Is Wicca against god? If you are a wiccan can you tell me.....?

Question

I am curious about Wiccan. Is Wicca against god? If you are a wiccan can you tell me what it is about and everything I'm just curious...my man is wiccan and I just want to know more from a person who is a wiccan.

Answer 1

If by God you mean the god of Judeo-Christian faith then no, Wicca are not against God because Wicca is a henotheistic religion, this means that they have their own specific gods that they follow but do not deny the existence of other gods – they respect other peoples beliefs, they just follow their own.

Wicca follow their own gods, these are known in outer-court references as the Horned God and Great Mother Goddess, these are placeholders used as references to talk about their religion and help teach those wishing to become Wicca. Once someone is initiated into Wicca they are taught the true names of the gods Wicca follow, the identities of the gods are oath-bound meaning they are only taught to people initiated into a Wicca coven. Essentially these are gods based on early European Pagan gods, with heavy influences on their god's connection to nature and living things.

As Wicca is oath-bound those not Wicca are limited to outer-court teachings about Wicca, so how much you can learn about Wicca without becoming Wicca yourself is limited, Wicca do this as a way to protect the knowledge and integrity of their beliefs – in other words if it was public then people could misunderstand, bastardise and otherwise warp their ideas due to misunderstanding, this is why Wicca have to be taught by those already within Wicca.

Wicca was founded in the early 1900's by Gerald Gardner but based upon older ideas; there is no specific date for Wicca being founded because it was a slow process of influences on Gardner's life, also because witchcraft was still illegal in the early 1900's in England. Their practices and ideas combine Paganism, Eastern philosophy, witchcraft and ceremonial magics like that of the Golden Dawn, many Wicca also follow mystical systems such as Golden Dawn or Enochian. Their beliefs are normally hard-polytheistic, meaning the belief in many gods as individual beings, Wicca follow the Sabbats and Esabbats (seasonal celebrations) as representations of the life cycle of their deities.

Wicca are largely reliant on their own moral codes and ethics because Wicca does not have dogma, only doctrine, Wicca teach the 'law or return' and Wicca rede to new initiates and Seekers as a way to make them recognise the consequences of their actions before such time when they are ready to take responsibility in accordance to their own ideas – the law of return is often presented as westernised karma meaning that if you do something bad then something bad will happen, the rede is often summed up in the line 'an if it harm none do as thou wilt' which is essentially saying 'you can't do as you want because you may harm others' and is essentially taken as a means of expressing cause and effect.

If we are talking about the views of fundamentalist Christians then it could be said that Wicca is against God in that any religion that does not follow God is therefore against God – Christianity is not a very open religion in that it denies the existence of other gods and the god of Christianity demands all follow him and only him. Commonly people prejudice towards Wicca use the Bible to say that God is against witchcraft so Wicca [as all practicing Wicca practice witchcraft] must be against God, however with serious academic study of the Bible you will find the Bible says none of this about witchcraft, the Bible is unfortunately used more as a tool of hatred than love – witchcraft and other forms of magic were used within Christianity a very long time before Wicca was ever founded.

Any questions feel free to ask me, I could also offer some more reliable links and books, however if your man is Wicca he should be able to teach you all he can (without breaking his oaths of course) - although, not everyone who claims to be Wicca is Wicca.

Some reliable Wiccan web sites;

http://amberandjet.spiralpaths.org - Amber & Jet
http://www.wargoddess.net/index.php - Enyo`s Workshop
http://wicca.timerift.net/ - Wicca: For the Rest of Us
http://www.starkindler.org/ - StarFire Rising
http://www.asiya.org/ - Asiya`s Shadows
http://www.newwiccanchurch.net - New Wiccan Church International
http://members.tripod.com/~Moonpfyr/gardnerian.html - Gardnerian Tradition

Answer 2

I am a proud Wiccan and have been practicing for 8 years now. According to the Bible yes Wicca is against god. This is because as you have seen here it is called witchcraft and most people associate it with the devil. I can not speak for all Wiccans but those that I know and we do not believe in the devil. There are some out there who profess to follow the Wiccan path and claim to worship the devil but they are not true Wiccans. There is a lot more to Wicca than most know. Feel free to e-mail me or IM me and I can answer any other question you may have. Many Blessings to you and yours.

Answer 3

We are not against the Christian God. However I cant speek for all Wiccans. I mean me personally, I have problems with Christianity as a religion, NOT the people when given proof you are a genuine person.

I was personally raised with Abuse within the religion (not physical but mental and emotional abuse.) So should someone have experienced something of that sort, then of course they will have some sort of resentment towards the religion.

Most Wiccans would probably not even care what religion their significant other is. Most would probably just be happy that they are happy.

You ought to do some research, I mean there are some great books out there that will teach someone who is curious.You dont have to be Wiccan or wanting to become Wiccan to read them. Just to expand knowledge and maybe get a greater understanding on what your boyfriend does.

As far as books stay AWAY from Silver Ravenwolf...

Answer 4

You don't need to talk with other Wiccans, because they will mislead you by telling you that it's not against God and that it's prt of serving God and all other beings. The way I look at it, if you are serving all beings, then that would include the Devil as well. After all, like it or now, he is a being. Wiccans believe that they are worshipping mother earth, well who do you think created it? It didn't happen through osmosis, or evolution, like some people like to convince themselves as well as others to believe. Everything on this earth, including yourself, was created by Goa almighty. He and only he is the creator of all things. Think about it! I would hate to see you be mislead into a life os witchcraft, and that is what this is! Good luck, and God bless!

Answer 5

I could be a warlock... but I'm not. Wiccans and warlocks do worship. Therefore, they have gods. Who ever those are, I have no idea, really.

But talking about them do conjure altar sacrifices. Is it still practiced? I wonder.

Answer 6

The wiccans are against God...In fact it is written that anyone that is not with God, is against God, so which anyone that does not worship God, worships earthly things, which are the tools of lucifer