So, searching for the information you want isn't possible? Funny, I did a google search and came up with a number of sites on Christian Wicca. Several that have message boards. You could go bother them instead.
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Please keep in mind that there is no debating in the DIR,
even between co-religionists.
This is a debate for Hindu's only.
Do you believe everything Gardner told you?
Don't say yes if you believe Wicca isn't ancient. Wicca not being ancient invalidates a whole lot of what Gardner came up with. That's why modern Wicca looks so much different. :rolleyes:
I have no fear that it will even happen. Actually, I find the suggestion that it's possible rife with conspiracy theory, and the all too-common and disgusting "I hate Christianity" Wiccan attitude.
Just because you don't understand how it works, or just because you believe that BTW is the only...
Maybe not, but to those of us who like to see culture preserved and accurate history, it's still just as bad.
Buddhist and Taoist Pagans as in Neo-Pagans, and Wiccans. There's no reason why they can't be combined for some people
Probably because there are no Christian Wiccans here. If you...
Have you taken the time to actually talk to a Christian-Pagan? Google search, read some articles or websites? If they believed there were so many major issues and contradictions, then I would wager they wouldn't get into it. Maybe you ought to do some research to see how they actually solve...
I've met Buddhist Pagans before. And Taoist Pagans. Wicca, and most of Paganism is a syncretic practice. Gardner pillaged parts of religions and cultures and smashed all those unrelated bits together to make Wicca. If you're going to defend Gardner's and his successors cultural and religious...
You're the one that seems to be missing something. You keep saying that the system Gardner came up with and called "Wicca" is the only true version of Wicca. Well, the idea that Wicca was invented by Gardner didn't gain wide acceptance among Wiccans until fairly recently (and some still believe...
If Wicca is an ancient religion (as, Gardner never claimed to have invented Wicca, but rather claimed he was introduced and initiated into a Wiccan coven), then how could Gardner have initiated himself? Especially when the Wicca he was presenting was a system that didn't allow for...
Sure, and according to Gardner, only a witch can make a witch, and only a Wiccan can initiate another Wiccan. So, who initiated the first witch? Also according to Gardner Wicca is an ancient religion synonymous with witchcraft that dates back to paleolithic times.
Are you suggesting that Wicca...
From what I understand, Chaos magic is very much a "make it up as you go along, and throw whatever you feel like into the mix" type of system, so it would likely lend itself well to atheists who want to dabble in magic. I've seen books about pop-culture magic that are based on a Chaos-magic type...
Is BTW (British Traditional Wicca) the only valid form of Wicca?
Gardener may have come up with the religion, but it has changed a lot since the 50's, 60's and 70's. For example, we have better information now, and no longer believe that Wicca is an ancient religion. Gardener certainly did...
Did it occur to you that maybe this discussion could occur between people who don't see God the same way as you do, and therefore have no need to regard their ideas as "pathetic"? Plenty of people don't believe that God is "being itself" and believe that God is a being. Plenty of people do...
There is no official teaching in Paganism about it, it's up the the individual to decide. "Paganism" is an umbrella term for a number of different religions anyway.
I personally don't know enough about the evidence outside of the Bible to make a judgment either way.