Nowhere do I disagree. It's just that Wiccanism is so obviously contrived. I've been to several Wiccan covens and they are extremely peaceful events. This was reflected in their proceedings with the military as well. Go ahead, bury them under their preferred symbol, I just have a difficult time awarding it the reverence that they seem to think it merits.
While a seemingly minor point, in Kabbalist traditions it is the center of a “pentagram” (or, in older terms, “pentagon”), what we now call a pentagon that is of actual importance. Revealing central truths in an indirect manner represented a crucial aspect of the mystical experience. The star figure merely limns out the internal shape in an unbroken line. Images drawn with a single pen stroke were meant to convey timeless truths. The pentagon was one of the basic polygons.
Much as with Kepler’s nested polyhedral model of the geocentric solar system, these shapes conveyed — then important — attributes and properties that are now lost upon most modern scientific minds.
Note how in the above photo, the internal pentagon points downward. That is traditionally the direction of the evil. While encircling the pentagram is supposed to ward off malign forces, the star’s point should actually be directed downwards so that the internal pentagon, the real element of significance would have its tip point upwards toward good. While it might seem trivial, this nonetheless demonstrates how Wiccanism plays “cafeteria” with more ancient and better-grounded traditions (e.g., Kabbalism, numerology, geomancy). It is the sometimes arbitrary and often contrived nature of Wiccanism that fails to impress me. Should Wiccans fight for my country, I shall be proud to shake their hands for it. All I ask is that they not try to portray theirs as one of the ancient religions.