Because it is likely that people with similar beliefs to ours would've been killed as Witches by Christians in the past, many Wiccans have animosity toward Christians. However, our occassional persecution in the modern age has led to a kind of uneasy alliance with other oft-defamed groups. Like those groups, we must learn to never forget what has happened, but not blame those that are not responsible for it.

In UEW, we have something called The Affirmation of Acknowledgement. It affirms our belief that any one member of a Faith cannot be held responsible for the actions of that entire faith. It would be ill- advised, for example, to hold all Christians accountable for the Spanish Inquisition. This does not mean that the Faith as a whole is off the hook. Christianity caused the destructive events of its past and cannot just ignore that, or act like it never happened-very little of Christian dogma has changed since people were lead to the pyre or noose for being difference, unliked, or unlucky. Regardless of their need to examine what in their faith allowed such actions in the past, Modern Christians are responsible for Christianity now and that responsibility means they can't just say Christians who they dislike are not Christians, or otherwise dodge the bullet. As they take responsibility for the parts of their faith that lead some into destructive tendencies, we must not look at one or two people who were Christians and condemn all Christians just because of the BAD Christians. Hitler, Koresh and Jones were all Christians, but not all Christians are them. (I chose to mention Christianity because that is the chief source of the ignorance that attacks modern Wicca, but we would react to any similar histories the same way.)

The Affirmation of Acknowledgment:

I: I acknowledge the presence of other faiths* on my planet, indeed, right here in my city/town/village. I acknowledge that the followers of these faiths feel as strongly, maybe more so, than I do about mine.

II: I forgive the other faiths and wipe clean the slate between us. I cannot hold a person responsible for the acts of their faith, I cannot hold a faith at fault for individual practitioners. It is not my place to convert, or otherwise alter a person's religion. I invite discussion of beliefs without judgment of those holding them.

III: I acknowledge that I may be wrong, and I have found comfort in the fact that I may be right.

*The word "faith" is used here as opposed to Religion. A Faith is a non-specific religion or religious Philosophy, like Christianity. Religions within the Christian Faith include Catholicism, Fundamentalism, Protestantism, Vineyard Christianity and more.

Of Course, UEW charges all religions to uphold the AofA and often refuses to hold discourse with those who will not.