Did you know wicca is the only religion that hasn't had a war fought in its name.?
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Wicca/Paganism is one of the most peaceful religions out there.  They accept everyone and could care less about sutff like homosexulity.  It's an ancient religion, dating back far longer than christianity although the modern incarnation of it is still young.  They may not have started or fought wars but PLENTY has been done to them to persecute them.  The witch burnings are just one of them. To this day the fallacy of wiccans being satanists still persists and christianity and alot of other religions still label them as evil.  But unlike other religions wiccans tend to ignore it and go on as they have.
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Christian Witches don't exist. The beliefs of a Christian and that of a Wiccan/Witch are not compatible. It is impossible to be both. Anyone who tells you otherwise is lying to you.
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No I don't believe in hell.  Wicca does not believe in heaven or hell the same way christianity does; for us hell does not exist period.
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Steph's answer is right on the mark.  The real reason why the formerly Republican-controlled government hasn't recognized the Wiccan pentagram or pentacle is that the VA doesn't want what many consider a "Satanic" symbol anywhere near their revered Christian dead.  As though our revered Wiccan dead, who served their country faithfully, don't really count.\n\nBut she's wrong to say that Wicca is not "a completely recognized religion."  The government doesn't have to "recognize" Wicca for it to be a "legitimate" religion.  In fact, the government is forbidden by the First Amendment from making such distinctions.  Americans are free to believe whatever they like.  There are restrictions on what we can do, but there are none on what we can believe; we're free to choose our own faith and beliefs.  That's guaranteed by the Constitution.  The government doesn't get to decide what is "recognized" and "legitimate."\n\nThe government is discriminating against Americans of the Wiccan faith for no legitimate reason.  If you're a citizen--even a Christian citizen--who believes in freedom of religion, let your congressional representatives know that you consider this discrimination immoral and un-American.\n\nThis is not a complicated issue.  It's a simple matter of fairness.
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Druidism was the Original pagan religion. Actually the first religion that there is record of, ever. Druids were not evil, they were extremely wise it would take forever to explain the things they knew and were capable of. All this paganism equals devil worship stuff is untrue. Yes some pagan religions practice devil worship. But not Wiccans or those who practice witchcraft, we don't even believe in Satan. Satan came about with the Christian religions. The witching hour is at midnight because this is a time of change. The moon which is a powerful symbol to Wiccans is out as is the Goddess  who is there to guide us. It's also because most people are asleep by this time, or are not out and so the energies will not interfere with those we are attempting to direct.
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The Wiccans/Pagans/Druids don't have a national governing body nor an international one.  The do not tithe so there is no structure in place to give money too.  They pay for their own supplies and such, an organization doesn't give them to them.
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Most wars have been over land or political ideology.  Religion gets tacked on as an afterthought or an excuse to give the war an air of legitimacy when no other reason exists.  Very few wars have been soley over religion, although I do believe the current war is...whether western nations, ie christian, believe it or not....the islamists do.
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Im a Wiccan and yes it definately is a religion. We have collective worship in the form of covern meetings (although not essential as one can be a solitary witch) and a core central belief system in the form of the Wiccan Rede (an ye harm none, do what thou wilt.)\n\nSure we dont have the structure of other more mainstream religions but we have a strong sense of community and teach tolerance of other religions.)\n\nYou will probably get a few responses from the right wing Christian/Muslim factions saying we should all be burnt at the steak but i feel this is more a reflection at their own lack of faith rather than coherent argument.
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I was raised 7th Day Adventist, Practiced Wicca in my teens, and currently do not consider myself to be of any one religion. \n\nI think that many different religions got part of it right, but not all of it.\n\nI am extremely spiritual and find my sanctuary in the forests among the ferns.
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Are you looking for a historical answer, or a current answer?\n\nHistorically all religions are messy.  You say there haven't been any genocides in Vishnu's name, but that just shows real ignorance of the history of Hinduism.  The Hindu's have had and been involved in wars.  Some of the Gods themselves are a little violent, such as Kali.  Her followers would strangle people traveling along the roads as sacrifice to her.  They were called the Thugees I believe.  It is the root from which we get the word Thug.\n\nEvery religion has it's dirty points, and none can claim moral superiority over others when it comes to bloodshed.  The fact of the matter is religion says it has the answer to life and the one truth path to truth.  Whether you believe that is an invisible man in the clouds who watches you or a spiritual warthog who coughed up the universe, there will always be fanatics.\n\nI'm afraid I cannot answer your question, as I believe each group is resonsible for different sins.
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Yes there are witches and wizards,only these days they call them Wiccans.These are people who use a specific form of witchcraft, with particular ritual forms, involving the casting of spells, herbalism, divination and other forms of magic. Wiccan ethics require that magical activities are limited to good purposes only.
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there are more of us than most people would like to think. I think it's because we are less dramatic, less hypocritical and more open minded than most. Most wiccans seem more at peace and have not the need to criticize or convert so as a more accepting religion we tend to be over looked. I like to believe that perhaps they will understand in the next life or perhaps the one after that. I mean they will understand when the Gods want them to, or not whatever.
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Wicca, as most other religions, recognizes the existence of a 'First Cause',\nGOD or that from which all comes. Wiccans feel that this First Cause is so\nlarge and all encompassing that it is difficult for mankind to communicate with\nit. We can of communicate with that 'First Cause' through what is commonly\nknown as the 'Gods and Goddesses.' These Goddesses and Gods manifest to us\nthrough their works, such as the cycle of the seasons, the miracle of birth,\nthe joy of the first iris of Spring and the message of joy and hope from the\nrainbow, and through their Presence.\n\nPriests and Priestesses of our religion can be seen dancing in Neolithic cave\npaintings and our sacred objects rest in every major museum of the world. Wicca\nis a Living religion, as it has been since the first primitive hunting tribes\nsought to establish and affirm their relationship with the cycles of their\nMother the Earth, Her fertility, and that of the animals they depended on for\nlife and sustenance. We are a religion of life and vitality, and we hold all\nlife in respect and reverence. We do not own the Earth; we live on it by the\nlove and grace of Our Mother. We do not own the plants, animals or stones;\nthey are, as we are, the children of the Great Mother. They are our brothers\nand sisters on whom we are all dependent for life, shelter, and sustenance; and\nthey deserve our love and respect in return. Above all else, we choose to live\nin harmony and balance.\n\nWe do not claim an actual dogmatic descent as far back as Neolithic times.\nWiccans retain the spirit of the ancient ways of reverence, in a way similar\nthough not related to some Native American traditions and ideals. Although many\nWiccans do not claim dogmatic descent of the original, native European\ntraditions; many anthropologists, among them the noted Margaret Murray,\nconsider us a survival of that same original European religion, albeit\nup-rooted and driven underground by the spread of an intolerant, monotheistic\ncreed.
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The present form of popular witchcraft, renamed wicca, follows a tradition of wisdom that is as old as Druidism, if not more. Without going into great detail, modern. Witchcraft was re-popularised by the late British civil servant Gerald Gardner in books he published in the 1940's. \n\n     Those who practice it say that witchcraft is the worship of a comprehensive Earth Goddess, whose religion began in the late stone age, refined during classical civilizations such as Egypt, Sumer, and Babylon, (and presumably also by European civilizations like the Greeks and Proto-Celts) \n\n    Wicca has been wrongly branded as Satanism by zealous  medieval Christians, They used lies to create fear inciting others to  violently hunt us to near-extinction. This  prejudice continues to this day. From what I know of mainstream Christianity their basic strategy is "kill what you cannot convert" (or get others to do it for them) Christianity is completely unaccepting of ANYthing that doesn't follow the bible. It is a mob mentality. \n\n   What was originally called "witch craft" has been renamed wicca. You get a totally different response to "I'm wiccan" than you would " I practice witch craft. But you are right There is NO Satan or satanic rituals in wicca  or the craft. If you want to learn more you can go to WitchVox.com The site is built around traditional craft practices and there are many types of witches. I myself am a solitary practitioner. AS was my mother and her mother and so on clear back to Medieval Scotland. Maybe farther, but that's all we know genealogically.\n    \n     People tend to shy away from and are frightened by anything "different" They make up lies to account for their ignorance and stupidity. This fear and behavior, I believe stems from Christianity..Historically they have been one bloody hoard from the beginning. Christianity has been responsible for more bloodshed than ALL the wars in recorded history. True fact. So with a threat of a certain grizzly and ghastly death to even question Christianity (piked, burned alive, boiled in oil exc..) Who wouldn't be terrified and go along with this madness? I find it odd that so many still follow this arrogant and ignorant belief system.
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I DO THINK THAT RELIGION IS THE CAUSE OF NEARLY ALL THE WARS.YOU ARE MISTAKEN WHEN YOU SAY THAT THERE WOULD BE NO AFTER LIFE. JUST BECAUSE OF THERE BEING NO RELIGION. THE THOUGHT OF AN  AFTER LIFE IS THERE EVEN WITHOUT RELIGION. BECAUSE OF EXPERIENCES OF NON BELIEVERS AS WELL AS PEOPLE WHO HAVE A RELIGION. PEOPLE FIGHT ABOUT OTHER THINGS AS WELL AS RELIGION. SO WHO KNOWS IF IT WOULD BE A BETTER WORLD?
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Yes. I have had people put my religion down before they even knew anything about it. Wicca. People(Christians in particular) assume that I worship Satan. I don't even believe in God or Satan. Satanists worship Satan, and Satanists came about after Christianity was thought of. My religion was around long before Christianity. It's just a form of manipulating energy. That's the easiest way of describing it.
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Wicca is a religion, and just as with any other religion you need to make the choice and do the studies on your own. Wicca is a peacful religion about honoring the spirits of Mother Earth, it is not Satanic because it is not based on Christianity and Satan is a Christian character. Wiccans do not believe in "Satan". And just to be sure I feel the need to say that you should not be using a transition to Wicca as a way to rebel.\nYou need to research and find out if Wicca is right for you. For Wiccans, spells and rituals are equal to Christian prayers.\nThis is something you need to do on your own, no one can teach you.\n\nhttp://www.wiccanglade.com/leabwi.html\nhttp://www.religioustolerance.org/witchcra.htm\nhttp://www.wicca.org/\n\nGood Luck.