Ok, I've been visiting Fairmoon's blog http://fairmoon.tblog.com" title="http://fairmoon.tblog.com" target="_blank"http://fairmoon.tblog.com for some time now and through that and our conversations I have learned much about Wicca and Witches.  I have come to respect Fairmoon's ideas and her attempts to create an interfaith dialogue.  She has been struggling with the contentions between Christianity and Wicca and it would seem has been called "evil" in that process of conversation.  So, I thought it good to write a few words on that topic.

As a Christian, I believe certain things to be true.  I believe that the God of the Bible is the creator and savior of the world (in the person of Jesus the Christ).  I also believe that I have a personal relationship with God (through the person of the Holy Spirit).  I believe that if I give Jesus my life, then my eternity will be one of worshipping God the Father (we call that "heaven").  With that said, I also believe that sin (or evil if you want to refer to it that way) is anything we do apart from God.  We were created to have a relationship with God, and so we "sin" by doing things outside of that relationship.  When we enter into a relationship with God (many Christians refer to that as being "saved") God changes us.  I can't fully describe how, but he does.  That does not mean that we will no longer do things apart from God (sin), just that we are much more aware of it and want it less and less based on our relationship with God. 

So you may wonder how this has anything to do with Fairmoon and her struggle for interfaith dialogue.  I respect Fairmoon, but I will disagree with her on some things.  This is one of those things: Doing good does not make one good or ensure any type of eternal reward or pleasant afterlife.  We may do good things and do them apart from God.  Now, that does not mean that followers of Christ are not instructed to do good.  It means that doing good apart from God is still sin.  We may impact our world in incredibly positive ways, but if it is done apart from God, we have sinned.  If we are to follow God, we must accept God's will and God's method to accomplish his will. 

Now, I know that sounds harsh, and some of my critics and even some of my friends might say that I am being narrow-minded.  But I'm not forcing this belief on anyone.  I also know that if I refer to a sinner, I am also talking about myself.  I'm no better that any other person.  I follow Christ as best as I know how.  I'll tell you about that if you ask of if I feel God telling me to share my faith with you.  Otherwise, we can talk about all kinds of things.  We may disagree (even on these important issues) but that does not minimize you or your worth in my book.  So I hope that though we disagree, Fairmoon, I, and others may continue to dialogue about what we believe and how we live.