If so, do you worship only one? Do you worship many..if so how do you keep them all straight!? What things do you do to honor the goddess?\nPS-Please do not answser this question if you do not believe. Go somewhere else to get your 2 pts.:)
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AH! PAGANESS! WHEE!\n\nUh, I worship as many as I can. I'm trying to find my main Goddess for myself still. I worship Danu, Isis, Hecate, Oshun, Athena, Kali, Demeter, Gaia, Sedna, Rhiannon, Inanna, Freya... but those are only the Goddesses. And there's still more I worship! (D'oh!)\n\nTo worship them, I do rituals! I make sure to use their colors, and to offer up something they'll enjoy. (Milk, Honey, Herbs, Rocks, ETC). I also try to be good as to not anger them. It's hard. REALLY hard.
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Yes, I do, I would and I will. I have several but my favorite is my sprite on the inside of my left ankle. She's the symbol of love, life and freedom to me. Under her, I have chinese lettering that says "Believe." I do want to get another one. Hopefully soon - an Egyptian Ankh with my name around it in heiroglyphics. The Egyptians mean alot to my spiritual world. \n\nWhat about you? Do you have one? What's it of? Special meaning? Would you get another one?
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I have studied most if not all, beliefs. I have taken away a little of them all, most have the same core foundation, just the names and symbolic differ, but never would i follow that is against my beliefs. I follow no one, but the ONE.\n\n                         I AM
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most people who practice wiccan have a god or goddess that they associate with themselves but are no rules it is a personel choice-if that is the path you are thinking of taking you have to be your own boss and take responsiblity for yourself-lots of love keep the peace old hippie
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First of all, it's nice to hear from Christians that you should respect another's faith.  Secondly, to hear from some of you that your way was is the TRUTH, is nothing new to me.  I understand it is how your faith operates.  Also, I just wanted to point out being brainwashed must involve a collective group of people who believe exactly the same thing.  This is not what you will find in the Wiccan faith.  As 100 Wiccans who or what is "GOD" and you will get 100 different answers.\n\nNow for the real question at hand.  I am distressed to hear that one from our faith of respect and tolerance is trying to "convert" you.  Obviously this person has not done much reading on the actual basic principals of Wicca.  One of these being that we do not convert, we only educate when asked.  This faith is one, which should be sought out and found.  To offer it up freely would be an insult to those who really wish to spend time deciding for themselves where their spiritual path takes them.\n\nAs for how to deal with this, I feel you should be blunt.  Tell her that you are not interested in participating in any rituals with her.  If this is all she has to offer in your time together then apparently you two don't have much in common.  You don't have to be rude, but don't beat around the bush either.  Make it clear what your intentions are as friends.  If one day you decide to walk in this path then you already have a point of contact.\n\nI would like to also say, that I am sorry some of the people who have posted answer have not been very supportive.  No matter what you decide to believe, always know that not one person has the right to make or persuade you to believe otherwise.
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I worship Celtic (mostly Gaulish) deities. Taranis, Cernunnos, Lugh (Lugus), and Epona are the deities that I am closest to. I also honor Sequana, Don (Welsh), and Sulis---as well as a few local land and water deities.\n\nThose are the deities that I have been able to make the closest connections to through prayer, meditations, rituals, and personal experiences.
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I believe in the Goddess and God, who are represented through multiple goddesses and gods because the actual Goddess and God are too huge for our human minds to comprehend.  I really believe there has to be some sort of creative force behind everything, since nature is truly beautiful to behold and the energy of Goddess/God is in everything and can be tangibly felt.  I am Wiccan.\n\nEvolution:  I don't think Wicca has a particular stance on evolution.  It says the Goddess and God created everything and are in everything, but as for a specific creation "myth" that I hold to be true above all others there isn't one.  That's because they're "myths" - the way we explain things that we can't otherwise explain.  I think it's entirely valid that the Divine whipped up a soup that would continually evolve into what we have now, and will continue to evolve, but do I believe they plunked us down here fully formed?  No.  Where would be the natural beauty in that?\n\nLife after death: is certain.  There is a spiritual plane above this on which we exist after death.  It's sort of a metaphysical locker room where you go to debrief between your lives, think about what you've learned, and decide when you want to come back down to work out what you didn't learn.\n\nHomosexuality: only "bad" if it's causing harm to someone.  I.e. if you've got homosexuals running around having multiple partners, not using protection and spreading disease, that is "bad".  But it's just as "bad" for heterosexuals who run around having multiple partners, not using protection and spreading disease.  If they're not harming anyone - and most of the gay people I know aren't - why are we discussing it?  What people do in their bedrooms is not anyone else's business.\n\nPrayer: we call it ritual or spellwork.  It's a respectful communing with the Goddess/God to ask them for help with whatever is blocked in your life.\n\nThe origin of the universe:  There was originally a Godhead.  This Godhead split into the Goddess and God - a balance - and the Goddess and God created everything in the universe and on Earth.  Therefore, there is masculine and feminine in all aspects of life.  Some things have more feminine, some more masculine, but the aspects of both are in all.  It is the balance of the masculine and feminine that creates the harmony and beauty of nature.\n\nOther religions/belief systems:  They're fine.  We're all headed to the same place.  The only thing that really matters is if we're harming others on the way to the same place.  If your religion or members of your religion are harmful to others, then it is causing a problem and is not necessarily a "good" thing for humanity or nature.\n\nBright blessings!\n)O(
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I am mother, daughter, sister, teacher, cook, gardener, etc. depending on place, situation, and who I'm dealing with.  But it's all still ME! Just different aspects.  I believe the Creator works the same way. One Creator, many aspects.
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I would like to comment on the fact about Mary or the other saints being worship. They where servants of God and shouldn't be worshiped like some people do. \n\n\nYou can get on your knees and kiss the statue of St.Peter and still not get to heaven because Jesus is the only one to forgive you of your sins. \n\n\nAs for the images I too once thought nothing of it. However it is commanded  that we not make any image or likeness of God in earth or the sea beneath. So after searching my own heart I found it to be wrong.\n\n@martha I just got done reading and your right we shouldn't judge. But the bible does tell us to save our brothers from death(Translated from the hebrew word sheol which means hell).
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I like this one I heard about the watch. If you found a watch on a rock in the middle of a field, how do you know someone made it? If you are like most these days, you'd point to the manufacturing mark on the back (or inside the cover if it was a pocket watch). So, how do you find proof of God or the Mother Goddess? If she is a creator wouldn't she continue to create? What on earth continues to create through a means which they really don't fully control? Life of course. So, we ourselves are the watch. Now what about ourselves proves that there must be an intelligent creator? Maybe our own intelligence (or lack there of at this moment in history) and maybe own uncanny ability to 'hear' inner wisdom. This wisdom has led many to extraordinary things. So, I disagree with Carl (Goddess I never thought I'd ever do that) that claiming the existence of Goddess is extraordinary. I have seen her work miracles in countless lives and there is record (yes, verifiable record) of millions more. I think the real miracle of this age isn't in finding Goddess, but in realizing how common she really is. Just as common as every watch still built with a crystal movement. I'm sorry, I think it is a small miracle that a tiny quartz crystal would be willing to vibrate that regularly so that we can all keep time.
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I am not a Christian but I consciously try not to belittle any religion.  My husband is a Christian as is most of my family.  I believe that each religion is valid to the worshiper and even if it is not yours it should still be given respect.
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I believe God and Goddess exist.  I have had experiencs with them and they have helped me get through many difficult times.  I pray to them regularly and they have helped me learn so many things.\n\nSome Wiccans see some traditions as more true than others and many do not.  There is some dissagreement in the Wiccan community over faith as there is in many religions where there are multiple denomonations.  Personally, I believe that the majority of Wiccan traditions are valid.  I have not been exposed to all traditions so I cannot say that I believe all are.  Moreover, I believe that the majority of existing religions around the world are valid as long as they are positive and lead their practitioners to do possitive things.\n\nWicca isn't really about catering to one's own desires.  In fact, most Wiccans I know have a healthy background in charity work.  Wiccans feel a responsibility to take care of others as well as nature itself.  Wicca does help me learn about myself and really forces me to take a look at who I am and how my actions affect the world around me.\n\nBecause our religion has no central authority or text, it is malleable, however, there are still certain core beliefs that a Wiccan must adhere to such as a belief in divinity, belief in the rede, belief in the three-fold law or law of return, etc.  Individual practices may vary as one person's relationship with the divine is not the same as another's.\n\nVery few modern religions are able to be wholly discredited and Wicca is no exception.  Religion is about faith.  It can't be scientifically proven true or false, it's practitioners believe in it based on their own experiences.\n\nNot all Wiccans cast spells.  Although Wicca embraces the belief in witchcraft, the practice of it is not mandatory.  I believe the results behind spells comes from God and Goddess.  I believe God and Goddess are neutral.  They are everything and everything is a part of them.  There is good and evil as explained in human terms, but there is no absolute good or evil.  Because of this, I believe there is nothing evil behing the religion or the practices themselves.  However, as is all faiths, there are a few bad apples.  \n\nRituals help establish a connection with God and Goddess.  It is basically prayer with actions.  If prayer can bring about change by way of the divine, then I believe rituals can as well.  Also, not all rituals are meant to bring about change in the world around us.  Wiccans frequently perform rituals to help facillitate change within ourselves.  We also perform rituals as a means of celebrations for holidays, special events, etc.  They are also used as simply a way of giving thanks to the divine.\n\nI hope I have answered all of your questions to your satisfaction.  If there is still somethingyou would like to know, please feel free to ask me.  Have a wonderful day.
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Isn't it wonderful how many non-Wiccans 'know' so much about it?  And have it totally WRONG!  I'm Wiccan, Celtic Generation who's family has practiced Wicca for CENTURIES.  I don't follow Gardierian Wicca, I go by old family traditions handed down for centuries.  It is NOT devil or Satan worship.  It is not 'evil'.  It is a religion like any other, older by centuries than Christianity or Islam.
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something i read really helped me with this same question...i believe the god/s that every religion worships is the same one..i just didnt know how to be close to a god with so many personalitys...and when i read this \n"God is love and he respects love, whether its between a parent and a child, a man and a woman or friends. i dont think he cares about religon one little bit. live your life right. love with all your heart, dont hurt others and help those in need. dont worry about heaven. if it exists you be welcome."  i knew that just talking to the big guy upstairs and following my heart and what i think is right then ill be ok...and i consider myself close to god because i can have a conversation with him anytime and feel like hes listening. but i dont have to go to church or practice religon i just have to believe and ill be ok....
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I think those who bash without having experienced the ones they are bashing are doing so on the bases of hearsay.  Years ago I was involved with a person who really tried to get me to see the way others worshiped and open my mind to the ideas that just as my worship wasn't wrong, neither was theirs.  Needless to say my experiences of worship have never been the same.
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From what anyone religious icon can, r will, tell us, God has always existed, and that nothing had to create it.  I have asked the same question, and I always come back to Roman and Greek mythology, in which each God/Goddess has parents.  However, if there only is one God, and there were parents, then you have to ask: What happened to the parents?  In my opinion, this question is too difficult to be answered until we can (if we can) ask God itself/himself/herself.  Whenever you find an answer to one question, another pops up.  However, I must say this is a good question.  There are not many good ones out there, so congratulations.
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I believe that many deities exist---both known and unknown.  However, I only worship several.  Just because I may not know of or worship a deity does not mean that other deities cease to exist or are "bad".  I respect the fact that others may worship deities that I do not and hope that others return that respect.