Field Guide to Wicca for Fundies and/or Evangelicals

[icymist]

A Field Guide to Wicca for Evangelicals, Fundies and Other Intolerant Types

As the target of at least one evangelical Christian due solely to my religious preferences, I feel that perhaps it's time to address some of the misconceptions that are widely held about Wiccans, in hopes that at least perhaps ONE individual may actually think about what is written before displaying the same knee jerk response that the majority of Virginia voters did when they voted their religious preferences into the Constitution of the Commonwealth.

So what IS Wicca? Although there are many different definitions, I think that they all boil down to one thing - duality of Deity. Whatever an individual Wiccan calls their Deities, whether it be Sprit, "the Gods," "The Lord and Lady" or just "Nature" that Deity is made up of male and female parts, neither superior to the other. As in nature, both parts are necessary to creation of new life and maintenance of what already exists. There it is. That's what Wicca is about.

Please notice that the definition of Wicca does NOT include recruiting people to the cause, controlling political parties, forcing behaviors on others, worshipping dark forces of doom, casting spells on people you don't like (or people you DO like for that matter), or otherwise interfering with the Free Will of others.

Granted, there are many individuals who call themselves Wiccan who do these things. There are many who call themselves Christian who do similar bad things. (As an aside, I feel it's our responsibility to point out when someone has acted outside the bounds of their faith and not to accept such bad behavior as acceptable, but that's another paper).

Read the essay