Comments on: The Wiccan Rede http://got-wicca.org/witch-blog/the-wiccan-rede/ Wiccan/Pagan Blog & Information Site Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:54:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Thomas http://got-wicca.org/witch-blog/the-wiccan-rede/#comment-80 Thomas Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:38:11 +0000 http://got-wicca.org/?p=28#comment-80 I think the Rede is deceptive in its simplicity. What, exactly, does "harm none" mean? Does that include harm by words, harm for another's own good and tough love. Does that include the rare situation when you might have to harm one person to preserve another? Does it account for doing harm to another person to keep them from an as yet greater harm, tackling someone out from in front of a bus, for instance. Does it automatically include an imperative for action or can you harm someone by inaction? I think that's part of the beauty of the concept and the one of the greatest strengths of most Pagan concepts of morality, their brevity encourages exploration and contemplation. Dig the site. I think the Rede is deceptive in its simplicity. What, exactly, does “harm none” mean? Does that include harm by words, harm for another’s own good and tough love. Does that include the rare situation when you might have to harm one person to preserve another? Does it account for doing harm to another person to keep them from an as yet greater harm, tackling someone out from in front of a bus, for instance. Does it automatically include an imperative for action or can you harm someone by inaction?

I think that’s part of the beauty of the concept and the one of the greatest strengths of most Pagan concepts of morality, their brevity encourages exploration and contemplation.

Dig the site.

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