• doomcanoe@sh.itjust.works
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    12 hours ago

    That’s different from something like Judaism or Christianity whose views weren’t created by people with the intent of creating a faith.

    I would disagree with this on a couple levels.

    First off, we do have records of many faiths being created by compiling previously established beleifs. The Council of Trent compiling the cannonical faith of Catholic doctrine stands out as a great example.

    And even if a faith was intentionally created, why should that undermine the concept that its adherents could claim to be real members? Buddhism for example was cannonically an intentionally constructed belief system.

    I fail to see why a person who describes themselves as a Wiccan has any less right to choose their beliefs of their own accord, and then be counted as a real member of that group. Or alternatively, why a long standing faith system gets to be exempt.