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Wednesday 5 September 2012

When people associate pagan's with satan...

so true
*here is a topic that really grates on me, so sorry if i start to seem irritate at any point.*

It's surprising how still so many people do this, the above picture cannot be more right. Wicca is not a devil worshiping religion because within it there is no devil. Also side note being a harry potter fan does not make you wiccan :) 
some people try to argue that the Horned god is Satan or what-have you, but its not, the reason they may think this, is due to the fact our religion, paganism was here before that of Christianity and many others. Most countries were pagan, different types yes, but predominantly pagan. When Christianity came about they took a lot of aspects from wicca and pagans our holidays and days for example: 

Winter solstice/yule      - Christmas, Jesus birthday is no where near the date of yule According to the best information I can find, Jesus was born on the 14th of May in 6 BC.
Spring equinox/ Ostara -Easter

Samhain                          -Halloween 
Imbolc                             -Valentin s day

Beltane                           -May day

Tyr's day                        -Tuesday

Woden's (Odin) day       -Wednesday

Thor's day                      -Thursday

Freya's day                    -Friday

Saturn's day                   -Saturday
Sun's day                        -Sunday

Moon's day                    -Monday 

Right glad thats covered. Please do not be offend by any of this, reality is paganism was here first, Christianity came later the reason they put all there holidays by pagan ones was so that everyone would feel more at ease converting religion so to speak. Thats why i believe images of Satan changed from that of serpent like (as originally depicted) to that of horned and red, to once again convert and give the image of negativity to wicca.
I was in Tintagel a while back, a must by the way, i was at the witchcraft museum when i took a picture of this sign they had there. So true. People like to think, and stereotype without actually knowing much of that religion or person. Most people don't like what they don't understand, or don't know about. Aslong as we know better, and instead of retaliating or yelling at that person take it upon our selfs to educate them, we are doing the best we can to fight the fear, and spread the truth of what it is to be pagan :) blessed be everyone. thanks for reading. I hope this gives you either a better knowledge of wicca or the inspiration to help others understand it. 


Help me to fight the fear :) 



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