What is Wicca religion's creation story?
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Before time was, there was The One, The One was all, and all was The One. \n\nAnd the vast expanse known as the Universe was The One, all-wise, all-pervading, all-powerful, eternally changing. \n\nAnd space moved. The One molded energy into twin forms, equal but opposite, fashioning the Goddess and God from The One and of The One. \n\nThe Goddess and God stretched and gave thanks to The One, but darkness surrounded them. They were alone, solitary, save for The One. \n\nSo They formed energy into gasses and gasses into suns and planets and moons. They sprinkled the Universe with whirling globes and so all was given shape by the hands of the Goddess and God. \n\nLight arose and the sky was illuminated by a billion suns. And the Goddess and God, satisfied by their works, rejoiced and loved, and were one. \n\nFrom their union sprang the seeds of all life, and of the human race, so that we might achieve incarnation upon the Earth. \n\nThe Goddess chose the Moon as Her symbol, and the God the Sun as His symbol, to remind the inhabitants of Earth of their fashioners. \n\nAll are born, live, die and are reborn beneath the Sun and Moon, all things come to pass there under, and all occurs with the blessings of The One, as has been the way of existence before time was.\n\n\nparadox ty.  And yes different Wiccan pantheons do have different creation beliefs - Bluefirewitch is quite correct with that statement.  This happens to be mine.
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Is this the story you're looking for?\n\nhttp://our.homewithgod.com/holyspirittemple/hummingbird.htm
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Every culture has folkstories about the creation of earth.  I listed several links below, from Native Indian to Incan to Chinese.  There are LOTS more online and easy to find. Interesting too!
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the religion of the universe
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Evolution is a theory. It is what science is all about. Religion and Science can go hand in hand. I believe the biblical creation story of 7 days to God is actually like a million years to us!! god gave man intellect to study the creators creation therefore study God's marvelous works. peace.
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the website is answersingenesis.org.\n\nThey hold to a literal rendering of the creation story in Genesis, a "young earth" position, and six 24-hour days of creation.  \n\nso do i\n\nGod bless!!
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I consider myself Wiccan.  To me, it's an emerging movement that is still in the process of defining itself- initial trends included negative-definition (wicca is defined be what it is not, commonly "'wicca is not christianity' or 'wicca is not devil-worship' etc), non-definition (either because the group is too eclectic to attempt a definition, or out of a desire to maintain a hands-off approach), victim-definition (victimization, or the self-marginalization produced by emphasis on 'burning times' or historical religious persecution; irrelevant to modern practice, but it seems to be a popular method of forging ones identity, and there's alot of rumor-mongering in the pagan community to support this theory), and pseudo-historical-definition (claims to a prehistoric origin, etc).  \n\nNone of these cut it for creating a spiritual identity; Luckily, Wicca is moving away from these, as well as its habit of 'borrowing' (heritage theft, put shortly) and developing its own symbols, myths, jargon, and even deities.  There is getting to be less pressure for validation (via lineage, accounts of intolerance, etc).  Also a good sign- people need to feel confident that they are what they believe they are and not need to defend themselves to other Wiccans.\n\nA fend-for-yourself attitude in regard to dogma might be appealing if we want a truly open and freeform religion, but if Wicca doesn't provide something truly solid for people going through tough or troubled times it will fail as a religion.  Spells and magic aren't enough- Wicca needs to work on developing its philosophy and actually ask some of the harder questions.  But its starting to happen.  I am blessed to be living at a time when my religion is kicking its way out of the universal womb- ten or twenty years from now we'll have the first real generation of Wiccans who were raised in the tradition (current demographics are between 92 and 99% converts).  I look forward to hearing what they have to say about it.\n\nWicca has a few things that have been established- the importance of elemental divisions, duality in divinity, emphasis on systems of correspondences, the Magic Circle as both battery and sacred space.  All good tools; it's a starting point.  There is a current trend of wiccans turning to or creating particular Trads; I think that will continue, because the generic 'wicca' identifier is too big and unwieldy to provide as strong a sense of community.  We hesitate to come up with statements about who we are for fear of leaving some members out- how often do we have to qualify that most wiccans are nature worshippers but some aren't, that most use the god-goddess model but some don't, that some wiccans cast spells but some don't?  I'm all in support of breaking Wicca into smaller sects, so that people can actually feel like they know something about their fellow practitioners.\n\nSo, Wicca is an opportunity for creativity.  No religion can stay undefined for long and still survive, but for now, we are the ones who will help to shape what Wicca becomes.  Tis both an exhilerating and humbling thought.\n\n(NOTE- my ideas of Wicca being in transition are my opinion, and only that- I don't mean to offend people that feel they already have a solid community identity or that come from an actual hereditary tradition that recently adopted the name 'wiccan', or anyone else.  But I'm all about the chaos.  :)
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Wicca is about understanding metaphysics and the great powers of the universe. Wiccans believe in God and Goddess not only a female Deity also male. There are a lot of people making money from religion and spirituality, if you come across such people trying to sell you spells and religious books claiming they know how the world will end and things like that you should know it might just be a fraud. I'm Neo-Pagan so I have read up on Wicca but am still learning. I think the main purpose is to grow spiritually.
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Evolution and Creation are the same story told differently
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Yes, I was raised Catholic and converted to Wicca when I was 21.  I had become increasingly unhappy about some of their theology and will be honest the way the sex scandal was handled was my last straw.  At that point I still did believe in Christianity.  But when I searched for the sect that mirrored what I thought I read the bible more and more and things just didn't make much sense any more. Then the more I read and looked the inconsistencies and contradictions jumped out.  The OT horrified me beyond belief and I couldn't understand the shift from the OT to the NT, it was as if God had a personality transplant.  Then I began finding out the changes that had been done to it, stuff taken out, re-written, gutted, etc.  and my disbelief grew.   The end finally came while I was watching George Carlin, believe it or not.  When he did his skit about how God and Santa sounded about the same, I was floored.  I sat there as that played through my mind and it made sense.  My faith officially died.  After that I read the books of many faiths from around the world.  Wicca matched what I believed best and my journey ended with it.
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Wicca is a duotheistic religon (the deities being the God and Goddess) created in the 1960's and *popularised by Gerald Gardener (a bit of a revival of witchcraft, but with a structured dogmatic twist). Wiccan's have equal affinity to the feminine aspects of deity as to the masculine. They also believe in the Wiccan Rede (in short: "An harm it none, do what thou wilt") and they believe in the three fold law, ie. if you do anything bad to someone else then it will come back on you three times over (more of a punishment than creating a balance- as in Karma). Many Wiccans practice witchcraft (magical workings) but not all, as Wicca is primarily a religious path.\n\nWiccans observe the Wheel of the year (Eight annual festivals) acknowledging the changing of the seasons. They also believe in the three phases of the Goddess (maiden, mother and crone).\n\nTo clarify, Wicca falls under the umbrella term of Paganism, which is a term used to encompass a broad spectrum of belief systems. Wicca is also seperate from Witchcraft as not all witches are wiccans, many are not religious at all.\n\nHope this helps.\n\n*edit for accuracy as prompted by the post below me (thanks).
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For me its simple.  If you think that its possible that there is more than meets the eye with life, which most do, then you probably think that something/someone created this.  It makes sense by the laws of nature that the Creators were of the masculine and feminine nature.  Man and woman create life.  Therefore God and Goddess.  Wiccans don't follow scripture, we follow our own instincts.
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Tradtional Witchcraft is coupled with ancient Pagan ways.  The original witches worshipped the God amd Goddess as equals who created the world through their unity.  \n\nWe believe that the Gods can be found in nature and its elements.  We use those elements to attune ourselves with Nature and the the Gods.  We then beseach the Gods for their power and do our magickal works.\n\nContrary to popular belief Wicca was not started in the 1950's, it was simply publicized at that time because the laws banning witchcraft had just been repealed.
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Wiccans worship the sacred as immanet in Nature, often personified as Mother Earth and Father Sky. As polytheists, they may use many other names for Deities. Individuals will often choose Goddesses or Gods from any of the world's pantheons whose storeis are particularly inspiring and use those Deities as a focus for personal devotions. \n\nLot more info here:\n\nhttp://www.angelfire.com/realm2/amethystbt/whatiswicca.html
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http://www.witchvox.com/vn/hm/usca.html\nhttp://groups.yahoo.com/search?query=california+wicca&submit=Search\n\nETA: Sorry, but Wiccans *are* Pagans. The only "Wiccans" I am aware of that claim that they are not Pagan are those who follow the teachings of the Frosts - and what they teach isn't really Wicca.\n\npa·gan   n. \n*** 1. One who is not a Christian, Muslim, or Jew, especially a worshiper of a polytheistic religion.***\n   2. One who has no religion.\n   3. A non-Christian.\n   4. A hedonist.\n***5. A Neo-Pagan.****\n[emphasis added]\nhttp://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=pagan&db=* \n\nWic·ca  n.\n   1. A polytheistic ***Neo-Pagan*** nature religion inspired by various pre-Christian western European beliefs, whose central deity is a mother goddess and which includes the use of herbal magic and benign witchcraft.\n   2. A group or community of believers or followers of this religion.\n[emphasis added]\nhttp://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=wicca&db=*
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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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Wicca is a religion, just like Baptist or Catholic except those are Christian and Wicca is Pagan.  You know if you are Wiccan if you say, "Hey, I think I'll be Wiccan now." and you go out and buy a few Buckland books and charge yourself to the Goddess while standing nekkid in your bedroom.  \n\nIn other words, you DECIDE to be Wiccan, the same as Christians have to decide to be Christian.  Its not something you are born with, like magical powers or anything moronic like that.  \n\nGo read a book.\n\nIf you have dreams that come true it just means you have psychic leanings, which millions of people do.  It makes you "a psychic" not "a wicca".  There is no such thing as a person being "a wicca".  You're not born "a witch", either, it takes alot of hard work.\n\nGo to www.witchvox.com to get a grip on the reality of neo-pagan religion and magical phenomena.