I am writing about a Wicca website for my website review, and learning more about this religion has made me think about some new things. Wicca is arguably one of the oldest, or one of the newest religions. It is a rejuvenation of ancient, pre-Christian pagan beliefs, but it only appeared as "Wicca" in 1954. Today, Wicca is largely regarded as a "weird" religion; people mistake their practices for devil worshipping, and are confused or afraid of their "magick", spells and potions. Yet, in spite of the hardships in believing, Wicca has many faithful followers. It seems that all new religions go through this aggressive period. People look at the beliefs, so incredibly different from their own, and say "how could anyone believe that? It's nonsensical, it's impossible, it's just plain wrong." And some of the new religions do look a little ridiculous. Scientology, for example, ardently believe that aliens stuck to our bodies are the cause of many of our problems. However, in a time when, in Rome, religion consisted of many powerful Gods, each watching over a specific aspect of your life- how strange and cult like it must have seemed to suddenly have a group of people dedicating their lives to a man with no religious experience- a carpenter, nothing more! who is saying that none of the Roman Gods exist, there is only one God, and that he happens to be that Gods son? I would never believe it! All religion is nonsensical, because it requires a leap of faith. There has to be something amazing about it, or nothing will separate it from the hum drum of daily life. the only difference between Christianity and Wicca are what leaps of faith they make. talking to a big guy in the sky, hoping he'll help you out is just as "weird" as appealing to the spirit of the earth by using plant spirits to make helpful potions. And on Scientology...I don't know, maybe in a thousand years Ron Hubbard will be the new Jesus, and Isaac Hayes (the voice of Chef in South Park) will be one of his disciples.