Wicca Question?

Question

Ok! I was wondering if wiccans read the Christian Bible and if they celebrate Christian holidays, ie. Christmas and Easter? Also, do they actually have more then one sexual partner?

Answer 1

Well, most of the Christian holidays (especially Christmas & Easter) are based on Pagan/Wiccan holidays. As far as do they read the Bible, it depends on the individual. One example I know of are Unitarian Universalist Wiccans. They draw wisdom from many sources (including the Bible), but they follow Wiccan traditions and rituals.

Answer 2

Some Wiccans do read the X-ian Bible, most do not. Those that do (or have) typically do not regard it with much credibility. The X-ian Bible is the story of the descendents of the Adam and Eve. That story is not the story accepted by most Wiccans. We have other stories, from other parts of the world that explain our place in the universe. C-link below for one explanation.

No, Wiccans do not celebrate X-ian holidays. Just as X-ians don't celebrate Buddhist holidays. And why should they?

Sadly Wiccans are actually made to, at least tacitly, accept the holidays of X-ians due the institutionalized bias our FedGod government has in favor of Abrahmist religions. Try conducting any business on X-mas day, be it banking, shopping or government business and you'll see what I mean.

As for multiple partners, some (a minority actually) do have multiple partners, both as informal relationships and as more formal group "handfastings" (marriages). The tendency toward both Polyamory and Polyfedelity (look up both terms on Wikipedia) is strong in the Wiccan and much larger Pagan communities.

Answer 3

1. I am a Wiccan who is a former Christian. I have read the Bible before, but mainstream Wicca is not a Christian religion.
I want to add that there are a minority of Wiccans who call themselves Christian Wiccans. They do read the bible and celebrate Wiccan and Christian Holidays. http://www.christianwicca.org/

2. I don't honor Christian holidays, I honor their older Pagan Counterparts. Christmas=Yule, Easter=Ostara, etc, etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBaIgO8RVTg

3. Sex is considered Divine and for pleasure, procreation and spiritual energy raising. Some Wiccans, but my no means most or all, choose to have more than one sexual partner. This is not prohibited in Wicca, althought the Wiccan Rede, An Harm Ye None, Do What thou Will, suggests that you should protect yourself and practice safe sex.

I am monogamous. My husband and I have been together for nearly a decade and have been married nearly 6 years.

Answer 4

I'm Christian, however have Wiccan friends. The ones I know have only one sexual partner at a time. It's rather presumptuous to say that 'all' Wiccans have multiple sex partners at one time.

Christmas was ordained by Constantine and the date was chosen to encourage pagans to celebrate the birth of Christ. Easter is determined by the timing of Passover. The word Easter is believed to have come from the goddess Eostre who was a fertility goddess and whose festival was in spring.

Whether or not they read the Bible would be personal choice. Two wiccans I know were brought up with a Catholic background, so have some knowledge of Christianity.

Blessings, Gypsy Queen

Answer 5

Both christmas and Easter's origins are embedded in Paganism, which Wicca gets a lot of its traditions from. As for how many sexual partners a Wiccan has, it is up to them. As for reading the Christian Bible, many probably have a pretty good knowledge of what is contained within it as most were likely brought up within a christian household.

Answer 6

Wiccans who read the Christian Bible do not read it as their holy book. They might read it in order to better understand Christianity, but that's it.

Wiccans do not celebrate Christian holidays. This page on the sabbats (eight seasonal holy days of Wicca) will give you some information about the religious holidays that we celebrate:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabbats

As for "more than one sexual partner"... no, not usually. Generally speaking, the Wiccans I've met tend to be more careful about sex than many Christians, because they view sexuality as sacred and something to be engaged in mindfully. However, since sex is not a sin for Wiccans, we are free to engage in it as we choose, so long as it brings harm to none; therefore many Wiccans wouldn't blink at such things as premarital sex, homosexuality, and yes, even polyamory. That doesn't mean the Wiccan would engage in such things themselves, only that they consider it a matter of individual conscience.

Hope this helps.

Answer 7

Wiccans are Wiccan. Not Christian. Many Wiccans read the religious texts of other religions to maintain knowledge of other Paths, but they don't embrace those teachings, or celebrate the holidays.

If anything, Wiccans may attend family dinners and functions for Christian family members, But those festivities are for Christians.

Number of sexual partners has nothing to do with Religious choice.

Q: Do you have ritual orgies?
A: These rumors come from our lack of taboos regarding sex. We have no rules which prohibit homosexuality, nudity or pre-marital sex. Sex as the generative force in nature is seen by most pagans as something utterly sacred. We feel that the physical act of love is to be approached with great respect and responsibility.

Answer 8

Wiccans read whatever they want. Yule and Ostara are similar holidays to Christmas and Easter respectively. Only the popular ones have more than one sexual partner.

Answer 9

Yes wiccans do read the bible and believe in the one god but also believe in mother goddess. Yes Wiccans celebrate a lot of christian holidays because christians adopted a lot of holidays from pegans. And I'm not sure about the last, but I think many stick to one partner.

Answer 10

I own 9 Bibles (they're Jewish writings, not Christian). Christmas and Easter were derived from ancient pagan holy days. They aren't Christian holidays at all. And I personally have had only one partner for 20 yrs.