I'm a Birdbrain

[Elspode]

Originally posted by LUVBUGZ


Els......remember this post I made? I mispoke here. I was thinking about "idols", but said "deities" instead. Hence, I asked what they symbolize to you. In Catholism, I think "God" is our deity, but idolatry is a sin. I still don't think Catholics consider the Saints as deities, more like I said before that they pay homage to them. I guess they 'worship' them, but they do not idolize them, but I may be incorrect in using the term 'worship'. I think I'm getting caught up in a semantics thing, but I do know for sure that IDOLS are NO,NO's. So, do Wiccans have idols that they worship? And, if so what do they symbolize to them?

Wiccans worship lots of idols...in my own coven, we pretty much use any god or goddess from any pantheon which suits our immediate need. I wouldn't term what we do as worship in the Christian sense. We are respectful to the icons when we ask for their participation, but since we aren't concerned about these deities/idols/etc screwing up our eternal souls, we don't worship in the normal sense. Our deities are a part of us, and we of them.

Does that answer your question? BTW, we have a spiffy collection of graven images in our coven room. I'll have to post a pic of them...