BellaOnline Forums Religion and Spirituality Wicca Do we need a list of wiccan rules?

In a word, no.

I think that is one of the things that makes Wicca so great is that there aren't any dogmatic rules. Which means that people in positions of power can't change and use the "rules" to their advantage. It is about people finding their own spirituality their own way.

I don't call myself a Wiccan, as I don't follow all of the technicalities that make one. But, as a Pagan, I still hold by my argument....

Totally agree.... Wicca is a Spiritual Path that is different for each person who follows it. The Rede is enough, anything more and it becomes dogmatic instead of dynamic.

So, if there are no rules can wiccans do something like human sacrifice? I mean, if there are no rules what are the limits?

An ye harm none; do as ye will

Go Robin!

lol....sorry it just tickled me that that was the first apposing agruement made... please continue.....

Well, it is true. I suppose human sacrifice would be Ok, if you had a willing participant. That would probably be pretty hard to come by though...

I've never had anyone attack me on this, but from reading other people's postings it does seem that a lot of people think of Pagans as being hedonistic. "If it feels good, do it" as opposed to the actual Rede. Not quite the same meaning...

Very interesting, now if one wanted to get very technical "human sacrifice" can mean alot of things, or I guess I should say in my mind it can

The Wiccan Rede is/are the rules..........If you can read that and still want to sacrifice someone....well....

Harming something/one is a perspective thing. Everytime you breathe, you are killing millions of microbes. Do we quit living to appease bacteria? Everytime we walk we are killing thousands of invertebrate creatures, yet do we quit walking to save these creatures?

Everything we do ends up harming someone or something. If a sacrifice is done for the right reasons, and the sacrificee willingly and knowingly gives him/herself over for that purpose, I say that the Rede isn't necessarily broken...

Any other thoughts? I don't practice any sort of sacrifice, but I think this post brings up an interesting rhetorical question...