My dad said that Wicca wasent a religion, it is a belief and that I dont understand it. Mind you he does not follow the path and I have been studiying for two years. He is a hard christian.
2007-05-01 04:29:13 · 18 answers · asked by I Smoke Cigarettes 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm not a wiccan, but I know some about it. It would be considered a religion by most definitions of religion. I think your dad is wrong about that.
2007-05-01 04:31:57 · answer #1 · answered by Kyleontheweb 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is absolutely a religion. Evidently, someone doesn't have a dictionary. By the fact that religion are defined as a set of beliefs, almost anything can be a religion. He also has the right to be a Christian, as such, you have the right to be a Wicca. Religion is theoretics. Good luck.
2007-05-01 11:36:00 · answer #2 · answered by chris 2k 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wicca is one of many pagan paths...it is a fairly young religion, but yes it is one.
Some people don't accept other paths/religions/beliefs that differ from their own as real or even "existing". But since there are many Wiccans and have been for decades, kinda hard to tell them their religion isn't a religion. They know it is, and that's all that matters on that issue.
2007-05-01 11:32:59 · answer #3 · answered by . 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Wicca is a religion, whether your dad likes it or not. It's not "just worshiping the earth" or "doing whatever you like."
It may not be a religion he wishes in his house, however, and since he pays the bills, he gets to tell you what to do within the bounds of the laws of your country.
Wicca will wait for you. I've been Wiccan for 20 years. We're not going away anytime soon.
2007-05-01 11:35:43 · answer #4 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Religion is, simply put, belief in a higher power and/or the supernatural. Wicca is definitely a religion, recognized not just by the definition itself, but by the American gov't as well. Maybe your dad doesn't recognize it as a religion in the same sense he recognizes his own or the Jewish belief or the Muslims, but it is certainly a religion.
2007-05-01 11:44:18 · answer #5 · answered by riverstorm13 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A religion is a set of beliefs. It's a religion. It contains certain beliefs.
Wicca is a very personal religion that is very different from Christianity. It's your dad who doesn't understand it. That's okay. Parents are just people, we don't know everything!
2007-05-01 11:37:20 · answer #6 · answered by KC 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Uh, your dad needs a dictionary.
Examine the following definition of "religion", taken from Dictionary.com
1. a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
See the fourth word there? BELIEFS. Heh..
2007-05-01 11:31:57 · answer #7 · answered by P.I. Joe 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It is a religion and many people follow it and study it. He of course would talk bad about anything other that Christianity that is what most hardcore Christians do. That last statement is from my own experiences in life, yours maybe different.
2007-05-06 14:37:33 · answer #8 · answered by proud_sexy_mommy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wicca is a religion.
Reincarnation is a belief. The Trinity is a belief. Karma is a belief.
A religion is a set of beliefs.
- 17 yo Pagan
2007-05-01 11:31:59 · answer #9 · answered by Lady Myrkr 6 · 5⤊ 3⤋
I don't think he particularly has the right to tell you you do not understand your own religion. I do not think however that two years makes you an "expert" by any means. Blessed Be.
2007-05-01 11:32:48 · answer #10 · answered by Caity S 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋