What's the Deal With Wicca?: A Deeper Look into the Dark Side of Today's Witchcraft [Paperback]

Steve Russo (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2005

Countless teenagers--including some in the church--have embraced aspects of Wicca, a form of witchcraft with modern appeal, without realizing the spiritual peril to which they are opening themselves. In What's the Deal With Wicca? Steve Russo lays bare the spiritual roots of Wicca and exposes the deception inherent in the promises made by its practitioners. At the same time, he clarifies the teachings of Christianity and demonstrates that Christian faith and spirituality are the only true ways to address the very real needs in the lives of teenagers.

Editorial Reviews

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"Should shake up those of us who are too certain our good Christian kids could never be involved in witchcraft." -- Debbie W. Wilson, Christian Book Previews.com

"a valuable book...an appropriate title to give to a teenager who may be seeking spiritual fulfillment outside of Scripture." -- Challies.com

About the Author

Steve Russo is the author of ten books and numerous magazine articles. He is also the featured speaker on the music video TV show "24/SEVEN," host of the daily radio feature "Real Answers," and cohost of Focus on the Family's weekly teen talk radio show "Life on the Edge Live!" Steve makes his home in Southern California.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 15 and up
  
• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Bethany House; Reprinted edition (September 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764201360
• ISBN-13: 978-0764201363
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,612,477 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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111 of 136 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A terribly biased look at a beautiful earth based religion, November 17, 2005

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Rev. Marie (Rev. Marie Jones) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What's the Deal With Wicca?: A Deeper Look into the Dark Side of Today's Witchcraft (Paperback)

Obviously the author didn't do any direct research into Wicca, or he would have found out right away that true witches do not do dark magic, as they believe in the law of threefold, and that everything one does comes right back to the person doing it. Kind of like what Jesus said about DO UNTO OTHERS. This is clearly a biased right wing Christian author who wants to turn people away from a spiritual tradition that is far less violent than modern Christianity, and that is taking people away from traditional religions in droves because it is a beautiful, earth based tradition that honors women, children and all living things - something Christianity DOES NOT.

55 of 66 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Just some facts., April 2, 2006

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Kristy Drobny (Here) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What's the Deal With Wicca?: A Deeper Look into the Dark Side of Today's Witchcraft (Paperback)

1. Not all Wiccans are Witches. (Practice Wicthcraft)
2. Not all Witches are Wiccan. (Practice the Wiccan Religion)
3. We do NOT worship the devil, the devil is a Christian concept and has no place in Wicca.(Unless said Wiccan is also, Christian. Which is perfectly acceptable) Satanism is not a branch of Wicca for the same reason.
4. We have a "Do unto others" rule which extends to animals as well.
5. Wiccans practice tolerance. (Something many people should learn to practice themselves.)
6. We are an aultruistic religion.

There are so many other facts, and things that people should know about some religions before making decisions about a persons religion. As with any religion there are people that are associated with it that are less than desirable, but you can not judge a religion as a whole based on a few bad seeds. (i.e. Muslins, Christians, Catholics)I don't believe anyone should bash anyone elses religious beliefs, or badger them about the way they choose to believe. Do more research on any given religion before making any sort of determination about that relgion or subject. That means read more than one type of research material. If you want to find out something about anything, look outside of the box. Of course, if you read only materials against a topic all of your information will be negative. I am tired of people and their judgements based on one sided information. We are all people and we all deserve to be treated as such with all of the respect anyone of any race, creed, color, gender, or religious affiliation. By all means educate your children about different relgions, but do it in a manner to where you have all of the facts both pros and cons from many sources. Religion being a highly personal thing causes many debates, step back and let your children and others decide which religion is best for them. Never push any of your beliefs on others it doesn't help your cause and only makes the person to turn away more. For example my grandma used to litterally drag my mother to church every sunday, kicking and screaming. My mother practices no religion and is not very religious at all and she says it is because of her negative experiences being a christian. It's sad but it happens.

57 of 69 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Narrow-minded view of the world, October 17, 2005

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Ari - See all my reviews

This review is from: What's the Deal With Wicca?: A Deeper Look into the Dark Side of Today's Witchcraft (Paperback)

I found this book to be very narrow-minded and full of bogus information (I am being nice by using that word to describe what the book contains). This book IMHO, was written by someone who, rather than do research into the truth of alternate religious beliefs simply jumped on the bandwagon of religion bashing. I was raised Catholic, made my Holy Communion and attended Church every week, made my confession, the whole lot. Quite honestly, if I wrote a book on my problems with Catholicism than it would sound very similar to this book and make people afraid to be Catholic. That doesn't mean that ALL Catholics are bad people. The same could be said of those of "other" religious views. Note to all Christians--You are NOT the one people on this planet, and it IS OK for others to believe differently than you do. That does NOT make them "devil worshipers". I feel this book is a poison to the truth! If you want to "warn" your children about alternate beliefs, then EDUCATE them with REAL FACTS! We really don't need anymore religious bigotry in this world...come on people take your Saviors teachings to heart! In case you forgot-peace and love thy neighbor, not peace and love thy neighbor ONLY IF they think like I do.