Paganism reference??!?!?!?! (OT)
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Paganism reference??!?!?!?! (OT)
| Thu, 04-22-2004 - 4:25pm |
I have been curioUs about it for along time..and my cousin is studying it in some special learning thing or another in college..I didnt even know they offered that kind of thing in school?!?!?!(WOULD IT BE CONSIDERED A RELIGION???)
Anyways I was wondering if anyone knows of any good books to introduce it be it fiction or non I am just curious about the whole Pagan culture . TIA and sorry so off topic but I dont know where to look and I am among friends here so...:)


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I find Wicca extremely interesting and have no problem with people who refer to themselves as witches (or warlocks, even though 'warlock' sounds SO silly)as long as they are serious and not 'playing'witch. The Wiccan (white witchcraft) religion is an earth religion and has nothing to do with sacrificing babies or ritual sacrifices and I go bananas when people freak out about witchcraft. I like to ask them, how is it any different than Native American rituals and customs/ceremonies ? Being Scottish AND Chreokee, I like to argue for both sides ;)
I have a few Marilyn Manson Cd's at home because I like a bit of his music. His image is for entertainment, and while I concede that he is a BIT freaky, he doesn't offend me at all. That being said, he loves to get people riled up. I used to work in a bookstore and we had his biography out on display, and some woman just LOST HER $H*T and went on a rant about how he eats fetuses (not true) and performs fellatio on stage (and that makes you a bad person?)and all I said to her when she came fuming up to the counter to complain, is "Your reaction is PRECISELY the reaction he attempts to illicit form people and get their attention and rattle their cage. Now please take your tantrum outside until you can behave like an adult." Hey, everyone is entitled to an opinion and/or a tantrum, but not in public, please.
What REALLY tans my hide are the religous cults that deny medical attention for their children when they are in obvious need and attempt to 'pray' the illness away.
Anyway, I'm gonna shut up before I irritate someone, as this is a weight loss board, and I can take my religious debate somewhere else I suppose !
Bye bye for now...getting sleepy here at work....very slooooow...
AMy
LOL! Amy! I too, am a recovering Catholic!
Deb 270/228/145ish (updated 4/19/04. Next weigh-in: 6/1/04)
If need be I will state my faith when asked but me staying away from this one.
I, also, am always up for a healthy religious debate, if anyone is ever interested. And hey- I saw someone mention a pagan board here on iV... I saw one on the big list, but it wasn't what I was looking for. And many of the religion boards seem to resemble ghost towns for the most part. If anyone knows of a good forum for religious discussion, I'd be appreciative! :)
Thanks again,
Tina
Pagan boards on ivillage I think are listed on ivillage network.Pagan Paths and Wiccan Ways are the two I am familiar with,but I only post on Wiccan Ways since that seems to get a bit more used.
Bren
Is Paganism and Wiccan the same thing?
I think if everyone respected each others beliefs more there wouldn’t be such problems amongst the people that make up this world…..
that’s my thoughts…..
I have read what I can get my hands on about the jewish faith. Jews have some kick ass views on some things like hell and the devil. Ill chat with you about it at the club.
Yes, all Wiccans are pagan, but not all pagans are wiccan. Just as all baptist are christain but not all christians are baptisit.
Im very suprised about how informed you all are. When my family seen pagan books in my house they went ape sheet. That was around christmas time and they are just now getting around to listening to me explaine about yule, beltane etc and how the chruch adopted the time frames and themes from these holidays. Im not sure if they have accepted it or not, but it seems to make sense to them.
I will be the last person (I hope I know myself that well) to say someone's belief is wrong. I will say it is wrong for me, but I can't tell someone else what to believe. If I do argue a point of religion please keep in mind that Im stating why it is wrong for me, or fact from history that helped to shape the way I believe.
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