What does this mean???Me and this lady were talking and I told her how I feel like the church walls are going to come down on me and I get very uncomfortable in a Church. I can not go along with a person telling me that my soul is going to burn in hell just for a few bad cuss words or for drinking a beer. If the bible doesn't believe in the seers and the feelers in the world...well what happens to them??? Do they go to hell too??? they can not control what is gifted to them by the higher powers or higher spirit or whatever u choose to call the ultimate power. so what happens to those people ???
I am so sorry. didn't know there was a difference between Wicca and Wiccan. The feelers I am referring to is me. I am not a worshiper of any evil spirit. I try to help people when I can.
Here is an Example of what happens to me and then please respond to it.EX: I was home on the computer. My kinfolk are on my space. I got on to communicate with people...I was chatting with a friend and I went to the front of my profile to look at who was on. Took a look at my niece and an incredible fear came over me...I felt like someone was looking at me through a window or trying to get into my door. Plzz keep in mind that I am several hundred miles away from her. I wake the whole family up and in fact that same niece had that sort of experience at the same time. I did not ask for this kind of thing to happen to me but it does and if I can keep my family or a friend safe by following what I am feeling...well then I will do so.
Dont worry i think a lot of people dint feel good in church even Christians. Live your life! Do what you think is right in you heart.
You can always join us Atheists. We welcome you with open arms.
yes by most churches you are destined for hell, you aren't Wicca and that's a misnomer anyway, its Wicca. to be Wicca you must know it, study it, accept it, and there are lots of websites and books on the market. i dint feel like any church is going to fall in on me but Ive been Wicca for 25 years, Wicca is a modernized version of witchcraft. we dint judge ones soul, that's not our job, many have second sight but not everyone. there is no hell in our belief system, but karma can bite you in the butt if you dont follow the one law, Harm None. you can email me if you wish for more info. Blessed Be.
Believing those things does not make you Wiccan. It does show that you share thoughts on things in the same manner of belief. It may be something you wish to research and learn about. Many pagans who grew up in a christian setting felt the same way. I was amazed and thrill led to find that other believed the same things I did. Wicca may not be what you are searching for, but it may open your eyes to different ways to think about things.
May your journey and your path be blessed with knowledge. Ask your questions and demand answers. Unless of course your talking to the Fae.... then ask very politely. LOL.
You will not go to Hell for drinking a beer or for cussing a bit,nor will anyone necessarily go to hell for being a feeler( what ever that is!!!). You may not receive the highest degree of glory in Heaven though. What they feel is gifted to them may only be in there heads. Someone may have come to them and told them they are a Wicca(see where I am going w/ this?) Don't let anyone tell you who you are!!!
What happens to these people? My belief is that they will be taught in the hereafter and have a chance to except true gospel, then their fates will Be decided at the final judgment
Wicca is an organized religion. Being uncomfortable in a church does not make you a Wiccan or a pagan. Unfortunately, just at present there is a lot of misinformation out there aimed especially at evangelical sects of Christianity, in pamphlets and the like.
Now, it may be that you would be more comfortable with a spiritual path other than Christianity, or perhaps even just in a different sect of Christianity. You might, for instance, try attending a service at a Unitarian church, which is open to people of all faiths. Your spiritual path is yours, so don't let anyone tell you what you are or aren't. Read the Bible, the Torah and the Apocrypha, the Q'uran, the Rede, the Book of Mormon, The Martyr's Mirror, the Dhammurpada, anything you can get your hands on, until you find something that speaks to you. Also read histories dealing with religion, get facts from reputable sources before you buy into what someone says - for instance, many Southern Baptists are not aware that their church began as part of the Anabaptist movement, and instead will tell you that it's because their church was founded with John the Baptist in biblical times. Speak to different people about their faith, most people will be fine with questions as long as you are respectful.
We are all seekers of truth, no matter how we seek it. Good luck in your search.
They (if true) are working with what power Satan gives them.Yes they are bond for hell.No God never gives that kind of power.You don't have to follow what you are being told.
Romans (10)
Use a Strong's Concordance to read(look up verses) about how God feels about sorceresses,those who are involved with familiar spirits,etc.
Romans 10
Wicca itself is an earth based pagan religion. Most worship a Goddess and a God.
Most of the people who you call seers and feelers many times ignore their gifts due to the dogmas at ached to them within many religions. Others seek out their gifts and learn about them. those that do often do much soul searching, and often find another religion.
As for those of us who are Wiccan and practice Wicca we do not be live in a heaven or a hell. Nor do we worship a devil. We promote love and tolerance. Our Reed is "An' it harm none, Do as ye will" It means do not harm anyone, even yourself. It does not imply that you should not stand up for yourself and your beliefs.
Some Wiccans do practice magic, but it is not like Sabrina or Harry Potter magic. Our magic is more subtle, sort of like a prayer to help the energies along. We believe that everything is interconnected and tend to view things in cycles.
here are a few sites that may help you find your way.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/witchcra.htm
http://www.religioustolerance.org/wic_stat1.htm
http://www.witchvox.com
It doesn't seem that you know much about Wicca so I'll re post a spiel that I posted earlier.
This is the 13 Principles of Wiccan belief. I hope I can help you understand them.
It doesn't sound like you are Christian but you may not be Wiccan also, there are plenty of belief systems in the world. I'd also suggest that you check out the belief net belief o ma tic quiz.
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/76/story_7665_1.html
1. We practice rites to attune ourselves with the natural rhythm of life forces marked by the phases of the Moon and the seasonal quarters and cross-quarters. (Wiccans believe that the moon is a part of the power of the Goddess. That is relevant by its correlation to a woman's menstrual cycle and the tides. We have 8 Sabbats that make up the Wheel of the Year as well as 13 Esbats-Full Moons.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbaigo8rv...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvtyltahy...
2. We recognize that our intelligence gives us a unique responsibility toward our environment. We seek to live in harmony with nature, in ecological balance offering fulfillment to life and consciousness within an evolutionary concept. We acknowledge a depth of power far greater than is apparent to the average person. Because it is far greater than ordinary, it is sometimes called sometimes called "supernatural," but we see it lying within that which is naturally potential to all.
(Magick comes from an ability to control your environment through attuning with the elements and keys)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g3j7pteq...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4quqrsua7...
4. We conceive of the Creative Power in the Universe as manifesting through polarity--as masculine and feminine--and that this same creative power lives in all people, and functions through the interaction of the masculine and feminine. We value neither above the other, knowing each to be supportive of the other. We value sexuality as pleasure, as the symbol and embodiment of Life, and as one of the sources of energies used in magical practice and religious worship.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7amcuqnoz...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edltlev1t...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f76p-xcsb...
5. We recognize both outer worlds and inner, or psychological worlds--sometimes known as the Spiritual World, the Collective Unconscious, the Inner Planes, etc.--and we see in the interaction of these two dimensions the basis for paranormal phenomena and magical exercises. We neglect neither dimension for the other, seeing both as necessary for our fulfillment.
(Our innerverse is ours to control and as part of that, we can contrl the outerverse)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pqrkigrb...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzxdya-qo...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guvf1guac...
6. We do not recognize and authoritarian hierarchy, but do honor those who teach, respect those who share their greater knowledge and wisdom, and acknowledge those who have courageously given of themselves in leadership.
(We have high priests and priestesses, but we don't let them interpret what we believe. We make up our own minds and lead our own rituals.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sln_q73up...
7. We see religion, magick, and wisdom-in-living as being united in the way one views the world and lives within it--a world view and philosophy of life, which we identify as Witchcraft or the Wiccan Way.
(Magick is everywhere and everyone does it. It shapes the way we look at the world.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwossk97y...
8. Calling oneself ?Witch? does not make a Witch--but neither does heredity itself, or the collecting of titles, degrees, and initiations. A Witch seeks to control the forces within him/herself that make life possible in order to live wisely and well, without harm to others, and in harmony with Nature.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zgbrutbo...
9. We acknowledge that it in the affirmation and fulfillment of life, in a continuation of evolution and development of consciousness, that gives meaning to the Universe we know, and to our personal role within it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udy5upzmp...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axykowjsk...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l-hodcsl...
10. Our only animosity toward Christianity, or toward any other religion or philosophy-of-life, is to the extent its institutions have claimed to be ?the one true right and only way? and have sought to deny freedom to others and to suppress other ways of religious practices and belief.
(We believe that all people come to their own religious path. To interfere and try to actively convert someone away is a deception of the soul.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qylfbcj3e...
11. As American Witches, we are not threatened by debates on the history of the Craft, the origins of various terms, the legitimacy of various aspects of different traditions. We are concerned with our present, and our future.
(Some people claim that Wicca is a very new religion, others say it is pre-Christian. This does not concern us as we see our beliefs as personal and not political.)
12. We do not accept the concept of ?absolute evil,? nor do we worship any entity known as ?Satan? or ?the Devil? as defined by Christian Tradition. We do not seek power through the suffering of others, nor do we accept the concept that personal benefits can only be derived by denial to another.
(The Devil or Satan is purely a Christian and Muslim concept. Wiccans don't see our Gods as having a Good and Bad persona. They are Nature and nature is both)
13. We work within Nature for that which is contributory to our health and well-being.
(Wiccans have a strong desire to be environmentally conscious)
I have been told that I am Wicca?
