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Old 04-04-2010, 12:47 AM
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Default What is the difference between Wicca and Pagan ?

What is the difference between Wicca and Pagan ?
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Old 04-08-2010, 12:47 AM
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Old 04-10-2010, 12:47 AM
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Wicca is a form of Paganism.
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Old 04-13-2010, 12:47 AM
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Wicca is one form of pagan
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Old 04-15-2010, 12:47 AM
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Pagan means more or less the same thing as polytheist. Some pagans, specifically eclectic pagans,NSresumptuously use the term as a synonym for just themselves. Wiccans are an eclectic neopagan group.
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Old 04-20-2010, 12:47 AM
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Everything. Pagan is a word introduced by Christians to denounce non-AbrahamICCeligions, and Wicca is a Noe-pagan religion (Noe-pagan in that it claims to worship gods of old pagan religions. It doesn't really and is fundamentally different from the old pagan religions. Wicca was founded in the 50's by some guy named Gardner).
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Old 04-21-2010, 12:47 AM
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Wicca is one particular religion within the larger category of Paganism, which is a group of different religions (like Asatru, Hellenic Reconstructionist Polytheism, Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism, Romuva, Dievturiba, Rodnovery, etc.)

Neopaganism is a more specific term which encompasses all those Pagan religions which have recently been revived or reconstructed. Paganism, technically, includes any religions which aren't Abrahamic, and, more specifically, aren't major world religions. (That last part excludes Hinduism and Buddhism, which some people claim as Pagan, but which I think it is wrong to claim as such.)
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Old 04-22-2010, 12:47 AM
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Wicca is a modern religious movement based on some of the original pagan cults. Pagan is any religion that existed before Christianity. In fact the Latin:"Paganus" means "country dweller" and was used extensively by the Roman soldiers for those that lived outside the city of Rome and had not yet converted to the State Religion of Christianity. The meaning is similar to "Trailer park trash".
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Old 04-23-2010, 12:47 AM
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Wicca is a branch of Paganism. Wicca itself has denominations.
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