Here's the letter:
A CHRISTIAN SPEAKS
ON THE FAITH AND PATH OF WICCA
by James Clement Taylor
I am a Christian and not a Wiccan. A Christian is
one who has been baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit, and who has made a personal, free-will decision to commit
himself and all his or her life to our Lord and God and Savior, Jesus
Christ. Both of these things are true of me. Although I am a Greek
Orthodox Christian, in this paper I am not speaking as agent for any
church but am, entirely on my own responsibility, speaking the truth
in love, as we Christians are supposed to do.
A Situation of Strife and Shame:
"Assuredly I say to you, I have not found
such great faith, not even in Israel! And I say
to you that many will come from east and west, and
sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. But the sons of
the kingdom will be cast out into
outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing
of teeth." (Matthew 8:10-12)
"For if you forgive men their trespasses,
your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
But if you do not forgive men their trespasses,
neither will your Father forgive your
trespasses." (Matthew 6:14-15)
"For with what judgment you judge, you will
be judged; and with the same measure you
use, it will be measured back to you."
(Matthew 7:2)
"But go and learn what this means: `I desire
mercy and not sacrifice.'"
(Matthew 9:13)
"Therefore be merciful, just as your Father
also is merciful. Judge not, and you
shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall
not be condemned. Forgive,
and you will be forgiven." (cf. Luke
6:36-38)
"He has shown you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But to do justly,
To love mercy,
And to walk humbly with your God?"
(Micah 6:8)
Where, in any of
this, does it say what doctrines one is to believe, or whose
teachings concerning reality one must accept? All these things speak
on how one ACTS, how one lives one's life, the kind of person one's
actions gradually bring into being.
Yet it is not by good works that we earn our way
into heaven, because there is no way we can earn the free gift of
God's mercy and grace, which alone can save us. But it is clear that
it is not by faith, in the sense of sharing the Christian faith, that
we are saved, either. The faith which saves us is not faith in the
goodness of our works, nor faith that we have the right theology
and/or belong to the right church. Rather, it is faith in God, and
in His mercy:
"So then it is not of him who wills, nor of
him who runs, but of God who has mercy."
(Romans 9:16)
But the Wiccans, you will say, do not have faith in
God. Yet by their own theology, they certainly do. Those who call
them Satan-worshippers are entirely wrong. They do not worship
Satan, or even believe that Satan exists. Instead, they worship a
Goddess and a God whom they understand as manifestations of a higher
and unknown Deity.
"Then Paul stood in the midst of the
Areopagus and said, ‘Men of Athens, I
perceive that in all things you are very
religious; for as I was passing through
and considering the objects of your worship, I
even found an altar with this
inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, the
One whom you
worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you’"
(Acts 17:22-23)
The Wiccans worship the Unknown God, as manifested
to them in the form of a Goddess and a God. Therefore, our Bible
tells us they worship the same God we do; and if they do not know
this, we should know it!
(1 John 4:1).
Let us, from this point onward, repent of our misdeeds
and declare that henceforth we shall obey Christ our God, and not
judge others or condemn them, so that He will not have to judge and
condemn us for our sins.
Z
F O S
E
Light & Life,
James
Clement Taylor
Registered Copy
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