Does anyone know of a way that could help me decide between Christianity and Wicca?

Question

It's odd, but I keep swaying between Wicca and Christianity. I'm not asking for anyone to tell me wich religion to choose, I'm for for something that might help me decide for myself.

Answer 1

The best thing I could tell you is to read as much as you can about each religion, talk to people of each religion, and do a lot of thinking about what makes sense and feels right to you.

If both religions are still really speaking to you, try looking up "Christowicca". It's a movement of people who feel connected to both Christianity and Wicca (often people who were brought up Christian and felt quite rooted in that religion, but also found Wicca offered them something that they felt was lacking in Christianity- but there are any number of reasons they could have felt drawn to both) and found a way to combine the beliefs of the two. Maybe if you can't choose, you shouldn't have to?

Whatever you do, good luck!

Answer 2

Do you have to decide? I mean, there is truth in Wicca and truth in Christianity. Why should you exclude one or the other?

The thing I love about Wicca is the emphasis on kindness, respecting free will (yourself and others) and on listening to one's intuition. Christianity involves listening to the promptings of the "Holy Spirit". This is what the Wiccans call "intuition". The two are not mutually exclusive. You can believe in Christ, follow his teachings, and live many of the Wiccan values at the same time.

The "Holy Spirit" or "intuition" - that feeling which leads to do good, feel love, peace, clarity, give love, etc - can guide you in your choice.

Personally, I believe that you should keep looking for truth, and never stop, because neither modern Christianity, not Wicca, nor any religion (my own included) has the scope to give you wisdom in ALL things. God is the author of all Truth, so don't choose between truths... just accept truth wherever it is found and do you best to live it.

Always listen to your "heart" (ie intuition, feelings of rightness/wrongness, etc). God will tell you when it's time to find more truth - so keep listening.

Answer 3

Wicca teaches to love all life and harm none and Christianity teaches to love and turn the other cheek.

Wicca has usually a god and a goddess based on older nature based religions however its organized form wasn’t around until the mid 1950’s. Christianity has been around for over a thousand years.

Wicca is very eclectic and there is not one real standard form of worship. Christianity, even though varied by denomination is standardized in its rites.

Wicca for most, teaches reincarnation. Christianity teaches about heaven or hell.

I’m not telling you which one to be because they both can be very beautiful religions.

Just look in your own soul. Pray to each of the Gods to aid you in your search.

But never stop searching for your faith.

Answer 4

What many wont tell you is that you don't have to choose. You can be Wiccan and still worship Christ. It takes a bit of tweaking but nowhere does our beliefs say that you have to say goodbye to Jesus in order to embrace Wiccan beliefs.

If you truly think about who Jesus was, rather than think about what Christianity has deteriorated into, you will realize that Jesus earned respect. I mean, I don't believe in this "died for our sins" business, at least not in the way Christians do. I don't believe in salvation. However, I do believe that Jesus led by example and we should all encorporate that into our lives.

And as some will show you, there are many parralells between Jesus and other deities.

Take your time and read. Wicca is the craft of the wise. Live wisely.

Answer 5

People who are Christians have, on many occasions, considered witchcraft, Wicca, and many permutations and meanings of the word to be the slave of Satan, or in some way evil. Numerous websites on the internet such as the Perilous Times are examples of antagonism which are deemed unacceptable by many people, even Christians, not just to Wiccans.

Satan, and Satanism, is of Christian origin. The antithesis of Christian culture, beliefs, and doctrine. The all evil duality with the all good god. Wicca is of a pagan origin, no matter if you take a direct line through the Burning Times, or Wicca according to Gardner et al. Wiccans, therefore, do not accept Satan as part of their religious constructs, as Satan is a Christian construct.

Wiccans also do not recognise the Christian extrapolation to non-Christian religions of the non-Christian religions being Satanic. Satanic religious connotations extrapolated onto non-Christian religions are, therefore, seen as a Christian construct.

Wicca has its own religious constructs to utilise obviously, therefore, have no interest in using another belief systems constructs into their own.

As an example: The moral and ethical standards called "The Rede".

Wiccans, in general, believe that there are numerous ways in getting in touch with the divine source. The path being dependent on the person who is on the path to the divine. Wicca, therefore, is good for the Wiccan and Christianity is good for the Christian, and same for all other religions.

Forcing a religion on to those not compatible with it is, therefore, looked upon as subjugation of the persons natural free will and freedom of religion.

All religions are acceptable in wiccan communities. Wiccans are not "one true wayers" in which only one prescribed methodology of entry to heaven is acceptable, and the rest are wrong. If a heaven is to be believed in the actions of the person at the gates are judged, not on the belief system used in their life, so a Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, even a Satanist, or whatever, would get into heaven if they lived their life in an ethical manner.

Wiccans are tolerant of other religions and this only deviates when the said religion does not reciprocate the gesture.

This is in contrast with Christianity, which officially believes that their religion is the only way to god, and the rest are barking up the wrong tree. It seems that entry into heaven is likened a club whereby you have to identify yourself with one belief system and one alone, and the tendency for the Christian practitioners to attempt to convert (or save) those not already Christian.

These days the vast majority of Christians have become more tolerant than in the past, but even so militant remnants remain, and are allowed to grow.

Wicca respects all religions, knowing that they are all, at best, only a glimpse of the Truth, and as such equally correct and incorrect. If this were not so, there would only be one religion, it's Truth would shine so bright as to overshadow all else and draw all people to its light in total agreement.

Christianity does not generally agree. They firmly believe, as do so many religions, that they have the one truth and everyone who does not accept that is going to burn in eternal damnation. One need only do a search on Harry Potter to see that Christians are condemning this fictional character to hell for practicing witchcraft. Give me a break.. :P

All in all - I'd go with what your heart is telling you...

Answer 6

The main purpose of a religion is to worship deity/ies. Always remember that. Choose the religion that helps you to worship your deity/ies in the best way for you. If you put your deity/ies as the top priority, your path will become clear.

Answer 7

Figure out what you believe, then follow the religion closest to that.

Or you can watch the reactions of people here and choose the religion where people don't act like jerks to people, but that's probably not fair.

Answer 8

I think a lot of people go through that phase to be honest. wicca is the fastest growing belife for teenage girls in america.

I went through it too, but when you get into the heart of wicca, to me it seemed like a lot of really old pegan rituals, and a lot of really simplistic ideas on trying to change everything yourself. I believe things are a little more complex then that, and that wicca for the most part is childs play. For example one of the "spells" I read was a bath to raise self esteem. It was covering the mirror and lighting candles and using rose petals and oils...Now I don't know about you, but I dont think you have to call on any goddess to know not seeing yourself naked so you can pick yourself apart and a little bit of pampering makes anyone feel beautiful regardless of religion. :)
I'm not telling you where to go, but I can tell you that for me doing something that ritualistic seemed hollow.

Answer 9

I think you should do some more exploration if you are having trouble settling on these two. It seems neither of them exactly call to you. If they did, you wouldn't be waffling.
This might help
http://www.sacredhearth.com/articles
Or it might not.
Anyway, don't rush yourself. It's a big decision. When a God or Goddess choses you and makes Him or Herself known to you. You will know that you have found your spiritual home.

Beliefnet.com might help too.

Answer 10

You might find the Belief-O-Matic quiz over at Beliefnet.com helpful in determining which is a better fit for you:

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/76/story_7665_1.html

It's fun, and it matches you up with a wide variety of religions and philosophies based on your answers, with write-ups for each one. The results can be very surprising.