Wiccans are...

[Dead_Parrot]

Poll question: Wiccans are...

Just checking...

[RebelOne]

1. Watch it!! I'm putting a curse on you.

[Dead_Parrot]

12. LOL

:P

[ChompySnack]

2. How about sexy?

[Dead_Parrot]

4. Thank the Goddess I don't have a webcam.. :-)

[xchrom]

3. there's a

wiccan with a bad attitude waiting for you some where.

[Dead_Parrot]

8. She's in bed...

:D

[xchrom]

15. no bragging now!

[CalebHayes]

5. My vote: AWESOME!

[Dead_Parrot]

9. You can be my friend...

[daveskilt]

6. how about a wee bit daft?

I wouldnt say idiots or confused but lovely and slightly wacky work

[Dead_Parrot]

10. Can't argue.

[Career Prole]

7. They're Okay...

...and one of my best friends, to boot! :D

[Mobius]

11. Most Wiccans think its like 10000 years old

and linked to the celts. Its actually a bastardization of several religions by Crowely and Gardner so they could get young chicks to fuck them in a sex ritual. All accompanied by lots of Opiates. Spare me.
Traditional WitchCraft needs to be distinguished from Wiccan here. Paganism is blanket term for well over 2500 completely different religions, of which Wicca is a tiny tiny part.

[Dead_Parrot]

16. Only the muppets...

Most of us know it's 50 years old, but based on principles that go back a lot longer (mainly Romanish/Strega, northern European shamanism and the old British religions. But yes, there are Celtic influences.)

Paganism is a blanket term for most of the 'older' religions - including the indigenous religions of Europe, Africa and the Americas.

Neo-paganism covers the re-inventions of those principals, and covers Asatru, Druidism, Wicca etc: Only an idiot would claim it's the original, it's still (IMHO) valid...

[Mobius]

17. Funny you should mention Asatruar

who believe rune staves can be carved from something other than wood from a fruit bearing tree. :eyes:
By the way, where do you keep your stang?

[Dead_Parrot]

20. I don't have a Stang, I'm a Wiccan

BTW, what do you have against Yew and Birch?
Just curious...

[Mobius]

22. Nothing,

some Asatruar use rocks, plastic or other crap. Might as well carve them from petrified gummy worms! Yew and Birch ARE fruit bearing trees.
And witches have stangs.

[Dead_Parrot]

25. Cool...

...I always wondered what to do with my collection of petrified Gummy worms...

And I don't have a stang, but I am a witch. Go figure...

[Mobius]

26. you call yourself one

:ducks:

[Dead_Parrot]

27. LOL

You ducked too quickly... :D

[Nikia]

13. I had Wiccan friends in college

I do see the point of their religion and respect their worship of nature and the Earth and spirituality. On the otherhand, I also disagree with it, at least the brand that they practiced. I don't believe that it for we as humans to use any power out there. I do not want to "make things happen" or let my moods control the environment around me. I think that it is wrong.
I know that probably not every Wiccan wants to use that power or even tries to. My friends did though, even if it was for good, and considered it a big part of their religion.

[absyntheNsugar]

14. Actually, serious question here for Wiccans...

How close is Wicca to Druidism? Is it similar, the same or vastly different?

[Mobius]

18. VASTLY VASTLY DIFFERENT

Though Wiccans would like to think otherwise. You cant just change a 10000 year old religion to suit your needs. It belittles and marginalizes them.

[Dead_Parrot]

21. I hope...

...You're not claiming Druidism as being 10,000 years old... ;-)

[Mobius]

23. no, I was referring to Paganism in general

which if you use some cave paintings as evidence, much older than 10000

[Dead_Parrot]

19. Yes!

Very similar in term of first principles the Earth/nature as a source of natural power, but hugely different in term of practice. I would say that Druidism is actually more nature-based than Wicca - Druids have a tendency to be more in tune with the Earth, whereas Wiccans tend more to the divine, and we have very different rituals and deities: But we get on together than the Catholics and Protestants, so make of it what you will...

[NightTrain]

24. The vast majority of my closest friends are either Wiccans or atheists.

n/t

[TXlib]

28. ... easy to get in bed.

Just offer them mead, especially on a solstice or equinox.

[absyntheNsugar]

29. What's mead?

Don't they make binders out of that stuff?

[Dead_Parrot]

30. Honey wine

get a big bottle. Put in 2/3 water, 1/3 honey. Add yeast. wait. find a good looking wiccan. drink.

The romans used to think it was an aphrodisiac, and drank it for a month after getting married - hence "honeymoon".

You need to go to DU for this sort of information... :D

[jpgray]

38. Ask Superfly, I believe he makes award-winning mead (nt)

[TXlib]

42. Hey, the stuff I make isn't crap.

In fact my homebrew club (The Houston Foam Rangers) think it is some of the best stuff they've tasted.

I'll be entering some of it in the Dixie Cup (largest single-site homebrew comp in the country) this october.

I've got 21 gallons of mead aging now, and will begin fermenting 20 more gallons just as soon as my tupelo honey gets here!

[Skittles]

31. as annoying as all other "people of faith"

:o

[Dookus]

39. LOL

Skittles wins.

[Skittles]

40. sorry

you be on Ignore

[strategery blunder]

32. Forgive my ignorance, but what do Wiccans believe in?

I live in freeperville, where any answer to this question is going to be badly distorted.

Furthermore, I have no one to ask as I don't know any Wiccans.

[NightTrain]

33. I believe they worship lightweight wooden baskets.

Hence the name of their faith!

[Love Bug]

45. Lots of info in the internet

Try www.witchvox.org, which is a huge website with lots of links and info.

[HEyHEY]

34. Geeks?

Sorry, just an old qoute from a friend.

[bhunt70]

35. wicked.

[ironflange]

36. "Nothing says lovin' like something from the coven"

Seen on a bumper sticker recently. A Hyundai Excel station wagon.

[The Rock]

37. Since I'm a Christian....

I think they're weirdos. But a few of them are my friends. (Yes, they're still weird. One of them worships a tree...)

[NickB79]

41. Sexy

And crazy in bed :-) Damn I miss my college days, they were only last year though!

[noonwitch]

43. Tree-hugging hippies is not a bad thing to be

I'm a wiccan and a christian.

[truthspeaker]

44. from my atheist POV...

their religious beliefs are no more or less silly than anyone else's, but they don't prosyletize or claim to have the only right answer so I respect them more than I do members of expansionist faiths.