I live in a world that the Christians have turned the word Witch into a bad name. I am scared to say in public or wear my pentacle out in public because I will most likely be jumped by a Christian who says that I am going to hell. My religious freedom is one of fear by Christians who used to burn my brothers and sisters for being who we are. What does being a Witch mean to me? My religion was considered the craft of the Wise. Many of us used to be advisers to kings and queens as well as healers with herbs.
Our knowledge was not evil, but one take on us is that we cast spells which must be evil. My God Pan was deemed the devil by Christians so even though I do not worship the concept of the Devil my God is subjected to being evil when the Pan is the Lord of the Wild in my Book. I worship Artemis as well as Brigit, and Selene.
My idea belief is even though I know my own Pagan ideas I do not force them upon others. I believe people should have the right to worship the way they want and find their own path because life is a journey of spirituality not a right to religion itself. Our ideas and beliefs within that journey is what makes our spirituality stronger as a learning tool to explain life itself.