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EmoMom · 05-29-2005, 01:29 PM

I'm just wondering, because they seem very similar to me. And then there was this article I posted on the current events board: Judge: Parents Can't Teach Pagan Believs

Sunflower_Momma · 05-29-2005, 02:23 PM

I'm not super-knowledgeable here, but my understanding is the paganism is an umbrella term and wicca is a more specific religious practice.

So, to borrow from SAT questions, I would say:

Episcopal is to Christian as Wicca is to Pagan

Smart mamas, am I right?

anise · 05-29-2005, 03:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sunflower_Momma

I'm not super-knowledgeable here, but my understanding is the paganism is an umbrella term and wicca is a more specific religious practice.

So, to borrow from SAT questions, I would say:

Episcopal is to Christian as Wicca is to Pagan

Smart mamas, am I right?

Yeah, that's usually how it is explained. The term "paganism" is a broad term used to describe any number of religions, many of which hold very little in common. Wicca is a very specific pagan rligion that doesn't necessarily hold common beliefs with other pagan religions.

mercyn · 05-30-2005, 08:19 PM

yeah, you've pretty much got it. Christianity covers Catholicism and Protestantism, which covers Lutheran, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, Methodist, Baptist, etc....Paganism covers Wicca, Druid, Asatru; egads, i don't even know many of them. and i'm Wiccan, too...better get doing my homework, huh? and learn some more about my fellow Pagans? <g>
at any rate, what much of the Pagan religions have in common is, they focus on respect for Mama Nature, and/or are polytheistic, pantheistic, animistic.
anyway...thanks for asking!

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