Wiccan VS christian?

Question

Are wiccans against some of the beliefs of christianity, if so what. ?Would some one still be a christian if they marry a wiccan? How do you become a wiccan. Did I say this right ? Why do people get the pentagram confused with evil ? Thats it, Thax.

Answer 1

Wicca are henotheistic meaning that they do not deny the existence of other gods and they carry on this attitude towards all other beliefs within a religion, they may not follow the beliefs of another religion but they do not deny existence of others deities or go against other peoples beliefs.

Marrying someone who is Wicca does not change a persons religious beliefs, if someone is Christian it means they follow Christian beliefs, their beliefs do not change just because they happen to marry someone of a different belief.

For a person to become Wicca they have to be able to take on new information and have an open mind, as well as the drive to study seriously, and study is the main point because Wicca is a constant learning experience and with so much misinformation it is important to carry on studying, as well as important to practice skills required.
When a person is ready a teacher finds them, Wicca often keep under the radar to avoid people constantly asking to be initiated, but they keep a foot in the local pagan communities and if they require a new coven member it helps if they can find a person ready and able to take on training – when you are ready, they find you.
A person studies with the coven, conventionally for a year and a day, also requiring often the Seeker to be over 18 years old, initiation into Wicca then follows where they are taught the 'inner-court' teachings – i.e. core beliefs of Wicca, beliefs that are oath-bound so not taught to those outside of Wicca.

The Pentagram is a symbol of many different things, it is a symbol used by Pagans often to represent the elements [spirit, air, water, fire, earth], within Christianity it represents the wounds of Christ, within Satanism it represents the self over the spiritual – it is a little more complicated than this, but you get the point. The pentagram has had a lot of stigma through history, often it is associated with Satanists and Witchcraft, things that some people believe are inherently evil.

Answer 2

Wiccans aren't against anything. And as for marrying a Wiccan we're talking belief system vs organized religion. Your belief system isn't changed because you decide to marry someone of a different faith. Although your church might not be happy. Becoming a wiccan needs to be it's own question. The pentagram getting confused with evil is part of the mear campaign that was started long before anyone called themselves wiccan and identified with the pentagram.

Answer 3

Wicca is a modern Pagan Revivalist religion that acknowledges the existance of a divine God and Goddess and conceptualizes that all deities are those same God and Goddess in different forms. They follow the Wiccan Rede, which states 'Do as ye will, but Harm None', and believe in the karmic Threefold Rule, which means that they believe whatever they do in life will come back to them three times over. The religion was started officially by a Gerald Gardner sometime in the 40s-50s. Gardner made the claim that it was actually far older than that(probably basing his ideas off of Margaret Murray, who speculated that a gigantic underground 'witch cult' had survived the Inquisition and other Christian efforts at thwarting Paganism), but so far his claims are unfounded. Wicca derives from the old English word for male witch 'wicca'(which was pronounced witch-ah; the modern pronunciation is actually an error), the female term for which being 'wicce' pronounced 'witch-eh'. Wiccans today may or may not practice forms of witchcraft and other magic. They are forbidden by the Rede from using magic to harm or manipulate others, which I personally disagree with. I'm more for the classical 'hexing-and-hagstones' -style witchcraft, but eh, to each their own. As I don't believe in karma, I find it far more appropriate to throw a little curse after, for example, a rapist who scared his victim out of pressing charges instead of waiting for the universe to somehow repay him for his deed. Sadly, things just don't work like that. Wiccans pay witness to eight Sabbats, or holidays, representing landmarks in the natural world(such as the Summer Solstice). The most sacred day is usually considered to be Samhain, or Halloween. All of the holidays are based on older Pagan celebrations, and are usually Celtic. Bear in mind that not all Wiccans are Witches, and not all Witches are Wiccan. If you want to find out more about earth-based spiritualities and occultism, I recommend Paganism: A Guide to Earth-based Spiritualities by Joyce and River Higginbotham and Judika Illes' The Weiser Field-Guide to Witches. Hope this helped!

Answer 4

Wiccans are rarely against anyone or anything
Christians are against Wiccan though

you can still be a Christian if your partner is Wiccan of course ... one has nothing to do with the other

i have no idea how they get confused with the pentagram
and someone may advise you better on becoming Wiccan xx

Answer 5

no, wiccans aren't against anybody else's beliefs, and if a christian marries a wiccan, they are still a christian--the pentagram is used to ward off evil, and has been used by evil magicians to protect themselves from the demons they employed, therefore it became associated with demons, rather than protection, for a very long time--peace!

Answer 6

I don't believe that most wiccans are truly against christianity, I believe they are just tired of christians trying to save their souls, when they are perfectly happy with their souls. You choose to be wiccan. The pentagram is confused with evil because of early Christians propaganda against any pagan religions

Answer 7

There is an interesting article about Wiccans and Baptists interacting at http://www.landoverbaptist.org

Answer 8

Why ? for the life of me, i can;t figure out, why a person would choose to be a wiccan, then to be a Christian.

Am i correct to understand that a wiccan is a good witch ??

obey the Words of God, and save your souls from a terrible fate, stop trying to find meaning in false doctrines.

In His Holy and Precious Name, Jesus Christ

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Answer 9

inverted pentagram is used in satanism just like a inverted cross is also used i have also seen the star of David used in Wicca ceremonies that's the 6 pointed star i don't know what it represents tho i know the greatest power in the universe is Love i will always believe that and i always have

Answer 10

Wiccan is the use of the power of satan weather it be for good or evil. though there is one thing u must understand first is that even though it is banned to study wiccan in Christian faith, the 12 archangels of God have studied this type of magic.