Comments on: (Pagan) News of Note

By: Steve B

Steve B — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:24:00 +0000

I didn’t mean to bash the women herself there, I suspect it’s the reporting.

And looking at the tv slot, she says “God and Goddess” and seems very reasonable, so I’m guessing a lot of the above came from the newspaper and not her.

Video clip on this page:

http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/news/s/1054460_shop_or_temple__witch_is_it

By: Steve B

Steve B — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:02:00 +0000

I’m more concerned about the claim that Wicca was in England before Christianity, why they choose to meet every sunday, which group she belonged to in 1963, what Wiccan clergy look like, and what a Wiccan christening is. (A naming day? I’m fairly sure it doesn’t involve introducing anyone to Christ).

Oh, and I want to know what a Lordess is and who worships it. That was a new one on me.

By: Robin Edgar

Robin Edgar — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:26:00 +0000

"A lot of the Christian holidays including Christmas were adopted from the Pagan calendar and it was the first religion in Britain."

Pagans might want to remind people that most of the days of the week are named after pagan gods. Woden's Day is one of my favorites for some reason.

By: Steve B

Steve B — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:24:00 +0000

Oh dear. The story on the UK temple goes quickly downhill:
-------
Sandra, 61, of Bridgehall, said: "I feel discriminated against and that the Government has insulted my religion. There is an enormous Wiccan community and our congregation is bigger than many ‘normal’ churches. We see ourselves as one big extended family.

A lot of the Christian holidays including Christmas were adopted from the Pagan calendar and it was the first religion in Britain. It would have been the first Wiccan temple in the UK so we are all gutted. We want to be recognised as a legitimate religion, I won’t give up."

She says not only do members prey to the Lord and Lordess - who they view as supreme beings - but the congregation meets every Sunday to do so and is even setting up a Sunday school for children.

If temple status was given Sandra, a Wiccan for 45 years, plans to become part of the religion’s clergy within a year and then preside over funerals, christenings and hand fastings (weddings).