950 but the practices many Wiccans hold true are those going back to the days way before Jesus Christs birth and the first records of the Church.I was a member of the Frost’s Church and School of Wicca back in the mid 1980’s and took their classes (at the time it was via mail) and found it interesting. It is not openly satanic at first blush. It is more of worshiping the creation instead of the creator.
When you get deeper into it though there are some quite dark parts. The Frosts tried to stick to “white magic” but there were plenty of people willing to go into the darker stuff.
It can get rather scary. Especially when you throw in some Crowley.
FYI: Modern “Witchcraft” started back in 1951 or 1952 when England’s anti-witchcraft laws were repealed. Gerald Gardiner was one of the early ones and Ray Buckland brought it to the U.S. I read much of GG’s works and some of Buckland’s. After a great deal of time dealing and dabbling I left in the late 80’s.
Some things are better left alone.