El,
I want to preface this and future posts regarding this topic by saying...Please, do not at any time feel I am attacking you or your beliefs. I am asking/commenting because I am interested in learning more about it. My personal "style" is to basically say/ask what I feel which sometimes (often) is mistaken as argumentative, rude, or just plain bitchy. So, in advance, I apologize if I might happen to come across in this manner. Also, although I don't agree w/, buy into, or believe most of Catholicism, that is the only religion I have known and still find myself defending it at times. I know this is hypocritical, but old habits die hard (no pun intended...ya know nuns/habits
). All this being said, my first issue is.....Wicca vs. Pagan. It may be a symantics thing, but I would consider you a Wiccan rather that a Pagan. For some reason Pagan just sounds 'bad' to me. I asked my dad what a Pagan is once and he said "Pagans where those Roman bastards who piliged, raped, and plundered." He by no means is an expert, but like I noted before good old Webster says a Pagan has NO religion. You also said you consider yourself as having a religion, Wicca. So, am I correct or is there some "New-Pagan" who does 'believe' in some type of religion?