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Religion
I don't know if this is the right category but here it goes. I don't know if this helps but it always seems to help in one way or another...14/f haha. Okay, anyways. I'm currently an athiest but I'm very interested in some religious things. I'm interested in wicca and I forgot what this was called but it's where you believe in nature and it's signs. But I'm leaning more towards wiccan ideas. Are they athiestic or nothiestic? I'm just wondering. And if there is anyone out there who can teach me little by litte [I'm horrible at reading online stuff and learning in that way.]
Thanks!!!
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Maybe give some free advice about: Spirituality?
well maybe not exactly what u were looking for but im nichiren buddhist and we dont believe in any particular god. we believe in ourselves and that we have all the power we will ever need to overcome all obstacles in life inside ourselves:
For SGI members, Buddhism is a practical philosophy aimed at awakening people to the limitless potential and value of their own lives. Practicing Buddhism brings about a positive transformation in the depths of an individual's life, transforming fear into courage, deluded impulses into wisdom and egotism into compassion.
Buddhism begins with individuals deciding to take responsibility for their own lives, first reforming themselves and taking action to improve their immediate surroundings and relations, and then gradually extending their wisdom, courage and compassion into a wider sphere.
if you are interested in this [trust me ive been through a few religions myself and so far this one makes me that happiest] you can message me or go see more for yourself at
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hope you find what you're looking for!
SAM
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'Wiccan' is a large umbrella covering quite a few traditions, as I’ve sure you’ve learned in your reading, and the vast majority of Wiccan’s are theists, not atheists, or agnostics, but very decidedly theists.
Theism doesn’t mean you must believe in the one type of Christian God, is simply the belief that there is only one deity.
So, the naturalistic approach of some Wicca where the natural world IS basically a God, is theism. In fact it’s called Pantheism.
The view that there is one creative force in the universe, only called by many names or many 'gods' that are part of a greater whole is also theism. That is called inclusive monotheism.
The worship of the God and Goddess, even when they are believed to be to separate entities and aren’t believed to come together to create one whole, still falls under the theism umbrella, and is called duotheism.
Some are polytheistic, and believe in many distinct gods and goddesses who are not all united.
Of course there are Wiccans who are not theists and some who simply don’t like the label. Some do not believe in the gods as real entities at all and just consider them a kind of archetype or way of telling stories about the world.
There are dozens of different wiccan traditions and groups. It can all get kind of confusing.
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Wicca is considered theistic, as almost every religion is. The best wicca primer is Maiden Moon, which you can read here(PDF):
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You need only read the first half of the book to learn what you need, which is only about 50 pages. I've found that there are a lot of parallels between Christianity and wicca, which I didn't particularly like.
Maiden Moon will direct you to Dragon Tradition Wicca( [Link](Mouse over link to see full location) ), where you can contact people to teach you. But you should read the book first.
If you don't like Dragon Tradition, you can look for online groups of the other traditions, which the book covers.
I'm not sure which nature religion you refer to, maybe you'll find it here:
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