Path: kudonet.com!news.scruz.net!miwok!news1.best.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!worldnet.att.net!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.wwa.com!news.ucdavis.edu!rocky.ucdavis.edu!ez055275 From: Thomas Hrouda Newsgroups: alt.religion.wicca Subject: Re: Christianity & Wicca Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 11:22:27 -0800 Organization: University of California, Davis Lines: 43 Message-ID: References: <5gkpdu$rg3$1@news.nac.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: rocky.ucdavis.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Sender: ez055275@rocky.ucdavis.edu In-Reply-To: <5gkpdu$rg3$1@news.nac.net> On Tue, 18 Mar 1997 joanna@nac.net wrote: > Can someone be Christian and Wiccan? The reason I ask is that I would > define myself as Christian (a non-evangelical denomination) and I do > find a great deal of satisfaction and fulfillment within the Christian > faith, spiritually. But there are aspects of the Wiccan faith, > particularly attunement with nature and recognition and respect for > life energy and life cycles, about which I also have strong feelings > and which are not as integral to my Christian faith. I've heard there > are "Christian Wiccans/Wiccan Christians". Has anyone encountered > this before? > Joanna, 1) Its been argued before so you might want to look into the archives, or the very least at deja news. 2) Assuming you are not a troll. No, you cannot be both a christian and a wicca, but... I. You can worship the christian god in a wiccan manner.... II. You can view the christian god through a wiccan filter and create a hybrid tradition of wicca. III. You can do whatever you want, the only limit is that others of both the christian faith and the wiccan faith will not necessarily like or respect you for your decision. And yes, I am god's representive on earth, so yes I am to talk.. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "I've done ..... questionable things." -Roy Batty Tom Hrouda tghrouda@ucdavis.edu * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *