is wicca bad?

Question

what do they belive

Answer 1

No. A little silly just like all religions. But they are better people than most of the Christians I know.

Answer 2

No, Wicca is not bad. The believers I have met are nice people, and everything I have read about the religion shows that Wiccan customs and practices are moral and kind.

Wicca is a form of religious worship that isn't much different from other religions. It is a fairly new religion, because the current rites and ceremonies have only been written down and codified within the past 75 years or so. But the roots are much older. Wicca is an attempt to reproduce worship the way it was practiced in Europe before Christianity became the dominant religion.

Some Wiccans call themselves witches. Some Wiccans don't call themselves witches. The general idea is that before Christian missionaries reached Europe, the religious leaders were older women. They were skilled in herbal healing, and they were the midwives who delivered babies, and they were the wise and respected leaders of the community.

Christian missionaries saw these religious leaders as the competition, and identified them with the witches of the Old Testament. The incoming Christians harassed and sometimes killed the old time worshippers. Modern day Wiccans feel that they are the spiritual descendants of those pre-Christian people, and some call themselves witches to honor them.

Wiccans recognize many gods and goddesses and holy spirits, as do other pagan worshippers. So Wiccans are pagan, but there are many other forms of pagan worship as well. Not all pagans are Wiccans. And "pagan" is not a dirty word, it is just descriptive of non-Christian, non-monotheistic worship.

Answer 3

Wicca is a contemporary Pagan religion with spiritual roots in the earliest expressions of reverence of nature as a manifestation of the divine. Wicca views Deity as Goddess and God; thus it is polytheistic. It also embraces the practice of magick and reincarnation. Religious festivals are held in observance of the Full Moon and other astronomical and agricultural phenomena.

• The Goddess and God are revered. Wiccans celebrate both the male and female, as one can not exist without the other.

• Wiccans believe that human souls enjoy a series of incarnations in human form (reincarnation).

• Power can be sent in non-physical form to affect positive change and the world in positive ways (Christians know this as prayer).

• What is done will be returned to the doer (Karma or as Christians know it: you reap what you sow).

• The Earth is our home, our Goddess which gives life (like a mother gives life to a child). It is not a tool we can abuse or it will not give life.

• Wiccans are not evangelical. We have no need to go out and "spread the word". We feel if our path is right for someone, they will find us. We don't have to convince anyone to join us.

• Wicca accepts that EVERY religion is correct to its adherents.

• Wicca accepts members from both sexes, from every race, national origin, and of every sexual preference. There is no discrimination in Wicca.

• Wicca is a religion, not a political organization. Wicca as a whole does not preach issues or endorse political candidates.

• Wicca doesn't ask for donations or tithing.

I hope that helps. There are many similarities in all religions, and some differences. Above you'll find them.

Blessed Be

Answer 4

Wicca is a Neopagan religion and a religious movement found in various countries throughout the world. It was first popularised in 1954 by a British civil servant named Gerald Gardner[1] after the British Witchcraft Act was repealed. He claimed that the religion, of which he was an initiate, was a modern survival of an old witchcraft religion, which had existed in secret for hundreds of years, originating in the pre-Christian Paganism of Europe. Wicca is thus sometimes referred to as the Old Religion. The veracity of Gardner's claims cannot be independently proven, and it is thought that written Wiccan theology began to be compiled no earlier than the 1920s.[2] Various related Wiccan traditions have since evolved or been adapted from the form established by Gardner, which came to be called Gardnerian Wicca. These other traditions of Wicca each have distinctive beliefs, rituals, and practices. Many traditions of Wicca remain secretive and require that members be initiated. There is also a movement of Eclectic or Solitary Wiccans who do not believe that any doctrine or traditional initiation is necessary in order to practice Wicca. The 2001 American Religious Identification Survey estimated that at least 134,000 adults identified themselves as Wiccans in the US.[

Answer 5

Modern Wicca, to be honest, is rather a mish mash of several different "nature" religions that were preChristian. The main belief is in a dual divinity, God and Goddess, and Goddess is the most powerful because the female is the giver of life. Nature, meaning the natural life of the planet, is represented by another Goddess, Gaia. The spelling may vary from place to place. They are NOT satanists, nor are they evil. The simply have another religion, and one that is much older than Christianity. Some Wiccan groups claim to use magic or rather magick, but not all.

Answer 6

Form what i know... No it isn't. I have a friend that is Wiccan, and she tells me all the time about her religion. Basically, wiccans ARE NOT satan worshippers, nor do they consider themselves "evil". Both those terms derive from the Catholic/Christian religion. Wicca has been around long before both. It is pagan, and before there was a god. They worship nature and all it has to offer, not much more. They have their own Gods of course, but most dont hurt people... :)

Answer 7

No. Wicca is not "bad". It's core principles revolve around nature and the earth. Wiccans believe in magick derived from natural sources some of which can be classified as "dark" however it does not follow the typical christian principles of "good" and "evil" and it does not involve worship or even belief in a "satan" figure..................The religion does seem to be dominated by angry dykes though (as feminine empowerment is a high ideal)

Answer 8

Wicca is NOT bad. They do not believe in Satan, or worship anything evil. Wicca is a very peaceful, harmonious and balanced way of thinking and life which promotes oneness with the divine and all which exists.

I myself am not religious, but I have friends who are Wiccan.

Answer 9

Wicca is a religion based on nature and they don't worship Satan as a matter of fact the rituals that they preform are to keep evil away Wicca is referred to as white magic

Answer 10

We do NOT believe in Satan. Its not bad, though some nutso Christians would have you think so because they know nothing about it at all. Wiccans do not believe in your Satan. They follow a god and goddes, believe in harm none and a version of karma, revere nature and believe themselves to be part of it instead of above it, and they encourage questions, education and the pursuit of knowledge.

Answer 11

Wicca is a very complex faith which embraces widely varying practices and many different Traditions. The following, however, is what I consider to be "the basics".

Wicca is about 60 years old, with roots in Masonic practices, ceremonial magic, and the Romantic era's ideas of classical religions. It is in many ways a postmodern faith, embracing religious relativism, and one that resonates powerfully for increasing numbers of people.

The central tenet of the Wiccan religion is the Wiccan Rede: "If you harm none, do what you will." This is a deceptively simple "commandment" which can take a lifetime to contemplate and to master. Many Wiccans also believe in the Law of Threefold Return, sometimes called the Rule of Three: “Whatever you do, for good or ill, will come back upon you three times over.”

Wiccans honor Deity as both male and female, God and Goddess -- or at the very least as Goddess. Many Wiccans believe that the universe is the body of God/dess, and therefore that all things contain Divine energy and that the world itself is sacred. Some Wiccans are polytheists (many God/desses); others are duotheists (God and Goddess, of whom all other Gods and Goddesses are simply aspects); others are monotheists (God and Goddess Themselves are simply aspects of an unknowable Source).

Wiccans generally do not believe that God/dess is separate from the world; therefore, we have no concept of salvation, since God/dess is present to all and always. Many Wiccans believe that God/dess is too big to fit inside one religion -- all religions/spiritual paths are ways of reaching the same goal, and atheism and agnosticism are honorable perspectives on the mystery of life.

Each Wiccan operates as their own priest/ess. We do not have a distinction between clergy and laity. Therefore, each Wiccan is responsible for their own personal development and for forging their own relationship with God/dess. Some Wiccans practice in covens, which are generally initiatory and require a long period of study (traditionally a year and a day) before entering. Others practice in loosely affiliated groups of solitaries, which are Wiccans who practice outside of traditional coven structure. Others simply practice alone.

Wiccans do not usually have churches. We create sacred space as and where needed, by casting "circles" of energy which function as temples. When inside those circles, we invite the spirits of the four Platonic elements (air, fire, water, and earth) to join us, as well as the Goddess and the God (or at minimum the Goddess).

Many Wiccans practice witchcraft, which we see as working with the Divine energy that permeates the world to bring about change. In accordance with the Wiccan Rede, the vast majority of Wiccans will not curse or perform magic to bring harm upon anyone else.

A relatively objective (non-Wiccan) set of articles on what Wiccans do and believe:

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

Another useful article:

http://www.religionfacts.com/neopaganism/paths/wicca.htm

A good site by Wiccans:

http://wicca.timerift.net

And the US Army Chaplains Handbook excerpt on Wicca:

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

If you're looking to do some reading, I'd recommend "Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner" by Scott Cunningham, and "Triumph of the Moon" by Ronald Hutton. I advise you to stay away from anything by Silver Ravenwolf, for reasons outlined in the following essay:

http://wicca.timerift.net/ravenwolf.shtml

If you have any further questions, please feel free to email me.