RE: Is this woman nuts?
February 8, 2018 at 4:33 pm
(This post was last modified: February 8, 2018 at 4:39 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
You get the odd christo-pagan......sure, not that they're going to be welcomed into the christian fold (and other pagans are genewrally leary of christian themed wiccans..for all their usual ecumenicalism). It takes a fundamental misunderstanding of one or the other to consider one's self both.
You know..on the subject...I think it's a shame that there aren't more wiccans in the world. It's a pleasant religion as far as it goes. Not gonna find many climate change deniers or gayhaters..for example, lol.
I quote the bible and possess a selection of crosses as well. The only thing that makes a person a christian is the belief in Christ. That's it, that's all...and that's a tough nut to pull off, as a pagan. You're referring to syncretism. All religions are syncretic. It's an inevitable consequence of human interaction with religion. Some try to stamp it out, but all fail.
You know..on the subject...I think it's a shame that there aren't more wiccans in the world. It's a pleasant religion as far as it goes. Not gonna find many climate change deniers or gayhaters..for example, lol.
(February 8, 2018 at 4:32 pm)mh.brewer Wrote:(February 8, 2018 at 4:17 pm)Khemikal Wrote: @brewer
I'm really not sure I understand the point of contention here. Have you looked any of this up, for yourself? It;s not as if you have to take my word for whether or not theres a difference between wiccans and christians, or whether or not christians invented religious paraphernalia like crosses.
Wicca is a highly syncretic religion (compared to others), but the unifying thread between all derivations of the set is a preference for pre-christian beliefs.
Quotes the bible, uses a cross, (facts?). May not call herself Christian, but part Christian is in there.
I quote the bible and possess a selection of crosses as well. The only thing that makes a person a christian is the belief in Christ. That's it, that's all...and that's a tough nut to pull off, as a pagan. You're referring to syncretism. All religions are syncretic. It's an inevitable consequence of human interaction with religion. Some try to stamp it out, but all fail.
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