Hate to be intrusive, but it seems to be going around
Such an approach as you seem to take detracts from quality of life.
I mean, I can criticize Wicca plenty based on experience, but I've found that my criticisms of Wicca and Wiccans are quite human regardless of labels, and that Wiccans generally don't create the need to examine Wicca critically by their actions. The same cannot be said of larger religions longer-established than modern Wicca or Gardenerian Craft.
But it's kind of hard to defend anything against the silly, broad, blind-swinging nature of the topic post. And the longer people let you keep swinging blindly, the more anger they will show.
Consider that Wiccans are not yet an effective social force; firstly, there aren't enough of them. Secondly, the entirety of the pagan revival is plagued with a certain selfishness. In Seattle a couple of years ago, there was an article in a local alternative rag wondering about the lack of organized pagan community service. It's a fair question. Maybe writing a check to the Red Cross is enough for many pagans.
But where I understand that questions about, say, Christianity, can get somewhat convoluted because of their relevant vitality, it continues to surprise me--even though it shouldn't--when someone comes out on the negative side of Wicca and doesn't really have a point. It's almost like other problems have gotten boring, and somebody's out looking for something to get pissed at.
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Tiassa
Why ever would you ask her that?My significant other has a freind who is into wicca and I asked her once why she didn't get involved into budhism, it's a much more respected religion.
If that's what's important to you. However, if you choose to not learn about what you criticize, I can't see how the rest of us should give a damn about your opinion other than the fact that such behavior can cause friction between people, thus inviting bad things into the world.It's not my job to read the same wicca books she reads and point by point list why it is complete crap. after stripping her of her beliefs, I then walk away leaving her emotionally naked?
Such an approach as you seem to take detracts from quality of life.
Nah, some other blowhard critic would pop up to be the buzzkill. You would have gotten a more positive response, but understand that statistically, positive responses to Wicca are more plentiful among those who have encountered it. I've always wondered, for all the actual difficulties of various of the neopaganisms (including Wicca), why the critics still sound like two-bit hack comedians playing to a burly audience that gets off on hippie-bashing?Would this thread have gotten fewer postes if I titled it "Is Wicca an awesome religion?"
I mean, I can criticize Wicca plenty based on experience, but I've found that my criticisms of Wicca and Wiccans are quite human regardless of labels, and that Wiccans generally don't create the need to examine Wicca critically by their actions. The same cannot be said of larger religions longer-established than modern Wicca or Gardenerian Craft.
But it's kind of hard to defend anything against the silly, broad, blind-swinging nature of the topic post. And the longer people let you keep swinging blindly, the more anger they will show.
Consider that Wiccans are not yet an effective social force; firstly, there aren't enough of them. Secondly, the entirety of the pagan revival is plagued with a certain selfishness. In Seattle a couple of years ago, there was an article in a local alternative rag wondering about the lack of organized pagan community service. It's a fair question. Maybe writing a check to the Red Cross is enough for many pagans.
But where I understand that questions about, say, Christianity, can get somewhat convoluted because of their relevant vitality, it continues to surprise me--even though it shouldn't--when someone comes out on the negative side of Wicca and doesn't really have a point. It's almost like other problems have gotten boring, and somebody's out looking for something to get pissed at.
:m:,
Tiassa