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Why Wiccans suck. Discussion
by Morgan Akasha
http://www.whywiccanssuck.com/
Here is a site
some of you may have heard about, it is a little biased and
uses both facts and fiction (that they believe is fact, from
unknown sources) to have a big fat whinge about why he thinks,
or should I say "knows" why wiccans suck and how
some of the things that people take on board into their beliefs
system is "wrong" or "not the one and only
path that the spirits came down and handed to him, in a big
fat book of "the truth"". I agree with some
points that he brings up but others he just pulls out of his
ass, you can tell this man leads a very boring and lonely
life to create such a big whinge about irrelevant crap. But
*shrugs* you get those sort of people who brood and are only
drawing negative stagnation upon themselves. Dont take much
of it on board, it is mainly just him backed by a bunch of
"traditional witchcraft" followers whining about
how they think "the youngin's of today" arent doing
it like back in the ol' days. They really need to except that
we live in the modern day world - where natural progression
of beliefs, etc is just the way life is, we can't stay living
in the past.
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Here is the
post that I placed on the guestbook:
I am neither
for nor against this site, though I do believe that there
are many out there who really give a damn too much about others
beliefs. Stop having a whinge man, its all about beliefs,
and a person's belief system is personal to themself. It's
what gives them motivation and helps them to find themself.
I see some people out there who do make me sigh a little over
the way that they base their beliefs on misconceptions, but
if it works for them, who am I to judge? We all seem to forget
that learning Wicca, etc takes a long time to really understand
it all. And the "fluff bunnies" you talk about probably
have only been learning for a short time, they'll look back
in a few years and realise how mislead or naive they were
in their beliefs and preaching actions but in the mean time
give them a break. You don't pay out on a toddler that falls
or holds onto things when it's learning to walk do you?
People need
to become less stressed about whether everyone else knows
"the truth" and think about the "hey, lets
try and live/encourage a healthy, positive life" and
"hey, I know the world isn't perfect but I can try and
make the best of it whilst I'm here". If people want
to classify themselves as something, they can because deep
down it makes them happy. Maybe not for the best reasons,
but it makes them happy. So let's not get worked up over it,
ok? Iv been practicing/studying paganism for 6 years, (not
that my beliefs were much different before), and developing
myself around a Wiccan system during the last four, but I
am by no means anywhere near finishing study, nor will I ever
be because you never stop learning. Are you going to put shit
on me for that? Are you going to put shit on me for not knowing
"all the TRUTH!" like I'm supposed to know everything
over night?
I try to make
a positive impact on fellow pagans; I help other teens to
learn as I learn. If everyone wasn't so bitter about the process
of learning then maybe we wouldn't have so many people pretending
that they know more than they do? Again, get over it and try
and focus on the positive sides of life instead of sitting
in negative stagnation, hanging shit on others to make you
seem and feel better?
Morgan Akasha
Co-founder of the Brisbane Teen Pagan Network
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