Gah! My brain just hurt...
The definition of a pagan is a person who worships a partheon of gods instead of one God. So in the broad definition of it, I guess modern day witches fall under that category because they worship a male and female deity who control nature. But wiccans, which is the recognized name of the religion where the followers call themselves witches and warlocks, are not so much involved with them. You get some of the followers who jump all over the place, grabbing gods from different heritages and cultures rather willy nilly. You'll get some Roman ones, or Greek, with a dash of Celtic and Norse mythology thrown in there as well. The modern day version of witchcraft isn't really witchcraft as most people think of it any more anyways. If it's occultic and mythical, and just plain weird and cool, they'll snatch it up and start using it. I've only met one Wiccan who treated the religion with any real respect for the heritage of it and stuck to that, instead of just throwing every thing into one melting pot.
Druids, on the other hand, are strictly celtic in origin. England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland have all produced evidence of druidic activities in archeology digs. If you know someone calling themselves a druid and their using other gods from other mythologies, I wouldn't really listen to what their saying.
And just as you seem to think all Christians have their eyes closed and fingers in their ears, not every one whose is Wiccan or calls themselves Pagan are any more enlightened just because their not Christians.
The definition of a pagan is a person who worships a partheon of gods instead of one God. So in the broad definition of it, I guess modern day witches fall under that category because they worship a male and female deity who control nature. But wiccans, which is the recognized name of the religion where the followers call themselves witches and warlocks, are not so much involved with them. You get some of the followers who jump all over the place, grabbing gods from different heritages and cultures rather willy nilly. You'll get some Roman ones, or Greek, with a dash of Celtic and Norse mythology thrown in there as well. The modern day version of witchcraft isn't really witchcraft as most people think of it any more anyways. If it's occultic and mythical, and just plain weird and cool, they'll snatch it up and start using it. I've only met one Wiccan who treated the religion with any real respect for the heritage of it and stuck to that, instead of just throwing every thing into one melting pot.
Druids, on the other hand, are strictly celtic in origin. England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland have all produced evidence of druidic activities in archeology digs. If you know someone calling themselves a druid and their using other gods from other mythologies, I wouldn't really listen to what their saying.
And just as you seem to think all Christians have their eyes closed and fingers in their ears, not every one whose is Wiccan or calls themselves Pagan are any more enlightened just because their not Christians.
