"8 words the wiccan rede fulfil, an' it harm none do what ye will"
An' it harm none do what ye will.
If it doesn't harm anybody, do what it is that you set your Will to.
We'll break this down again.
An' it harm none. Old english way of saying "If it doesn't harm someone".
Do what ye will. This does not mean "do as you want" or "do what ever you like." It means Set your will to it and DO IT. Put everything you have behind it and follow through. No going back, no changing your mind, commit it to be done and be it done. This means you accept the consequences also.
An it harm none do what ye will.
If it doesn't harm someone then do it.
This does not mean if it harms someone you are forbidden, by the Rede, from doing it.
Don't believe me?
Let's break it down into logic then.
Killing people harms them.
If killing people harms someone then the Wiccan rede does not say do it.
An killing people harms none do what you will (being killing people).
Nope. That is not a prohibition against harming.
Still don't believe me?
Let's try it out in computer code. You can, if you want, open up notepad, paste the following code in, save it as "c:whatTheRedeSays.html" and set the file type to "all files" (if you're in windows). Then open up a new tab or window and type in c:whatTheRedeSays.html. You'll see the rede says nothing about committing harm.
type="text/javascript">
whatDoesTheRedeSay = function(anItHarmNone)
{
var whatTheRedeSays = "nothing";
if(anItHarmNone)
{
whatTheRedeSays = "do what ye will";
}
return whatTheRedeSays
}
seeWhatTheRedeSays = function()
{
var things = {"Clean my room":true, "Kill the Dalai Llama":false, "Start a bush fire":false}
for(var i in things)
{
document.body.innerHTML += (i+": "+whatDoesTheRedeSay(things[i])+"
")
}
}
What it actually returns is
Clean my room: do what ye will
Kill the Dalai Llama: nothing
Start a bush fire: nothing
"IF (a) THEN (b)" does NOT mean "IF NOT (a) THEN NOT (b)".
Thank you, rant over.
