What is your religion?

It's a modern religion based off various older religions. Depending on what particular type of Wiccan a person is, their influences might be Celtic, Norse, Greek, Roman, Egyptian, or many other ancient cultures. It's basically a modern reinterpretation of ancient religions... it has nothing to do with the Christian devil at all.

I guess thats one way that you might look at it. Wiccan is a new aged pagan religion. It has few border and boundries. Basic elements of it are the element of the goddess as mother earth. Its also about connectedness to the earth and the elements. It involves meditation.

I have heard of Buddhist, Taoist, and Hindu. I haven't read much but Iknow people of these relgions. I have never heard of Diccordian though. Would you be able to elaborate on this religion? I am very much interestest in learning about different people's beliefs. Also how do you combine all these? Or is this just a way to discribe your beliefs?

Thank you very much, I will definately check that out.

It's best not to delve too deeply into Discordianism. It's sticky and hard to get out of your shirt. Plus, it's all hearsay anyways. And, you have met many Discordians. I know. We talk about you at the meetings. ;-)

Wicca is a new religion whereas I am a practitioner of old world Witchcraft which isnt a religion but a practice...I don't believe or follow any of the Wiccan ways, for example there is no Rede for me....I do things "old school" so if something needs to be dealt with, it is (thats just a simple example)..another example would be I dont bother casting circles, using tools etc etc, everything I need is in me (energy/gods and goddess') or around me (items found out in the world or in my kitchen etc etc)..I dont follow or celebrate the Sabbats (othe than Samhain for very personal reasons and Yule but thats also my wedding anni LOL) but I do celebrate the change of the seasons...I do have a BoS BUT only because my memory sucks and I'll be passing it on to my kids when they are grown... Wicca is a set, recognized religion with a specific system of rules, beliefs etc..Witchcraft is a way of life for me, very natural, very everyday-ish really and isnt a religion at all... Hope that clears it up some for you..I just got up and dont even have a 1/2 cup of coffee into me yet LOL....

Thats interesting. Whats the difference between witchcraft and wicca?

hehe well it pretty much makes it a lot more confusing for me. I consider myself wiccan but I don't really follow it a lot. I tend not to like structure which is why wicca drew me to it. You can prety much believe what you want. When you say witchcraft are you saying that you perform the spells etc but don't really believe in the philosophy of wicca?

Yes, I follow the Celtic Gods. Personally, my main deity is Morrigan, because she came to me in dreams as a child, though I follow many other Celtic deities as well. I believe in my deities as actual separate entities, so I'm a true polytheist. I point that out because many Wiccans equate all Gods with one God, and all Goddesses with one Goddess, or all deities with one divine entity, from my experience in the pagan community. My religion is a lot more structured than Wicca, I think. I've known Wiccans who claimed to believe and practice some really different things. Celtic Recons basically try to be as historically accurate as possible, and stay pretty much within the sphere of whatever specific Celtic region they're dealing with.

I'm really interested to hear more about your religion. Do you believe in the Celtic gods? How is it structured? Is it similar to wicca?

yes wicca is very open. You can believe in multiple gods. Some people stick to one deity. I personally dont actually believe in gods in a particular sense at all. I sorta believe in the energy of the earth moving around. Gods are just personifications of this. Thats interesting. I didn't know that people still believed in the celtic pagan religions.

Well everyone is entitled to their beliefs. Does that mean your an atheist? That you don't believe in god? I don't really get involved with Wicca a lot either. I'm not really a practicing witch. I just believe that it fits the most with my personal beliefs. I am definately a solitary witch.

Well everyone is entitled to their beliefs and opinions. I do agree that religion has caused millions of deaths and wars through the years. I still believe that everyone is entitled to have a belief though, as long as it doesn't adversly affect others. I'm not sure about humanity being the the best religion. What do you mean when you say this?

No, my parents were both Christian's. I have known my path in life since I was very young, even when my mother and father had me going to church I knew the path that I was meant to be on. I have never had any doubts.

Wow thats odd that you even knew what wicca was at a young age. Especially if your parents were christian. I didn't know about real wicca until I was 8 or 9. Good for you for finding your place.

Wow I envy that you can say that with such strong conviction. Spirtuality has always been quite unknown to me and complecated. It would be nice to just know and believe. Did you're parents bring you up wiccan then?

lol, that reminds me of highschool. Back in high school I was christian and I joined the christian club. I was also very intelligent and was in many classes/clubs with the intellectual group. They were all atheists. They wanted to start an atheist club because if the christians should have one why shouldn't they. I thought it was ridiculous becaue atheists are anti-religion. Also I kinda thought, what are you going to do, sit around and talk about your lack of beliefs?

IS Quran the same as the Koran?

I love that. People are so often confronted with this huge choice of what they believe. Mixing the best of both worlds is great!

I too was brought up Christian but now am Wiccan. I still follow a lot of christian philosophies. Like being good to other etc. but the wiccan religion makes more sense to who I am.

I like being a wiccan because most of my beliefs that I have come upon on my own are the same if not similar to wiccan beliefs. I like it because it fits me the most.

I too was a christian through my teens. I found that I too did not believe everything I read in the bible. Especially when I started to read different versions of it. I am really interested in metaphysics and conventional science. I'm a big believer in energies on the atomic level and how it affects us. Thank you for the suggestion of books. I'm not a big science nut; is there one that is written in lay man's terms?

I had similar problems to you with my belief system. I was brought up loosely christian until I as 7 when my parents started forcing me to go to church. My Dad refused to go though. It was very strange. I do now believe in praying and meditation but not in the same way I did as a christian. I find when you ask god for something directly you often don't get it. The bible was also difficult for me to understand. I know that it was written by people and handed down over generations so I had a difficult time believing it. I also didn't understand how people could pick and choose which things to follow in the bible. For example women are not supposed to leave their house during their mentrual period are not allowed in church because they are considered unclean. Noone follows this rule... but they make a big stink about homosexuality and how god says that is wrong.??