No matter the behaviour which the community wishes to refuse to accept, the in- dividual will not be 'punished' or told that they may not continue to behave in their chosen way. Even in oath bound traditions, oaths are taken freely and as freely adhered to or broken. This is it, this is all there is for anyone, make the most of it. Again, no predestin- ation, no fatalism, no 'heaven' or 'hell', this is not a prelude. Secondly, no congregation, no group, no church, no polity has any more importance and certainly far less immediacy than the in- dividual as the believer and the definer of what is believe.
Faith is lived within the individual, as an individual.
It allows me to compare WW to other faiths such as Christianity, Shinto, Islam, etc. It allows me to talk about beliefs and practices without getting mired in the specificity of traditions. It also allows me to speak of Gardenarians and Dianics in the same breath. I was asked what defined WW relative to other Pagans and to nature based faiths such as Shinto. I was also asked what distinction I made between Pagan, Wicca and Witchcraft.