To: Westbrook
So...the best you can drum up is one Wiccan blowing the whistle on other Wiccans. Bear in mind that there is no governing authority in that religion, as it's nothing more than a collection of small independent groups with a very loosly defined set of beliefs. I know there are far more occurances of the very same thing within Christian churches, good examples being The Family and the Roman Catholics.
Modern Wicca is only about 50 years old, and is not the same thing as ancient paganism, so comparing modern Samhain rituals to the ancient ones is a far stretch. You might as well be comparing modern Christianity to ancient Mithraism.
I'm not saying Wicca doesn't have it's kooks (probably about the same amount that exists in evangelical Christianity), but misrepresenting their beliefs does you no profit, and personally, I think damages the integrity of this site.
8 posted on
07/06/2007 7:09:46 AM PDT by
Lusis
("Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.")
To: Lusis
And besides that, Harry Potter is the DEVIL!
9 posted on
07/06/2007 7:11:49 AM PDT by
CholeraJoe
("Monet should have been smothered as a child." Pablo Picasso)
To: Lusis
As far as the average person is concerned, modern wiccan is ancient paganism. And ancient pagans did sacrifice children to idols. See Molech in the Bible.
But if what you say is true that wiccan is nothing more than a very loosely defined set of beliefs of various small independent groups with no central governing authority, or agreed upon set of beliefs, then your opinion on what wiccans believe and what they don’t believe, has no validity. Anyone can say anything about wiccans because there is no one standard. Therefore their beliefs can’t be misrepresented because there is on one definition. It is you who have no creditability on this site.
Saying a group has standards when they don’t have standards is silly.
10 posted on
07/06/2007 7:31:58 AM PDT by
TruthConquers
(Delendae sunt publici scholae)
To: Lusis
I'm not saying Wicca doesn't have it's kooks (probably about the same amount that exists in evangelical Christianity), but misrepresenting their beliefs does you no profit, and personally, I think damages the integrity of this site. Does the fact that about half of DUmmie Land's denizens are "wiccans" cause you to ponder?
12 posted on
07/06/2007 9:06:39 AM PDT by
Gay State Conservative
("The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism."-Karl Marx)
To: Lusis
???? I know there are far more occurances of the very same thing within Christian churches, good examples being The Family and the Roman Catholics
What do you mean? That Catholics sacrifice(d) children?
19 posted on
07/11/2007 3:06:08 AM PDT by
Cronos
("Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant" - Omar Ahmed, CAIR)
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