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[–] icepuncher69 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Look im gennuenly ignorant on this so i whant you to keep that in mind when i ask the following:

Isnt wicca like the whole other extreme? Like afaik they are not really pro equalit between men and women, its more like an all girls club and not really a religion at that? Arent they more like a subculture?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Definitely not. Wicca and Paganism is a collection of ancient religions based around nature, like the sun and moon. It's generally based in leftist and revolutionary ideals, so it's naturally attractive as a belief system for marginalized people in the western world. That's generally why a lot of women are Wiccan or Pagan

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Pagan as in the old creeds where sacrificing human beings and virgins was a thing?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Modern Paganism doesn't observe any sacrificial practices. It's an amalgamation of several ancient religions.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Essentially it's a reconstructional movement, leaving out the less palatable things and that is fine. But the dark bits are there and should be recognized, which is something most pagans won't do. Pagan religions were bloody and cruel, which was why christianity stamped it out as it dis, mostly because it carried a notion of repent and forgiveness.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

No it isn't. Some white dude invented it in the 1950's based off of old European practices. It's just their people passing on their pre-Christian culture, that's all.

It's no more a real religion than the Abrahamic ones.