by Cill Airne » Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:06 pm
by Phocidaea » Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:10 pm
by Cill Airne » Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:24 pm
Phocidaea wrote:I intend no offense, but what is it that draws people to these religions? You weren't raised in these traditions (I'm assuming), and I doubt anyone proselytized to you about them, so what beliefs do they have that draw you to them on your own accord?
by Glen Ifhrinn » Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:27 pm
Phocidaea wrote:I intend no offense, but what is it that draws people to these religions? You weren't raised in these traditions (I'm assuming), and I doubt anyone proselytized to you about them, so what beliefs do they have that draw you to them on your own accord?
by Phocidaea » Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:29 pm
Glen Ifhrinn wrote:Phocidaea wrote:I intend no offense, but what is it that draws people to these religions? You weren't raised in these traditions (I'm assuming), and I doubt anyone proselytized to you about them, so what beliefs do they have that draw you to them on your own accord?
I was raised a Druid, my parents were involved in the movement in the 60's and 70's (my parents were nearing 50 when I was born). But even with this, I would have found Druidry, its just home.
My husband, H-Alba, converted to Druidry (before meeting me). He said it is because he just felt comfortable in the pagan world, with druidry being closest to his belief.
by Ora Amaris » Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:29 pm
by Dralonia » Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:30 pm
by The USOT » Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:38 pm
by Phocidaea » Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:40 pm
by Cill Airne » Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:47 pm
The USOT wrote:Directly at the OP, there were a few things I am interested in.
1) Are you purely celtic/druidic? Or a Celtic Wiccan?
2) You said you did some celtic practices as a child without realising? What were these?
3) When you spoke about spirits in the trees, do you beleive you actually saw them/experienced them in a physical manner?
by Glen Ifhrinn » Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:51 pm
Phocidaea wrote:Glen Ifhrinn wrote:I was raised a Druid, my parents were involved in the movement in the 60's and 70's (my parents were nearing 50 when I was born). But even with this, I would have found Druidry, its just home.
My husband, H-Alba, converted to Druidry (before meeting me). He said it is because he just felt comfortable in the pagan world, with druidry being closest to his belief.
Oh, really? I mean, I know some people must have been raised in these religions, but followers of them are just so rare (and so recent) that I didn't really expect to find a second-generation follower here.
by Ashlak » Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:53 pm
by Dralonia » Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:55 pm
Phocidaea wrote:My other question: why are these religions so disproportionately popular on the internet? The gap between actual ratios of pagans in the world and the ratio of paganists on the internet makes the disproportionate amount of atheists on the internet look downright representative of reality.
by Cill Airne » Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:00 pm
Phocidaea wrote:My other question: why are these religions so disproportionately popular on the internet? The gap between actual ratios of pagans in the world and the ratio of paganists on the internet makes the disproportionate amount of atheists on the internet look downright representative of reality.
by Faolinn » Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:05 pm
by Ostroeuropa » Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:07 pm
by Cill Airne » Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:14 pm
Ostroeuropa wrote:A friend once framed it this way for me.
Deism is to monotheism
as
Pantheism is to paganism.
Would you all agree with that?
FOR CLARIFICATION:
A lot of monotheistic religions start from the Deist premise (god created the universe) and then add a bunch of stuff specific to their religion.
Pagan religions contend the universe (or parts of it) are god (Pantheism), and then add a bunch of stuff specific to their religion.
by Phocidaea » Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:15 pm
Dralonia wrote:Phocidaea wrote:My other question: why are these religions so disproportionately popular on the internet? The gap between actual ratios of pagans in the world and the ratio of paganists on the internet makes the disproportionate amount of atheists on the internet look downright representative of reality.
I don't really think it is that disproportionate, I know quite a few pagans outside of the internet. Most are just rather quiet about it in society due to the negative views associated with pagans.
by The USOT » Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:17 pm
Cill Airne wrote:
I. I am not a Celtic Wiccan, I am very much so a Druid with quite a few Celtic Reconstructionist influences. I was not introduced to any other pagan path until I was around 16, a few years after I had started practicing my path.
II. I mention them in the OP, the "games" I play as a child, and my belief in the spirits, &c.
III. Yes, I certainly do believe that the spirits, deities, and Sí that I believe in are real in a physical sense.
by Cill Airne » Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:20 pm
Phocidaea wrote:Dralonia wrote:
I don't really think it is that disproportionate, I know quite a few pagans outside of the internet. Most are just rather quiet about it in society due to the negative views associated with pagans.
I've never, ever, met someone who said they were a pagan, or any non-mainstream religion ("mainstream" here referring to "Hindu/Buddhist/Christian/Jew/Muslim/Atheist"), in real life. But I've met a lot of internet users calling themselves pagans, satanists, some obscure old religion, or pretty much any other obscure faith you can think of. I'm just not sure why.
by Dralonia » Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:21 pm
Phocidaea wrote:Dralonia wrote:
I don't really think it is that disproportionate, I know quite a few pagans outside of the internet. Most are just rather quiet about it in society due to the negative views associated with pagans.
I've never, ever, met someone who said they were a pagan, or any non-mainstream religion ("mainstream" here referring to "Hindu/Buddhist/Christian/Jew/Muslim/Atheist"), in real life. But I've met a lot of internet users calling themselves pagans, satanists, some obscure old religion, or pretty much any other obscure faith you can think of. I'm just not sure why.
by Cill Airne » Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:23 pm
The USOT wrote:Cill Airne wrote:
I. I am not a Celtic Wiccan, I am very much so a Druid with quite a few Celtic Reconstructionist influences. I was not introduced to any other pagan path until I was around 16, a few years after I had started practicing my path.
II. I mention them in the OP, the "games" I play as a child, and my belief in the spirits, &c.
III. Yes, I certainly do believe that the spirits, deities, and Sí that I believe in are real in a physical sense.
I should perhaps have better clarified. You said that you played games, but what were these games?
by Vazeckta » Tue Oct 02, 2012 7:52 pm
by Acrainia » Tue Oct 02, 2012 8:23 pm
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