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#190444 - 07/30/10 10:14 PM Re: For Paulwa... [Re: ghoti]
ronniechoate34
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Originally Posted By: ghoti
What do you think is incorrect about it? Here's a quote from a well-respected unbiased source:

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Wicca is a religion based, in part, on ancient, northern European Pagan beliefs in a fertility Goddess and her consort, a horned God. Although the religion is a modern creation, some of its sources pre-date the Christian era by many centuries.


http://www.religioustolerance.org/wic_hist.htm

The modern Wiccan faith is a recent religion (established around 1950 in England) that is based on what little is actually known of the ancient religion by the same name. My daughter and several of her friends are Wiccan plus a friend of mine is an ordained Wiccan priest (as I've said earlier) so my knowledge of it is fairly direct.



I don't believe that Wicca was ever practiced by any ancient people. I believe that little is known about ancient Wiccan practices because there was nothing to know and the religion didn't exist at that time. I think it's a lot of baloney. I don't think any Wica religion existed until around 1950. There is no proof that it existed prior to that.

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#190446 - 07/30/10 11:16 PM Re: For Paulwa... [Re: ronniechoate34]
ghoti
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Loc: Ishpeming, MI 75.128.229.255 		It's certainly true that the rituals of modern Wicca were developed over the last 60 years or so. There most definitely are lots of historical records of people practicing some form of witchcraft as a religion way back before the beginnings of Christianity, since it's even mentioned in the Old Testament:

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Exodus 22:18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.


It's likely that modern Wicca has little in common with the older religion than name, however. If that's what you're getting at, then I'd agree with you.
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#190475 - 07/31/10 02:19 PM Re: For Paulwa... [Re: ghoti]
ronniechoate34
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Loc: tennerida 		It's unbelievable, and yet people believe it. It's a cunningly devised religion and a marvelous destroyer of men. This religion is certainly the fruit of satan. But you can't tell a Wiccan that.


I've said it before and I'll say it again, the Wiccans don't know what they worship.
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#190479 - 07/31/10 02:38 PM Re: For Paulwa... [Re: ronniechoate34]
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Loc: where the wild roadrunners roa... 		t's unbelievable, and yet people believe it. It's a cunningly devised religion and a marvelous destroyer of men. But you can't tell a Christian that.
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#190485 - 07/31/10 03:33 PM Re: For Paulwa... [Re: shakey56]
Paulwa_dup1
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Loc: Washington 		The bible is the only salvation mankind will ever see. Take my word for it.
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#190489 - 07/31/10 03:49 PM Re: For Paulwa... [Re: Paulwa_dup1]
ghoti
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Loc: Ishpeming, MI 75.128.229.255 		Ronnie, what is the source of your knowledge of Wicca? Do you actually know anyone who is Wiccan? Have you discussed their beliefs with any of them? Have you read the Book of Shadows?

It's always a bad idea to just read what outsiders to a faith have to say about it without going to the source.

And to paulwa: Sorry, but I prefer to make up my own mind rather than taking your word for it.
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#190490 - 07/31/10 03:52 PM Re: For Paulwa... [Re: Paulwa_dup1]
shakey56
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Originally Posted By: Paulwa_dup1
The bible is the only salvation mankind will ever see. Take my word for it.
Paul


lol...no thanks.
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#190501 - 07/31/10 06:31 PM Re: For Paulwa... [Re: shakey56]
Paulwa_dup1
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Loc: Washington 		OK don't tell the Lord I didn't try. :-)
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#190516 - 08/01/10 09:40 AM Re: For Paulwa... [Re: ronniechoate34]
starlight.2
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Originally Posted By: ronniechoate34
It's unbelievable, and yet people believe it. It's a cunningly devised religion and a marvelous destroyer of men. This religion is certainly the fruit of satan. But you can't tell a Wiccan that.


every religion that includes women in positions of power has at one point been accused of being a "destroyer of men".
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#190591 - 08/03/10 12:03 PM Re: For Paulwa... [Re: starlight.2]
Paulwa_dup1
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Loc: Washington 		Satan is the destroyer of man. Men and women are equal in God's eyes (I think anyway) But it has taken man generations to finally accept this as truth, because he has been protector and provider through the centures and now in civil times he finds that is not always true. There are women who are smarter, stronger, more adept and certainly better looking than men. Of course it does work both ways and that is an unsettling fact still working to become settled.:-)
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