in this country witchcraft is considered a religion. as long as there are no human sacrifices witches are protected by the law. i think witchcraft is evil because they worship satan.
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Wicca doesn't actually accept Satan's existence at all, let alone worship such an entity.
Some idiot told you that anything that isn't Christianity is evil, and you bought it. There's nothing else here.
in this country witchcraft is considered a religion.
image Huh!? Since when? Witchcraft is a practice, an act of doing something. Not a religion. By your standards "acting stupid" would be the religion of fundies, which they follow far more religiously than xianity itself.
Huh!? Since when? Witchcraft is a practice, an act of doing something. Not a religion.
Wicca is a recognized religion in the US.
By not worshipping the judeo-christian god, SaneChick, they tacitly worship satan.
By this definition, every member of every religion on Earth except Christianity, Judaism, and Islam would tacitly worship Satan, and that's a ridiculous statement. Not to mention offensive as hell. Worship is active. Satan is a Christian concept. How can a person who has no concept of Satan worship him?
What about me? I'm an atheist. I don't worship anything. Does that mean I tacitly worship Satan? No.
Just because some people claim Wiccans worship the devil doesn't mean it's true.
SaneChick:
By this definition, every member of every religion on Earth except Christianity, Judaism, and Islam would tacitly worship Satan, and that's a ridiculous statement.
Yet that's exactly what fundies believe. They believe that any belief other than theirs comes from Satan leading someone astray.
as long as there are no human sacrifices witches are protected by the law.
As is Christianity, so long as it doesn't interfere with someone's freedom of/from religion. But I'm sure Didymus didn't think of this.
i think witchcraft is evil because they worship satan.
Gee, I was at a huge pagan festival a few months ago. Lots of different paths, but not a single mention of Satan. Could that be because they DON'T worship Satan? Ya think?
as long as there are no human sacrifices witches are protected by the law
Bloody hell, I never got the memo telling me to stop sacrificing humans to get protection from the law. Satan is gonna be pissed!
Hell, even Satanists don't actually believe in the Biblical concept of Satan.
Most don't. You're probably thinking of Laveyan Satanists, the atheists who love Satan as an ideal but not an actual entity. You might even be thinking of Theistic Satanists, who believe in Satan as a real entity but not as described in the Bible. But there are people called Traditional Satanists who really do believe, more or less, in the Biblical Satan. It's the most obnoxious thing in the world when you meet someone who's educated enough about religion to know the beliefs of Lavey's Church of Satan, but then you have to say, no, you were right the first time, some Satanists really do worship Satan.
"Satanism" is as abused and stretched as "Christianity", or any other term for a religious group for that matter; many groups with completely contradictory beliefs all want to use the term to describe themselves. Consequently, they all hate each other and claim they're the only ones with the right to be using it. Fundies are in every faith...
Back on topic, however, I can say that while there might be a pagan somewhere in the world who incorporates Satan into his or her pantheon, you could probably go your whole life without ever meeting one because pagans != Satanists.
Have you ever met a Wiccan? I'll bet the answer is no. You've never met anyone outside of the all-white country club you call a church for tax purposes. That little clique is your entire circle of friends. I knew someone in college who said she belonged to a coven. She was very nice. You've never been to college, so that excludes making friends there.
i think witchcraft is evil because they worship satan.
If you believe in a "satan", then thinking isn't quite your strongest suit.
The only reason satan exists is because your early ilk took the image of a horned god, turned it into a grotesque parody, and then hammered that image into the minds of everyone who joined the club. Without that bit of marketing, your god wouldn't have any real enemy except his own hubris.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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