How do you Catholics feel about Wiccans?

Question

I am doing a survey and I would like to see how the majority of Catholics feel, so Catholic/Christian only please

Answer 1

From what I have been able to learn so far:

Wicca is a Neopagan religion, which started in the late 1940s. However, its symbols, days of celebration, beliefs and deities go back to about 800 B.C.E. and the beginnings of ancient Celtic society.

Some Wiccan are
+ Monotheistic, recognizing a single supreme being, "The All" or "The One"
+ Duotheistic, worshiping a female Goddess and a male God, "the Lady and Lord"
+ Polytheistic, recognizing many ancient Gods and Goddesses, like Pan, Diana, Dionysius, Fergus, etc.
+ Atheistic, viewing the Goddesses and Gods as symbols, not living entities

Some Wiccans consider Wicca and Witchcraft to be the same thing. Others think that Wicca (a religion) and Witchcraft (the practice of magic by anyone) are different things.

Most Wiccans practice magic. However, some concentrate only on the spirituality of the Wiccan religion and do not practice magic.

In Christianity, Satan is a fallen angel, the devil. Wiccans recognize neither Christ nor Satan and are therefore not Satanists.

Wiccan behavior is governed by the Wiccan Rede which permits Wiccans to engage in carefully considered actions (including magic), as long as they harm nobody, including themselves. Therefore, they claim that they are limited to non-manipulative, consensual, positive magic.

Other pagan groups that use witchcraft do not follow this rule.

http://www.religioustolerance.org/wic_intr.htm
http://www.holysmoke.org/wicca/satvnp.htm
http://www.witchway.net/

+ Point 1: How can anyone possibly be wise enough to properly determine every possible consequence of the use of magic?

Have you ever herd of the "butterfly effect"?

The phrase refers to the idea that a butterfly's wings might create tiny changes in the atmosphere that ultimately cause a tornado to appear (or prevent a tornado from appearing).

This is an example of the more technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory. Small variations of the initial condition of a nonlinear dynamical system may produce large variations in the long term behavior of the system.

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

+ Point 2: Monotheistic religions like Judaism, Christianity, and Islam disagree with the Wiccan view of God and magic.

Christians believe that all supernatural power (including magic) either comes from God or Satan. God did not intend humans to wield this power. We request (pray to) God to do some good thing like a miracle but we acknowledge God’s will first, “Thy will be done.” Using supernatural power puts us in contention with the will of God and even in the position of being God.

Catholic Church teaches:

All practices of magic or sorcery, by which one attempts to tame occult powers, so as to place them at one's service ... - even if this were for the sake of restoring their health - are gravely contrary to the virtue of religion.

For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, section 2117: http://www.nccbuscc.org/catechism/text/pt3sect2chpt1.htm

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

I feel they are human like the rest of us and have a right to believe as the choose.

Funny I know a lot of Catholics since I am one and we all use condoms.
He must get his info from the tabloids.

Answer 3

Why would we have a problem with wiccans? We give no credance to witchcraft as having any power so there is no reason to fear them or feel threatened by them. They are people like everyone else, made to be respected and loved.

Answer 4

As long as you don't weigh the same as a duck, you are safe, because you are not made of wood.

Answer 5

I don't think they're evil or a threat; I just think it's weird to want to be a witch.

Answer 6

we catholics love , respect, and look up to WICCANS.
they rule.

Answer 7

catholics don't allow condoms, so you cannot trust their judgment on anythng

Answer 8

jas j is an idiot..don't listen to him.