I realize this thread is not particularly recent - BUT - (and I have already had to get into this once this month so I am admittedly a little testy) so -BUT - correlating Wicca and Quija is not only past the base... It's clean out of the park. There is absolutely nothing harmful in the tenet's of Wicca anymore than the tenets of Christianity (just for comparison). Most might think this is a minor flub - but it is not. The practice of labeling any and all Spiritual Paths that fall under the Umbrella of Pagan - as evil or dark or against God or whatever -- stem's from a conditioning by the Church and a laziness in just accepting and not LOOKING at thing's yourself.
Just 2 weeks ago, a good friend of mine who is evangelistic and stationed in Okinawa e-mailed me a frantic letter saying she was being chased, stalked, and afraid -cursed by a 'Coven' of Wicca because of an argument with a co-worker. She was flat out TERRIFIED they were going to catch her and perform some kind of ritual of Satan and take her Soul. This may seem funny to some - but it isn't funny to a Christian who is firmly entrenched in the Hell Fire and Damnation, demon's and witches are they highest order of Satan's minions, teaching's of her chosen Church/Path. To her it was very very real. It took me several days and $200 dollars in phone calls to pull her back enough from the brink of the abyss --that we could work together on some Truths and weed out some False Assumptions -- and eventually get to the crux of what was ACTUALLY happening.
This kind of fear stem's from ignorance which stems from a lack of education/knowledge that is just unacceptable. Period. Wicca IS NOT Witch and Walk's in The Light. Some Witches Walk Light and some Dark - regardless they are completely different and individual Path's... Not even particularly close on the tree. Unless I missed something somewhere Wicca does not maintain Covens. So, Wicca was NOT going to drag her into the dark wood's of the Coven and sacrifice her to Satan. Again, unless I missed something and I doubt that - Wicca couldn't do this thing even if they did have Coven's - The first Tenet of Wicca is --- "And First Do No Harm".
In these day's of darkness descending... The Light can ill afford to turn away Warriors of The Light -- Sisters and Brothers in Spirit - on a technicality of 'they are different so not to be trusted'. We Will Stand Together, Side by Side, in The Light -- or we will perish. Period. Please Please Please Children - put away your blinder's and learn who Walks with you in Spirit. You can not afford to blanket yourself in fallacy and fairy tale's any longer. If we do this thing then maybe, just maybe... we can all Walk out the other side.