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Originally Posted by Optimystic
Its hypocritical and weak - a way for people to belong to two different religions without commiting to either. If you want to be eclectic, that's fine, but then don't pretend to be a practicing Christian or Wicca. Wicca itself is just Feminist Christianity decked up in a supposedly pagan outfit. There's nothing ancient about it - its one of the youngest religions on the planet.
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Actually this is incorrect. I do not deny that Wicca is only about 70 years old at the outset, but I just don't get how you can say it is Feminist Christianity. Wicca teaches a balance between the feminine and the masculine aspects of divinity. It is not skewed to the Feminine. And there is no "savior" at all but yourself. It seems to me that your understanding of Wicca is steeped in the Dianic Tradition. That's cool, but there is more to Wicca than that, and many Wiccan's deny that Dianic Wicca is Wicca at all. The Gardnerians (the original Wiccans) do deny it.
And yes, what we know of Wicca today was started in the 1930's, but it is based on Pagan rituals that go back thousands of years. Wicca is not ancient, but many of the beliefs and traditions that make up modern Wicca today are.
And in case you are wondering... No, I'm not Wiccan.
