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Originally posted by Ubie
Wicca is a Neo-pagan belief system based on the structures and practices of the many older pagan beliefs that were used before the crusades. However, (supposedly) all of the records, most of the practitioners, and all artifacts were destroyed during the crusades.
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Convenient.
As I said, it is attempting to assume the mantle of antiquity in an attempt at credibility. I would personally think that simple honesty would be a better tactic. If everyone thinks the religion is new, and one of the major arguments deriding said religion is that it claims age that it does not possess, why not just tell the truth and thus remove the argument?
I can personally respect a faith that is constructed with reverence to the past but no pertinent and direct connection to it. It is the spiritual heir of Paganists long passed. That's cool. This hokum about all records, artifacts, and such being lost sounds trite and ludicrous to me. The idea that it is a purely oral tradition and thus undocumented is equally bunk as we have detailed accounts of innumerable oral traditions.
Tell the truth, it's easier, sheesh.