I'm guessing there is no overall Wiccan views about Jesus, so I am looking for individual opinions. If you are Wiccan, what are your thoughts toward Jesus? Was he a good teacher? Was he a bad teacher? Was he God? Did he not exist? Were the accounts of him blown out of proportion? If you are not Wiccan, but have been in the past, how did you feel about Jesus while you practiced Wicca? Or if you know someone who is Wiccan, how do they feel about Jesus? I'm just curious to see if the answers are varied or pretty similar, and to know more about other people's thoughts.
If the question does not pertain to you (you aren't Wiccan or don't know someone who is), I don't mean to exclude you, I'm just curious as to their views in this one. Love and blessings to you all.
2006-11-21 07:58:47 · 17 answers · asked by Guvo 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Some really good answers. Thanks to all who have really answered this question so far. I've given all real answers a thumbs up whether I agree or not. Blessed be! =)
2006-11-21 08:47:15 · update #1
Wicca is not supposed to exclude any gods but we are each given a choice of which gods we choose to follow. Most of us exclude Jesus and the Bible out of our beliefs completely because it is simply easier to. Many of us have been surrounded by people who tell us that God hates psychics, mediums, readers and witches. However, it is often our natural abilities that make us psychic or mediums, and our natural abilities or curiousities lead us to a more open path. I have also, personally, been around enough Bible study groups that promote arrogance and pity towards my kind. It is simply so much easier to shut oneself off from any and all Judeo-Christian beliefs and deities and become bitter.
However, I think that once one has really gotten a chance to experience their own spirituality without interference and look at everything from a relaxed standpoint, one can really see that Jesus, in his day and age, if he existed, was one awesome being. Whether he was a actually a messiah or not, I cannot and will not discern, as I do not know. What I do know is that if I were alive 2000 years ago, I think I would've found a good friend in Jesus.
2006-11-25 17:35:50 · answer #1 · answered by atroposwhispered 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a Wiccan and I do believe in Jesus. But, I see him as a human with a soul, much like ours. He came here to bring people back to the old ways, believing in love, the Mother and the Father God. People twisted his words, his actions.
I think Jesus was a very advanced spirit. and i do believe he is the Son of God, just as we all are.
2006-11-21 20:20:06 · answer #2 · answered by vampiregoddessrain 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe that what we know of Jesus today was probably very little truth to what he really was. I do believe that he preached a message of peace. I don't believe he was the Messiah as I don't believe in a Messiah.
I think that most of Jesus' story was taken from earlier Pagan mythologies like Mithra and Jupiter. It also seems suspiscious that the Bible was compiled and edited by a pagan (Constantine).
I think that modern day Christians like to imput their own feelings, desires and predjudices into Jesus' teachings and skewer them.
I think it's ludacris to think that a son from a prominant family with royal blood wouldn't have been married and at least attempted to have children. Of course I don't speak for all Wiccans/Pagans. But I think many would agree with me.
2006-11-22 02:43:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I view Jesus as a historical figure that was a good leader, teaching against prejudice, hypocrisy and separation of classes. IF he was a healer as well he could have had some touch with the metaphysical, although I would not say he was a son of god or god himself.
It was the followers of Jesus later on that corrupted what he taught.
2006-11-21 17:00:37 · answer #4 · answered by Sage Bluestorm 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think we can't rule out his existence. If he did exist, saying that he is the son of God is just as valid (or invalid, depending on your viewpoint) as saying that Horus was the son of Osiris or Apollo was the son of Zeus, or that Bran was the son of Llyr. That would make Jesus a god in his own right if you're equating him to "our" pantheons.
I think he was a good teacher. Unfortunately he was teaching men, and what he taught was a particularly one-sided power system that men (specifically) were able to latch onto to subvert women and put themselves in control. I think the tales of him are akin to the tales of any god/hero story system and can't be taken for fact, but rather as parables of things that were important to ancient Judaism.
I think he represented a new way of looking at things, a definite shift in the religion, but he also was a messiah for a sheep-herding society, which is a far cry from what we have today and why I feel, personally, many of his teachings no longer "work". With the removal of a powerful mother figure (no, Mary DOES NOT COUNT), his way is decidedly unbalanced and not one that I chose to follow.
Bright blessings!
)O(
2006-11-21 16:23:07 · answer #5 · answered by thelittlemerriemaid 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm Wiccan, and I do believe Jesus existed.
Is he, son of God, yes. But I also believe we are ALL sons and daughters of God.
Do I believe he is the personification of a "One True God"? No. I don't believe there is one true God. Just that everyone views God in a different way.
You may see Jesus, I may see Brigid, and Bob down the street might see Kwan Yin. Doesn't mean any of us are wrong. Just different. :)
Hope that helps.
2006-11-21 19:34:15 · answer #6 · answered by AmyB 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus, to me, is a highly misunderstood character. Many who claim to be his followers have twisted his divinely unconditional love into a selective form of love in which only homophobic redneck country-singers, NRA supporters, and Republican fundraisers get into Heaven. Rather, I see Jesus more from an Essene standpoint... He may not be God in human form, but he *is* divine in his own right. He might have existed among the gods for a long time, but was sent to the earth to show that the being worthy of being called "God" are in fact loving beings who deserve worship as opposed to demanding it.
Overall, I love Jesus, but many of those who claim to follow him seem to be blasphemous in the sense that they advocate rejection of God-given gifts (intelligence to unlock the workings of this world through scientific endeavours). Also, preaching against tolerance is malignant to Christ, who excluded nobody.
Blessed be.
2006-11-21 16:06:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
My best guess is they don't have view on Jesus.. The wiccan mojo has it's own set of deities. It does not hold to one deity as do Judeo-Christian norms.
2006-11-21 16:03:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
A wise man who understood a great deal about the divine. He was also an iconoclast and revolutionary.
Yes I am Pagan.
2006-11-21 16:08:59 · answer #9 · answered by Pablito 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm a Druid, I don't believe in Jesus. Although I do believe in the Divine Spirit and Creator.
2006-11-21 16:04:05 · answer #10 · answered by lavos1412 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋