Can there be such a thing as Christian Wicca?

Question

I know it sounds silly, but i've looked it up, and there is people who practice Christian Wicca. Is it worth looking at or are those people out of their minds? I'm asking this because i'm a Christian struggling with a Wiccan past. Thanks!

Answer 1

No. It a wonderful thing that you are not a pagan anymore. But you must let go of your pagan faith. ...He breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." [John 20:22-23]

Being in wicca is a sin against God. You must ask for forgiveness and let it go.

Answer 2

Christian Wicca is, at it's root, an irreconcilable contradiction. Most "Christian Wiccans" are Wiccans struggling with a Christian past. It is a transitional stage that many people go through who are called to Wicca, but still unable to shake the Christian guilt. But those who call themselves Christian Wiccans are missing the point entirely of both Christianity and Wicca. You will have to be honest with yourself, face your fears and choose.

Here are some questions to ask yourself, to help sort this all out;

Are Human Beings basically good, containing sparks of the Divine, or are we basically evil, stained with Original Sin?

Can we Reincarnate when we die if we choose, or do we just get one chance, one life, and either Heaven or Hell afterward,?

Is Science a reasonable explanation for the way the Universe and Life came into being, or is the creation story in the Bible Literally True?

Is there a Goddess and a God or many Gods, or just One True God?

Is the Divine right here, in Nature and in ourselves for us to experience directly, or is God way out in space somewhere separated from His creation?

Is there Truth and Meaning to be found in all religions, or is there only One True Way?

If you picked the first choice, then you're Pagan. If you picked the second choice, you are Christian.

It took me a long time to sort this all out myself. I started getting into Paganism and Magick my Junior year of High School, but I didn't completely stop being Christian until about my Sophomore year of College. Christianity is a hard paradigm to shake. It took me a few years. But I think most Pagans view Christian Wiccans the same way some homosexuals view bisexuals -- ever hear the expression "Bi now, Gay later?"

But why would you want to be Christian? In Wicca, and other Neopagan religions, you are free! There is no original sin -- you are Divine. There is no Hell to fear. You do not need a Savior. Your spiritual growth is in your own hands. You are Free!

Christianity instills so much guilt in you that it's really hard to heal from. It takes time and patience. But you can do it.

Answer 3

why not? Wicca can be described as simply a love of nature and the belief in a loving god and goddess (and in most cases they both came from one original goddess). Christianity can be simply described in a love of Jesus and following the morals he set for humankind. Many that call them selves Christian-Wiccans simply say that they consider the goddess to be the Holy Spirit, and that Jesus and the Holy Spirity both had a great love of nature and all things created by the original god/goddess as well. They would also follow the ten commandents just like any Christian, and yet at the same time may work spells and form a coven. The only REAL contradiction is that a Christian is supposed to believe in only one god, but that can still be accomplished if you believe Jesus and the Holy Spirit are just PARTS of that original god, as do most Wiccans with their god and goddess. Of course the bible states many other contradictions to this idea, but then again dont most Christians believe that the bible was simply INSPIRED by god? And so not believing in every single line of the bible doesn't really make a person that much less of a Christian (of course most Christians would probably oppose to that statement im just stating my own opinion). So in short answer yes, but it depends who your asking, do some thinking on it yourself, perhaps meditate on the idea a bit, and I'm sure you'll find your answer ;)

Answer 4

As a Wiccan, I'd say 99.9% of "Christian Wicca" is bunk. However, it is quite possible to combine Wicca with gnostic polytheistic Christianity...

BUT the vast majority of forms of Christianity are not compatible with Wicca.

The major difference between the two faiths, by the way, is not gods, but the core beliefs in evil. In Wicca, evil is done by people by choice, there is no Satan made you do it or you are born evil.

I'm not sure, by the way, whatever there is in a Wiccan path to be struggling to recover from...trusting in your self, perhaps?

In my experience, the vast majority of those "recovering" from Wicca are not former Wiccans, but former practictioners of magic trying to say their actions in the past were religious, not magic.

If it's magic you want, don't seek it in Wicca. If you believe in Christianity, try reading the works of Thomas Vaughan.

Answer 5

I don't think that calling a path "Christian Wicca" is a very ethical thing to do, but ultimately you will need to make that decision yourself. My issues with it involves the name rather than the beliefs. These two paths have some core tenets that are very different. The question that you need to answer is:
How many core tenets of a religion do I feel it would be permissible to discard and still identify with that religion?
For example, if you were to discard 90% of a religion's core tenets, do you feel it would be ethical to call yourself a member of that religion? What if you only discard 40% of the beliefs and practices of that religion? Do you feel that a person should agree with at least 90% of a religion's core tenets before identifying with that religion? Why or why not?

I feel that people should follow what they feel in their hearts---whatever that is. If you want to combine elements from several different religions into a personal path, that's great! My only concern is using the titles of those religions if the majority of your beliefs/practices don't represent those religions accurately. Why not simply call it, "My Way" or name it something entirely different, since it will be an entirely different religion?

Answer 6

Theoretically you can do whatever you want. You can even make up your own religion, but religion is a matter of following the truth, not about picking and choosing the beliefs that accomadate your mood on a particular day, week, month, or year. From a logical perspective these two faiths are incomptatible, but it doesn't surprise me people have tried to combine them.

Now that you are a Christian I would say that reverting back to Wiccanism(?) may be a temptation you'll face for a while, as it's what you are familiar and comfortable with. Keep in mind, however, that Jesus makes it very clear in the bible that following him will not be easy, so I would not look at these temptations as something out of the ordinary. In the old Testament the Jews were constantly faced with the temptation of reverting back to their paganism. Good luck. Keep the faith.

Answer 7

So long as you feel you can merge the two, that is all that matters. What other people think doesn't matter, but I doubt many Christians and Wiccans would or could truly understand how you can merge the two. IMO, I would say calling someone Eclectic would be a better term for someone who calls themself a Christian Wiccan or a Wiccan Christian.

Answer 8

Yes because it is all the same thing, the same belief system. Read the URL (http://ca.geocities.com/rachelpowerslane) The old beliefs were transferred through to what we now call the Christian Bible along with a lot of made up stories. The one difference in what we call christianity is the choosing of the newest divine child (Jesus). Other divine children are Attis, Zoroaster, Mithra, Dionysus. Don't worry about what you practise all the rites, symbols and codes are all very, very prechristian.

Answer 9

personally, i really dont believe there is. i mean maybe for a wiccan, but not for a true christian. a true christian only believes in the one God. i dont know much about wicca either, but i know that it would be sinful for a christian to practice wiccan.

Answer 10

I'm assuming that by saying you are a Christian, that you mean that you gave your heart and life completely over to Christ. That means that you are to put off the evil things which were in your life before you came to faith in Christ. I can see this must be a real struggle for you, as it was like an addiction. The Bible commands us to put off all appearance of evil. And I think that any form of Wicca would give that appearance. Its like saying that good and evil can dwell together in harmony. It's not possible. No man can serve two masters, says the Lord in his Word. Strive to serve God rather than fleshly desires, and you will be able to overcome, and be blessed!

God Bless You!

Answer 11

No. Simply no. Wicca is the practice of witchcraft and the Bible teaches that witchcraft is from Satan. And Satan hates Christ. If someone says that they are a Christian Wicca, they are a hypocrit.