Is this a good moment for the Descartes joke?
"I think not." said Descartes and disappeared in a puff of logic.
Re: that ancient Christianity was a cult because they had to hide: I think the definition should be that the secrecy is actually chosen by the members and not put upon them by society. Otherwise, you'd have any congregation that's been prosecuted in their "lifetime" pop in and out of cult status, making that distinction pretty pointless.
There are other, more valid reasons for seeing Christianity as a cult, IMHO.
Re: nobody caring about people being a witch
I have a gut feeling that is just a "communications knot". When people hear witch, they think of witches as in Grimm's fables or B-Movies, where they're set up to be evil antagonists. I guess that's why the term Wiccan is so much more popular these days. It makes it harder to mix up, and has more the image of someone in sync with nature (and other things, but that was the one that stayed with me as my main appreciation of them).
So, I'd say: Many people probably still care about *witches* simply because what that word exemplifies to them, but that doesn't extend to *Wiccans*, and thus not to any of the practicing people that care about it today.
The only people I've met who claimed they were witches seemed to be out more for shock value and attention than practicing a religion, while what few Wiccans I've met seemed pretty okay people. I'd doubt anybody would object to having them in the neighborhood.
Hi. Thought I'd supply a Catholic joke, just to get the funny stuff outta the way ;-)
In a small, rural church, a cardinal comes to visit and is shocked to see that the priest and his house-maid are sleeping in the same bed, only separated by a narrow board of wood.
Cardinal: But what if carnal pleasures overcome you?!
Priest: Then we just remove the board.
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