Cross vs Pentagrams: the Battl

             "...Or as if spiritual insight were the product of some organic arrangement, mechanical in its operation, and quite likely to go right with a vicious character as with a righteous one; just as a watch may keep equally good time whether worn by a sinner or a saint."
             This is Frederic Henry Hedge's famous line in his book Reason in Religion, published by Boston, Walker, Fuller, and Company in 1865. This excerpt explains the views presented on a touchy subject during that era, as well as our own. The Wicca religion has shown itself throughout history and every time the subject has been raised the Christian faith countered the idea. Explaining the above quotation, the ability to possess spiritual knowledge does not limit itself to Christians or Wiccans since the insight isn't bound by religious preference.
             In an informal survey I conducted, the majority of individuals associate the Wiccan religion with Satanism. But, if they studied the religion they would find out that there is no association with the devil in the religion. The whole religion is surrounded in a world of myths. I also discovered in my survey that most people see the religion has a cult; this is false. In fact it is a recognized religion just like Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism. Wicca believes in nature and equality. The Wicca religion involves the "witch's" involvement with nature as well as the recognition of divine beings. These are the spirits of fire, water, earth, air, north, south, east, and west. Lesser spirits such as shadow, light, spring, winter, fall, and summer also play role in their beliefs. Some of these spirits are gods, while others are goddesses; they are considered equal. I also found while conducting my survey, individuals believed that Wiccan is a newer religion, despite the fact it predates Christianity by over a thousand years.
             "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live," Ex
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