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There are WAY too many Internet Wiccans out there.
Definition of Internet Wiccan: A teenager [xD Ironic that I am one] that receives a chain letter from some friend talking about Wicca [OmG guyz! gess wut? i found the kewlest religin evr! Its called wicca! u can do NEthng you want and kast magik! Jst reed Silver Ravenwolf's book!!!11one!!], who then goes out and buys said Silver Ravenwolf book and declares themself Wiccan.
i did read a silver book when i first started learning.
i think i threw it away. in any case its gone now.
i went and got the spiral dance, it was recommended.
and since then read a lot more.
i think i did go through that "i r wiccan listen to me' phase for like two weeks. but that was like every other phase. it disappeared.Yeah, we've got one too many of those.
See, I think this is the problem: No one WANTS to pay attention to the fakes. Those who do get fed up after a while, lose their temper, and are discredited. O___o Its a vicious cycle.
Sure, there are legit Neo-Wiccans out there who follow their religion based off of what they know of Wicca, but they're still not Wiccan. They cannot call themselves Wiccan unless they are over 18 and initiated in a lineaged coven. Some respect that rule, and others fight it! Why?
I dont understand why they NEED to have the title Wiccan. They dont even understand the religion's secrets if they are not initiated. Yes, some of them understand this, and call themselves Neo-Wiccan. Good for them, but what about the other trillion of them throwing fits?
What is SO hard about just calling yourself a Neo-Wiccan??? [Or Eclectic neo-pagan, better yet]
i dont call myself anything anymore, i just correct all the itty bits on the web saying "i can turn my teacher into jello fear me!" those ones are just psycho though...As for the rude correctors:
What if you were a Wiccan in a lineaged in a coven; you've studied hard to be where you are, and then you hear about some kids picking up a book, then declaring themselves Wiccan??
I'd be pissed, too. ><;
Also, as Violet just stated, if you'd been drilling in peoples' heads for a while that internet Wicca is not, in fact, Wicca, and saw the message STILL hadnt been spreading, you'd get snappy after awhile.
Not only that, most of the time they have to argue for awhile to finally make the person understand their misconception of Wicca. And often those being corrected arent all so willing to give up their internet Wicca.
So I think the rudeness is justified. [Well, in some cases, there's exceptions xD]
no, being rude is just fun.Plus, the amount of eclectic "wiccans" VASTLY outnumbers the amount of real Wiccans. It'd be hard for them to just out them.
>.<;; Especially because if you were a teenager eager to cast "magik", you'd rather listen to the neo-pagan person telling you that you can be Wiccan and do so rather than to the real Wiccan telling you of all the hardships you'd have to face to join the Wiccan ranks.
><;; Sorry for the rant. I've had friends before that were "Wiccan" and its so aggravating to explain over and over again that Internet Wicca just isnt Wicca.
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