I'm a Christian Wiccan and here is why.

What I do differently as a queer Trinitarian Wiccan compared to when I was “just a regular Christian”!

What is Trinitarian Wicca?

Trinitarian Wicca is a tradition within the Wiccan religion that blends Wicca and Christianity. It’s also called Christian Wicca, because we’re following Christ but in a “Wiccan way”, which means we see the gospel and Bible a bit differently than “regular Christians” and often interpret it more metaphorically. We also live by the Wiccan Rede and combine Wiccan beliefs with Christian beliefs.

An example of that is that we see the trinity as the God, the Goddess, and the Child (Jesus) – all together called Elohim, which is the word explaining God in the Hebrew Bible. This interpretation of the trinity is more logical to me since both the divine feminine and masculine are required for it to be complete, in my opinion. Traditional Christianity doesn’t recognize the divine feminine in the same way, although it is evident in the Bible!

I will talk more about the Bible and the divine feminine in a future post, though! This is just an introduction.

1. Work with the “inside the group” and “out in the secular world balance…

I’ve always thought that living and spending time just with others who believe the exact same things as you is weird. Before, when I was a traditional Christian, I mostly had friends from the church. Now I have friends from all walks of life and of all faiths (or lack thereof), and that feels so much richer to me.

I’ve never wanted to be in an echo chamber. I’ve always wanted to be with people who are different than me. As long as they don’t hurt me with their actions or values, I don’t really care if they have the same spiritual beliefs. I actually care more about people having similar values (like being LGBTQ affirming, pro-choice, caring about human rights, etc.) than what they believe in their own religion. Because it’s the results of their values that impact our friendship and this society!

I try to have a balance between people “inside the group” who are like-minded spiritually, and people “outside the group” who have different ways of seeing things. Both are cherished and important to me.

2. Boundaries regarding love and intimacy?

I have certain boundaries regarding intimacy, but not through a “Christian” framework! For example, I won’t send nudes, like, ever, not even to my partner. I won’t have sex outside of a relationship either. However, I don’t “save” myself for marriage even though I’m looking forward to marrying my partner! So yes, we do have sex even though we’re not married yet!

The reason I won’t wait to have sex until marriage is that I don’t believe it’s a moral decision most of the time. I don’t believe it should be a biblical thing, since virginity is an ancient misogynistic way of seeing female sexuality, and virginity is also just a social construct that should be buried in ancient history!

However, sex is beautiful, and I don’t want, personally, to share it with someone I don’t have a romantic and established relationship with.

And also, I don’t think queer sex is a sin. All love is valid, and God is for all love that involves two consenting adults!

My partner and I are both assigned female at birth, so naturally, I’m a Queer-affirming religious person. I wish everyone could see what I see between my partner and me every day! How genuine love is between queer folks! It’s not all about sex, although it’s part of it, just as for heterosexuals.

I love my partner so much and want nothing to ever change!

An article about how Adam and Eve wasn’t really married will be available to read soon as well!

3. Enjoying spiritual and religious literature – in a balanced way!

I have a passion for spiritual and witchy literature, and I also enjoy studying the Bible. It’s not something I’m forced to do; it’s a genuine interest. I know I won’t “offend” God if I don’t do it often enough! That’s why I’m so confident in doing it.

Sure, I was raised Christian, but I wasn’t raised by forcing it down my throat or by shaming me if I didn’t live by a certain “standard”. My parents are very progressive as well as having a strong faith! It’s not an either-or situation.

However, I do try to read fiction sometimes. And other books that are not just spiritual or witchy books. It’s good to take yourself out of your main focus sometimes and combine it with other things! It’s important to just read and relax and not tab or annotate everything!

4. Rituals and habits

I try to do daily magick. Having a daily spiritual routine. I didn’t have that before when I was “just Christian”. It has made me a more spiritual and better person to adapt my Christianity to Wicca!

I do rituals regularly or just researching new magick. I love my life more now than I did before.

5. “Sharing the Gospel”

I don’t believe in converting people, and I don’t talk about my religion with agnostics or atheists unless it comes up in a conversation or they want to hear about it or ask me a question.

I think that’s mainly a Wiccan concept. We don’t believe in sharing the religion since it’s a religion that people are supposed to come to themselves, without an outside force or something similar. If you find the religion without being consciously converted by someone, it’s a sign it’s for you!

But also, it’s not Christlike to force religion on someone. Free will was in the Bible. So to me, it makes sense to be cautious with sharing the gospel.

6. No longer trying to make sense of bad teachings!

Since I learned about the Bible and have learned to distinguish between historical context and the actual metaphorical meanings, it makes so much more sense to read the Bible and rest in it.

I’m no longer okay with people trying to convince me or others that homosexuality is wrong because it’s “said in the Bible,” because I know the deeper meaning and the issues with those verses! Actually, I’m actively against “Christians” who hate on people and use the BIble as a weapon.

If it’s something that takes God’s name in vain, it’s reading the Bible like the Devil itself and using it to take people’s rights away and to cause suffering in the world. That is my belief!

7. No longer accept suffering!

No, God doesn’t want you to suffer to “teach you” something! Not everything has a meaning like that. Some things that happen are just useless things that shouldn’t have happened! I firmly believe that as a survivor of domestic violence, rape, childhood abuse, and neglect… I don’t believe a God (or a Goddess) would be that cruel, to teach us a lesson by letting us get hurt.

I left that belief when I adjusted my Christianity to the Wiccan belief system and became a Christian Wiccan!

Conclusion

So what is the conclusion? Am I saying that the Trinitarian Wiccan belief system is better than traditional Christianity? In one way, yes! Otherwise, I wouldn’t have converted. But in one way, I also admit that not all people are comfortable with, or interested in, Wicca, and they still are good people. In that case, I like progressive Christianity more since most progressive Christians are more rational and affirm LGBTQ love, are pro-choice, and overall just better people! And yes, I’m going to label people as better when they have better opinions. Because it’s a question of right and wrong at this point!

Religion is a choice!

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Trix