robtex
Veteran Member
Sabio, do you really spend a portion of your time serving God by looking to bring down other faiths? That is very saddening. In response to your qoute,
On your second point...I am ignorant about wicca and sexuality but sexual ethics sounds good. I think the chrisitan paradigm of suppressing sexulality has done them more harm them good culturally. It is not one of those issues that goes away if you try to suppress it or pray it away. seems wiser to address it and manage it.
On your first implication....that could be an intersting thread on its own. If moral autonomy is a aspect of paganism than good for them. There stock just went up in my book if that is true. Why would you openly discourage anyone from thinking through their own code or morality? I got to go but I am gonna look at this and make a thread on it later.Sabio said:.
Two ethical implications of Wicca seem to make the religion particularly appealing to teens. First, Wicca advocates moral autonomy as opposed to accountability to the God of the Bible. Secondly, and following closely on the heels of the first, Wicca celebrates sexual licentiousness. For example, in her book "Philosophy of Wicca," Wicca devotee Amber Laine Fisher plainly states the implications of goddess worship for sexual ethics:
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On your second point...I am ignorant about wicca and sexuality but sexual ethics sounds good. I think the chrisitan paradigm of suppressing sexulality has done them more harm them good culturally. It is not one of those issues that goes away if you try to suppress it or pray it away. seems wiser to address it and manage it.