Is being Christian/Wiccan a contradiction?
(Links included for further reading) Whether or not being a Christian/Wiccan is a contradiction depends entirely upon whom you ask. Certainly, some members of both Christianity and Wicca will tell you that they are contridictory. As the predominant Christian dogma says that personal salvation through Jesus Christ is the only way to avoid hell, many Christians believe that Christianity offers you everything and nothing outside of that is “kosher.” I would expect that Wiccans are more open to the idea of blending, but that is my subjective opinion. Wiccans do tend to borrow and blend ideas from many belief systems (karma is an Asian concept). (Some Wiccans are open to blending ideas from all faiths EXCEPT Christianity and Islam.) Many, however, do not find the teachings of Christianity and Wicca at odds. I know two people who have successfully blended the two faiths. Both religions teach an indwelling of divinity – Wicca says the divine is in all of us, and Christianity says you receive
