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 Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 3:39 pm
Sorry, guilty of the Mormon thing as well. I'll refer to the church as LDS from now on. smile
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Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2004 8:15 pm
ok I may have missed this but just out of curiosity whats' the difference between LDS and Mormonism?
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Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2004 9:03 pm
to just add my 2cents to what every other wiccan has already said, Yeah...I've been asked the whole "do you worship satan?" thing, and it pisses me off, but I try to calmly explain what wicca is and IS NOT...but I also wanna pose a question to other wiccans and pagans...paganism is a very wide umbrella...so if one is refered to as a witch, does that offend you? Cuz I hate that word, i mean, its ok, but it bothers me when i have to use it to get it through some ppls thick skulls, cuz of how ppl react to the word. I get sick of ppl thinking i can make ppl like them and zap ppl they hate..grrrr stressed ..or im beginning to rant and about to go offtopic so i'll leave it at that...ttfn....
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Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 1:43 am
Neo_Merlin ok I may have missed this but just out of curiosity whats' the difference between LDS and Mormonism? Absolutely nothing. Mormonism was a term taken fromt he fact that a book of scipture called the Book of Mormon is one of the standard works of the Church. It was used derisively for about century, and then we reached now where it is common place and no one knows that there is a difference. As to the witch thing. I just know that witch is derived from wicce, which if I remember right, meant wise one. I still would rather it not used, but when nessicary, I hear my friends use it to describe themselves...
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Man-Hungry Conversationalist
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Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 2:16 pm
A Murder of Angels One word that I can't stand though it the word "warlock". I believe it's a gaelic word (not sure on this). It means "arrogant one" or "rude one". How the term came to mean male witch, I will never know, but you will never find me calling myself a warlock. xp Actually, the term Warlock means "traitorous one", and is generally considered a highly offensive term. That's one thing that betrayed the unlearned-ness of the writers of Buffy. Xander claimed, at one point, to be a "man-witch". Then he looked over at Willow, and she whispered "warlock", correcting him. Pfft. No one as serious as Willow was supposed to be about Wicca would have said that. Yes, I'm a dr0k. If you don't know this yet, leave. Now.
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Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 4:04 pm
Naeryn A Murder of Angels One word that I can't stand though it the word "warlock". I believe it's a gaelic word (not sure on this). It means "arrogant one" or "rude one". How the term came to mean male witch, I will never know, but you will never find me calling myself a warlock. xp Actually, the term Warlock means "traitorous one", and is generally considered a highly offensive term. That's one thing that betrayed the unlearned-ness of the writers of Buffy. Xander claimed, at one point, to be a "man-witch". Then he looked over at Willow, and she whispered "warlock", correcting him. Pfft. No one as serious as Willow was supposed to be about Wicca would have said that. Yes, I'm a dr0k. If you don't know this yet, leave. Now.Generally, witch is a term that disregards gender isn't it? I'm pretty sure the word derrives from wicce which means 'wise one' or something to that effect.
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Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 7:49 pm
Tora Hikari Naeryn A Murder of Angels One word that I can't stand though it the word "warlock". I believe it's a gaelic word (not sure on this). It means "arrogant one" or "rude one". How the term came to mean male witch, I will never know, but you will never find me calling myself a warlock. xp Actually, the term Warlock means "traitorous one", and is generally considered a highly offensive term. That's one thing that betrayed the unlearned-ness of the writers of Buffy. Xander claimed, at one point, to be a "man-witch". Then he looked over at Willow, and she whispered "warlock", correcting him. Pfft. No one as serious as Willow was supposed to be about Wicca would have said that. Yes, I'm a dr0k. If you don't know this yet, leave. Now.Generally, witch is a term that disregards gender isn't it? I'm pretty sure the word derrives from wicce which means 'wise one' or something to that effect. Yeah, I knew Warlock meant something along those lines... And yes, today the word witch disreguards gender. It derived from wice which is a feminine term. The masculine term was wica. They both meant the same thing ("wise one", just as you said/)
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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 9:14 am
A Murder of Angels And yes, today the word witch disreguards gender. It derived from wice which is a feminine term. The masculine term was wica. They both meant the same thing ("wise one", just as you said/) I am enlightened, thank you.
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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 11:33 am
I just can't get over "man-witch". I thought it was funny, because we had just seen the "manwich" episode of That 70's Show... the correlation was uncanny.
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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:47 pm
Naeryn I just can't get over "man-witch". I thought it was funny, because we had just seen the "manwich" episode of That 70's Show... the correlation was uncanny. I guess that would be humorous. And I've seen that episode of Buffy and I remember laughing at it. ((Long before I was decidely pagan...))
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Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 8:57 am
Raniya I know it's not very common anymore but before people used to call the followers of Islam: Mohammadenism. I mean, we Muslims may love our Prophet (pbuh), we will give our life for him but we don't worship the prophet. If there was such a fool who worshipped Muhammad (pbuh) then he's definately in error and he wouldn't be considered following Islam. The followers of Islam are called Muslims. I'm very glad it's known now, moreso than before. smile arent you a part of MUG too? +extends hand out+ fellow muslim here
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Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 1:42 pm
Naeryn A Murder of Angels One word that I can't stand though it the word "warlock". I believe it's a gaelic word (not sure on this). It means "arrogant one" or "rude one". How the term came to mean male witch, I will never know, but you will never find me calling myself a warlock. xp Actually, the term Warlock means "traitorous one", and is generally considered a highly offensive term. That's one thing that betrayed the unlearned-ness of the writers of Buffy. Xander claimed, at one point, to be a "man-witch". Then he looked over at Willow, and she whispered "warlock", correcting him. Pfft. No one as serious as Willow was supposed to be about Wicca would have said that. Yes, I'm a dr0k. If you don't know this yet, leave. Now.Warlock actually has two meanings, some think it means oathbreaker, others say that it is the male form of witch. I forget what language it is derived from though.
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Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:45 am
I finally found what the translations of the word warlock, here they are, from a thread in the PFRC (Pagan Fluffy Rehabilitation Center) Sinister Kung Fu Several theories. Warlock is suposedly the Scottish word for "oath-breaker". Also, it may come from the hypothetical (unattested) Old English w沭loga,(literally "man of the logs" after those who cast runes) , or it may come from the (fully-attested) Old Norse Vard-lokkur, "caller of spirits".
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Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 3:26 pm
chaoticpuppet I finally found what the translations of the word warlock, here they are, from a thread in the PFRC (Pagan Fluffy Rehabilitation Center) Sinister Kung Fu Several theories. Warlock is suposedly the Scottish word for "oath-breaker". Also, it may come from the hypothetical (unattested) Old English w沭loga,(literally "man of the logs" after those who cast runes) , or it may come from the (fully-attested) Old Norse Vard-lokkur, "caller of spirits". I felt I've should have know the scottish meaning being scottish and all and I know a wiccan who is so serious about it after meeting a ton of them. And white wiccan is a no no because there is no such thing as a white wiccan
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Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 3:40 pm
DrathBlue chaoticpuppet I finally found what the translations of the word warlock, here they are, from a thread in the PFRC (Pagan Fluffy Rehabilitation Center) Sinister Kung Fu Several theories. Warlock is suposedly the Scottish word for "oath-breaker". Also, it may come from the hypothetical (unattested) Old English w沭loga,(literally "man of the logs" after those who cast runes) , or it may come from the (fully-attested) Old Norse Vard-lokkur, "caller of spirits". I felt I've should have know the scottish meaning being scottish and all and I know a wiccan who is so serious about it after meeting a ton of them. And white wiccan is a no no because there is no such thing as a white wiccan Yes, that's something that irritates me. "white magic" and "black magic" are figments of the imagination - magic in and of itself has no alignment and has no color. It simply IS. If you use magic in a negative way, you ain't no Wiccan.
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