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I have been thinking since I first saw this article:
http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=usmo&c=words&id=10563
What I have been thinking about is less the whole Wicca/Witch thing, and more about the common partyline about how Witchcraft is not a religion, but a skillset that can be incorperated into any faith. I was reading TT earlier today and a thread started by a misinfomed Christian, and there were numerous posts all repeating this same thing.
It got me to wondering ... is Witchcraft really just a craft? Can it really be compared to carpentry or to metalworking? And if it is a skillset and nothing more, can it be stripped from every Pagan religion that incorperates it (the claims of 'Wiccan but not Witch' are becoming more commone than in previous years)? Is it wise to do so?
Witchcraft has been illegal before, and in some places, accepting money for reading tarot cards is illegal still. Do you think it is possible, that the practise of Witchcraft could become illegal again if it is shown to not be an essential part of a Witch's religious expression?
Thoughts?
--Phae
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http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=usmo&c=words&id=10563
What I have been thinking about is less the whole Wicca/Witch thing, and more about the common partyline about how Witchcraft is not a religion, but a skillset that can be incorperated into any faith. I was reading TT earlier today and a thread started by a misinfomed Christian, and there were numerous posts all repeating this same thing.
It got me to wondering ... is Witchcraft really just a craft? Can it really be compared to carpentry or to metalworking? And if it is a skillset and nothing more, can it be stripped from every Pagan religion that incorperates it (the claims of 'Wiccan but not Witch' are becoming more commone than in previous years)? Is it wise to do so?
Witchcraft has been illegal before, and in some places, accepting money for reading tarot cards is illegal still. Do you think it is possible, that the practise of Witchcraft could become illegal again if it is shown to not be an essential part of a Witch's religious expression?
Thoughts?
--Phae
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thicketeers
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Date: 2006-06-11 12:43 am (UTC)I know that I could never be a witch (one of the reasons why I have a hard time wrapping my mind around the concept of "Christian Witch"). It really doesn't fit into my understanding of the world, which is rooted in Christianity.
Does that mean that I think there can't be Christian Witches? I dunno. Do know that most people who self-define with the phrase have an entirely different understanding of Christ than I do. I'd go so far as to say that they have an understanding of Jesus, but not of Jesus AS Christ. So maybe they are Jesusian Witches. ;)
That probably offended someone somewhere...
Anyway, that's my thoughts from the Christian Side of the Fence.