Bewitched 
BUMPER STICKERS appear on cars around my small town: "Born-again Pagan"; "Witches Heal"; "Life is a witch (lavender broomstick inserted) and then you fly."
Do I live in an odd little enclave of weirdos and eccentrics? No, I live in a major metropolitan area. But I live in the midst of a pagan revival—and so do you.
Of course, you could say it's that season. During Halloween, interest in the occult ...
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Wonder
Christianity proclaims "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live" and other such violent things while Wicca says "An it harm none do what thou wilt." Wicca is not Christianity and Satan is a creation of Christians, thus it is impossible for Wiccans to worship Satan, as we do not believe in "him".
RadWitch
I was Pagan since my teenage years, tried to become a Christian in my 20s, and was very disappointed in the Christian God and Christians themselves. Perhaps instead of spending so much time and energy judging other religions, Christians should try to improve their own. As for myself, I am happily back in the arms of the Goddess. Articles like this are unlikely to scare anyone away from Wicca or Paganism... the writing is laughable at best, sadly deluded at worst.
Tom
My dear friends and anyone reading this, If you want first hand solution to the witchcraft Subject, go to the site below and here it from a former member of the Council of 13 which are the Highest position in it. Also this mans family brought it to America. There is no white and black witches although they tell thier followers this as does the masons,Catholics.Jesuits and on an on. the lower members are vieled from the truth. There is only two religions on Earth as in the Christs Mysteries scripture he talks of in the conical Bible. 1. The Lamb of the Elohiem, which is Christ Mysteries he taught His disciples,and 2. The church of Satan. Period the end those are the only 100% churches, deep down we all know this. please free yourselves. With Jesus Christ, Hes got the one with a future in it LOL. http://www.kt70.com/~jamesjpn/articles/john_todd_and_the_illuminati.htm
Getting really tired
I'm getting so tired of defending Christians. By their reckoning, I am not one. I am much more pagan. I do agree with the point on the abortion clinic being named Aradia. That is a disrespect to the Goddess. Abortion is not healing, no matter if it were necessary. The mental and spiritual scar's would last a life time. About being Pagan, someone that truly follows the path, is not that far from what Jesus taught. The church was making a political move against us. The early church was corrupt as hell! The last pope we had was everything they wished they were. Take care of your brother as you would yourself. The modern church (and these "fuzzy bunny" newagers) are leaving the truths behind in the search of greed fulfillment. POWER! I know pagans that are as bad as christians as far as doing this "prosperity church" crap. Jesus and the money changers anyone? Don't be seeing enemies where there are none. We've a common foe in the Saracens. NO safety under their rule!
Spatch3
Robin W, While this is getting far afield: According to Genesis 9:20–25, Noah began to raise grapes after the flood, and became drunk one day. While drunk, he lay naked in his tent. Ham saw his father naked, and told his brothers Shem and Japheth about it. Shem and Japheth went into the tent with their faces away from him, and covered him. When Noah awoke, he realized what had been done to him, and cursed Canaan, son of Ham, to be the "servant of servants" of Shem and Japheth. This one bible verse has been the justification for slavery for centuries. There are so many horribly evil ideas and events in the bible that no one today in our compromised "moral relativism" could accept in a civilized society: Stoning Wiccans, prostitutes, gays, adulterers, or people who aren’t Christians (at the time they would have been called sons of Abraham). The one idea of a "promised land" and "chosen people" has caused more wars over the centuries than can be counted.
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