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This is a wicked cool idea. Thanks for the info

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WOW! What a great site. As a teen I was involved with the occult and this is truly a site that brings Light into the darkness.
God bless and protect you in this work.
See you in heaven.
Love in Christ, Dirkie, Denmark

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Q: I'm sorry if you've already answered this question and I didn't see it but, Can you be a Christian and a Wiccan? I really want to be a wiccan but I'm afraid to go to hell!  Please help me!!

A: Being a true Christian, means being a follower of Christ and his teachings. It means you have put your faith in Him, His love and payment for our sins on the Cross.  Being a Wiccan means you don't "believe" in God or Satan - but in the natural spirituality of things.

Can you CALL yourself a "christian" and be a Wiccan?  Sadly, MANY people call themselves "christian" but you'd never know it to look at their lives.  Really, though, these two beliefs are strongly against each other - Wiccans can't be Christians, nor can Christians be a Wiccan.

The Good News is that you don't need to be afraid of going to hell, anymore. Christ paid the price for all our sins on the cross, and if you will receive the love and forgiveness He offers freely, you can have Eternal Life (John 3:16) and Abundant Life (John 10:10)!

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hey i am new to your weg site so i think it is really cool!!!:)
marrea

I'm so glad you found it, and enjoy it!

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Uh yeah, I've gone from Christian, to Wiccan, and I love it. I have no problem with Christians, or any other type of people. However, I would appreciate it if you wouldn't put down the Wiccan religion... Your religion isn't the only religion, and to think that is ignorant and annoying.

Actually, you obviously DO have a problem with anyone who dares to be TRUE to the Christian faith - who you call "ignorant" & "annoying".  But then God has a BIG problem with false religions like Wicca...  Which is why I build this web site.

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Thank you so much for creating this site. Tell Shalieka I said Hiya!!!
Brandi

You're welcome, and I will!

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Here's a new one...

Some people never, ever learn... Of course narrowminded [sic] people don't want to learn. They think they know everything already. Rather than just telling you the truths about your "facts" which you choose to ignore because you fear the truth, im [sic] merely going to endulge [sic] you in a little quiz. where you can answer all these questions correctly without your religious claptrap then you can dare to slander another faith:

I'd just like to point out, that I don't slander anyone on this site, but I do GET slandered often just for making this web site and sharing the fact that I put my faith in Jesus Christ.  I can take it, I'm just saying...

I don't think I've "slandered" Wicca, either.  I have only shared my growing problems with it - and how I came to see the truth.

I'm going to answer your questions VERY shortly.  I CAN write several long answers , but I can't make you read or believe any of MY words - let alone GOD'S Word.  And THAT is the obvious problem here.  Sadly, you're "facts' are a series of false assumptions, misstatements and/or errors in your references.

"Some people never, ever learn... Of course narrowminded people don't want to learn. They think they know everything already."

This IS TRUE... but we ALL can be guilty of this. Please consider my answers with an open mind.

1. God said "An eye for an eye" in the old testament, and Jesus said turnt he other cheek in the new testament. How can Jesus be the messiah when he preaches the dirrect [sic] contrast to the God he represents?

To flip it around, God was accused by Jonah for ALWAYS being more interested in forgiving than punishing - and he was talking about a wicked, Godless country!  And Christ threw out money changers in the Temple with a whip!!  This turns the tables again, doesn't it.  Actually, its just a case of using different approaches to different problems.

Another way to look at it:
Sometime ago, I told someone I HATED spaghetti, yet today it's my favorite meal. Am I an IMPOSTER of me?  No...

In CONTEXT,  I was saying I hated ordering and eating spaghetti in restaurants, but I DO love eating my mom's spaghetti.

As with ANY book, newspaper article, etc., it's EASY to create an ILLUSION of contradiction with only snippets of phrases and comments.   Specifically, Christ DID talk about the "eye-for-an-eye" statement and He (and later the Apostle Paul) talked in depth on that seeming contradiction.  It's one of those DEEP THINGS long theological discussions are good at!

2.the messiah was sent from heaven to save the jews from the romans. christ never lived up to the prophecies.

The "Messiah" was promised early in the book of Genesis - and He was going to pay the price of sin to restore the broken relationship between God and man.  So, obviously "Rome" had nothing to do with it at all.

However, historically - Jews continued to hope for a "messiah" each time they were enslaved by whatever nation. In despair, they created the additional belief that the messiah would come to free them from political oppression.  While God DID send many men to do this in their history,  this was NOT part of God's prophecy for Christ, the messiah.  The Messiah was going to free them (and us) from the slavery to sin, not a government.

Christians took over the roman empire and oppressed the jews under their own god. This was a major act of blasphemy and also shows Jesus wasnt God's choosen one.

I'm scratching my head on this one.  The Roman government spent its last days killing Christians - it wasn't converted to Christianity.  And the term "blasphemy" isn't one you can just redefine as you go - it can only be defined by God.  However, what some people did in the name of "christ" in England's catholic church days... is reprehensible.

To be fair, this only points to the fact that the catholic church wasn't following Christ's teaching (as you referenced earlier, he taught peace).  In truth, the Catholic church was acting like the self-righteous religious leaders that Christ condemned again and again.

3. If the Hebrew god created the first humans, who whorshipped [sic] him, how come we know that people lived before the xian creation and there are religions thousands of years older than the concept of the one true god.

Ummm... How can there be people living before creation?  That comment shows a lack of any serious analytical thinking.  According to the Bible, God always existed - and after Creation, man worshipped Him only.

Not surprisingly, it's the Bible that records the beginning of other religions and false gods.  NO other book or reference has been proven to be older, more authentic or accurate than the Bible.  Because of that, I'll take the Bible's version of history any day.

4.If god is all good, all knowing and all seeing, why is there evil in the world. either he doesnt know and hence isnt all seeing; cant do anything, and hence isnt all powerful; or wont do anything and hence isnt all good.

Again, you are at a disadvantage for not even cracking the cover and reading even the first few pages of the Bible.  The "why's" are explained in the first few pages of the book of Genesis. There is evil and sin in the world because God created us with freewill and loves us enough to give us the precious FREEDOM of choice - sadly, we chose sin.

End of story?  No... What He DID about it is was make the ULTIMATE sacrifice and give His Son to die on the cross for OUR sin.

5. Why do christians preach tolerence, yet show none?

Well... since you belittled me and my beliefs, and not the other way around, I really can't answer this question.  I can't prove a negative.

Are some people who call themselves Christians NOT following the teachings of Christ?  Yes.  Does this disprove the need of Christ's love and forgiveness in the world?  No...  It does, however, show why Christ was always angry with "religious" people so much.

This is why I don't like the term "Christian".  These days it refers to a political party or flavor of music, NOT the teachings of Christ!  Today, a Christian is someone you have to avoid, and treat a certain way.

I'd rather be a "follower of Christ" - which means *I* have to treat *YOU* a certain way - and you can look at the teachings of Christ to see how I'm doing.

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6. If xianity is right, why are the number of christians dropping faster than ever recorded and the number of wiccans doubling every 2 years?

Hmmm... I've never seen anything like those statistics - but let's go ahead and pretend your comment is true.

In the history of video recording equipment, it is well known that the Betamax format was FAR superior to VHS - yet we KNOW which became popular.   Do you seriously believe that what is right is always popular? 

...neither do I. :(

7. If God believes that forgiveness is unconditional, why is his forgiveness conditional?

We give presents to people every year for Birthdays, Christmas, etc.  They don't work for them, don't pay for them, or wrap them up.  We do all the work to purchase gifts and present them in as nice a package as possible.  All THEY have to do is to accept... or not. 

That is not a condition, it's just a personal decision they get to make. Would you FORCE them take the gift?   I doubt you would.

 Salvation in Christ is the same thing... it's a free gift.  We all have to decide what to do with it.  Accept it, or reject it, it's our choice.

I dont think you will put this on your site, as you wouldnt want the truth to get out. So atleast have the courage to write back to me privately. Im sure your god will give you all the answers to my questions.

I enjoyed your letter, and God did give me answers in the usual way - by my using what I've learned from studying the Bible He provided.  :)