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Wicca
Can someone explain all of the denominations of Wicca, and whats the difference between wiccan and pagan?
Right now I'm just doing my research but I've considered becoming a wiccan or pagan but I'm skeptical about the magic part because I don't believe in that. I was raised in a non-religious/christian home (celebrate christmas/easter but was never forced or asked to go to church unless i wanted to which I have with friends and for Christmas Eve mass and that sort of thing).
Also I don't know if I'd want to become a pagan or wiccan because (at least where I live) its associated with some really really weird people. And I'd consider myself a preppy person (Abercrombie, American Eagle, typical prep). If you lined all of my friends up in a row I would not be the one that you would guess to be the wiccan. I know that shouldn't matter but all the sites I found are really gothic looking.
Anyway, any advice or information would be appreciated. Like I said, I'm still just doing research.
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I am Wiccan. I did a lot of reading before accepting that I had always believed in what Wicca represented. I believed there was more than one God and that there were Goddesses. I believed that everything you did had a similar repurcusion. I already believed that there were forces at work in my life and in those around me that were greater than me. I already knew magic happened.
I am a single mother with a beautiful well-adjusted little girl. I am more than confident that if you put ME in a line up of your friends they still would not pick me out as the Wiccan. More over, you can't tell my child's beliefs are different from those of the children around her. We are just trying to be good people and be happy.
I don't see it as a fashion accessory. Wicca is my belief system. I was raised Christian but I knew that was not MY belief system before I hit my teens.
And I wouldn't get so hung up on the magic part of it. It's about spirituality and life choices, too. Christianity seems to be all about going to church but ask a ten christians if they actually go to church and see what the answer is.
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ok All pagans are wiccan, but not all wiccans are pagans.
wiccan is like witchcraft, and pagans worship nature.
they dont all use magic, but they believe in the forces of nature and believe in multiple gods that are presented by nature.
they dont have to be gothic, it all depends on the person and what they believe. a lot of people do like gothic colors. lol.
I was raised catholic. im only 15, but i have researched paganism and wiccam and i plan to get into that when i am older. i would suggest keep researching, go to the library or keep researching on the internet.
i hope i have helped, and good luck.
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Okay, so i don't know much about pagans, but wicca is short for witchcraft, and that basicly what the entier religion is about and based on. They worship a god and a goddess, and they often represent the sun (the god) and the moon (the goddess). I dont know every thing, but i have several friends of the wicca belief, and this is mostly what theyve told me. But the wikipedia page on this is really good and has alot more then this, and as far as im told its quite aacurate.
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You might wan to try looking up pagans on wikipedia too.
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I hope this helps.
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