Can a witch be a skeptic? The simple answer is yes. People from many belief systems consider themselves to be skeptics. James Randi often tells a story about the great mathematician, skeptic and educator Martin Gardner believing in God. Probably in the deist sense, but still a belief in God. Hal Bidlack is another prominent skeptic who is also religious. There is no reason why Wiccans can not be skeptical as well.
I do have to admit that most of the Wicca I know or have met are what might be described as fantasy prone personalities. Even so if you do not grow up in such a family then such individuals have made a conscious decision either to switch away from or not join a more mainstream form of religion.
One of the books that may be of interest to such people is James Randi’s Flim Flam. I suggest this not because I think people who believe in Wicca are being conned or need to be de-converted. I have just seen the relief of someone who self de-converted.
Skepticism does not require the abandonment of religious beliefs. There is a reason why there are two interrelated blogs with suspiciously similar writing styles. Skepticism and atheism are different yet admittedly overlapping subjects. My experience is that many skeptics have some odd belief that they hang onto, be it homeopathy, ghosts, or God. So yes, you can be a witch skeptic or a Christian skeptic, or even a Muslim skeptic.
So what brought this up? One of the things WordPress will tell you is the search phrase people use to arrive on the blog. “Can a witch be a skeptic?” was how one person found their way to one of my posts. Probably the can you hang a real witch. “Christian skeptic” is another search term. For the paranoid, WordPress does not tell me who you are, just what search string was used or the site you came from. Did you know you drop breadcrumbs when you travel the net?
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