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 Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 5:47 am
rmcdra belovedfury Since it is such a broad term encompassing many systems, it probably means something slightly different to each of us. Im curious, what does "pagan" mean to you? not Jewish, Christian, nor Islamic I'd say that myself, but nothing is special about their religion from others to separate them from other religions.
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Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 4:24 pm
Misses Brinks rmcdra belovedfury Since it is such a broad term encompassing many systems, it probably means something slightly different to each of us. Im curious, what does "pagan" mean to you? not Jewish, Christian, nor Islamic I'd say that myself, but nothing is special about their religion from others to separate them from other religions. Well, besides a couple other faiths that would also fall under the "not pagan" umbrella, they're the only religions that worship that god.
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:00 pm
A nature based grouping of belief systems that place reverance on natural phenomenon and historical practices. Paganism puts great weight on learning, rituals, and tolerance. And due to a rather shocking lack of written doctrine (Excluding the Wiccan Rede), it also allows for a wide spectrum of personal interpretation. As this forum displays perfectly. Lol.
I was Pagan/ Druid for 3 years. Now I consider myself to be a Unitarian Universalist.
I do not personally believe in magic, though I do believe in a life force that runs through all things. I also believe that meditation and other practices can help to connect you to the life force in other things.
I do not believe in spells, but I do believe in the power of the human spirit to accomplish great things through the honing of ones personal desires and inner stregnth.
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 5:02 pm
if u wana know read Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:36 pm
Plumsicle A nature based grouping of belief systems that place reverance on natural phenomenon and historical practices. Paganism puts great weight on learning, rituals, and tolerance. And due to a rather shocking lack of written doctrine (Excluding the Wiccan Rede), it also allows for a wide spectrum of personal interpretation. As this forum displays perfectly. Lol. I was Pagan/ Druid for 3 years. Now I consider myself to be a Unitarian Universalist. I do not personally believe in magic, though I do believe in a life force that runs through all things. I also believe that meditation and other practices can help to connect you to the life force in other things. I do not believe in spells, but I do believe in the power of the human spirit to accomplish great things through the honing of ones personal desires and inner stregnth. I'm kind of confused about what you are saying; are you implying that the Rede spans all Pagan religions? And what do you make of polytheistic faiths that are not nature-based? There is a good bit of written texts that are specific to the culture that spawned them and it is from these that a practitioner will draw their influence.
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:31 pm
Violet Song jat Shariff Plumsicle A nature based grouping of belief systems that place reverance on natural phenomenon and historical practices. Paganism puts great weight on learning, rituals, and tolerance. And due to a rather shocking lack of written doctrine (Excluding the Wiccan Rede), it also allows for a wide spectrum of personal interpretation. As this forum displays perfectly. Lol. I was Pagan/ Druid for 3 years. Now I consider myself to be a Unitarian Universalist. I do not personally believe in magic, though I do believe in a life force that runs through all things. I also believe that meditation and other practices can help to connect you to the life force in other things. I do not believe in spells, but I do believe in the power of the human spirit to accomplish great things through the honing of ones personal desires and inner stregnth. I'm kind of confused about what you are saying; are you implying that the Rede spans all Pagan religions? And what do you make of polytheistic faiths that are not nature-based? There is a good bit of written texts that are specific to the culture that spawned them and it is from these that a practitioner will draw their influence. Oh, no! ^^;; I was just saying that the only form of written doctrine that I was aware of in any of the sects of Paganism that wasn't nearly totally ambiguous was the Wiccan Rede. I wasn't implying that the Rede spanned over all forms of Paganism. Sorry for the confusion. And yes, I suppose there are some non-nature based sects, however I have have little to no knowlede to their personal practices as I only ever submitted to Druidism myself.
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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 12:01 am
Plumsicle Oh, no! ^^;; I was just saying that the only form of written doctrine that I was aware of in any of the sects of Paganism that wasn't nearly totally ambiguous was the Wiccan Rede. I wasn't implying that the Rede spanned over all forms of Paganism. Sorry for the confusion. And yes, I suppose there are some non-nature based sects, however I have have little to no knowlede to their personal practices as I only ever submitted to Druidism myself. What is druidism? "Religions", not "sects". I'd venture to say that while most Pagan religions respect or revere, if not nature, then elements of it or nature spirits, I'd hesitate to call the majority "nature-based". "Doctrine" means "a body of teachings". The Rede, as advice, doesn't really qualify... and apparently is quite ambiguous anyway, as some people see to think it means "harm none".
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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 1:34 am
Nines19 Misses Brinks rmcdra belovedfury Since it is such a broad term encompassing many systems, it probably means something slightly different to each of us. Im curious, what does "pagan" mean to you? not Jewish, Christian, nor Islamic I'd say that myself, but nothing is special about their religion from others to separate them from other religions. Well, besides a couple other faiths that would also fall under the "not pagan" umbrella, they're the only religions that worship that god. Oh alright fine. Pagan is any religion that does not have YHVH as the prime deity. Edit: I am ignorant of other religions that worship YHVH. Could someone share?
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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 1:45 am
rmcdra Oh alright fine. Pagan is any religion that does not have YHVH as the prime deity. Edit: I am ignorant of other religions that worship YHVH. Could someone share? Baha'i, I think. And I think there are some syncretic forms of Zoroastrianism or something.
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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 1:46 am
Sanguina Cruenta rmcdra Oh alright fine. Pagan is any religion that does not have YHVH as the prime deity. Edit: I am ignorant of other religions that worship YHVH. Could someone share? Baha'i, I think. And I think there are some syncretic forms of Zoroastrianism or something. Ah I forgot about Baha'i. I had thought Zoroastrianism too but I wasn't sure. I thought they had different Gods.
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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 5:35 pm
Plumsicle Violet Song jat Shariff Plumsicle A nature based grouping of belief systems that place reverance on natural phenomenon and historical practices. Paganism puts great weight on learning, rituals, and tolerance. And due to a rather shocking lack of written doctrine (Excluding the Wiccan Rede), it also allows for a wide spectrum of personal interpretation. As this forum displays perfectly. Lol. I was Pagan/ Druid for 3 years. Now I consider myself to be a Unitarian Universalist. I do not personally believe in magic, though I do believe in a life force that runs through all things. I also believe that meditation and other practices can help to connect you to the life force in other things. I do not believe in spells, but I do believe in the power of the human spirit to accomplish great things through the honing of ones personal desires and inner stregnth. I'm kind of confused about what you are saying; are you implying that the Rede spans all Pagan religions? And what do you make of polytheistic faiths that are not nature-based? There is a good bit of written texts that are specific to the culture that spawned them and it is from these that a practitioner will draw their influence. Oh, no! ^^;; I was just saying that the only form of written doctrine that I was aware of in any of the sects of Paganism that wasn't nearly totally ambiguous was the Wiccan Rede. I wasn't implying that the Rede spanned over all forms of Paganism. Sorry for the confusion. And yes, I suppose there are some non-nature based sects, however I have have little to no knowlede to their personal practices as I only ever submitted to Druidism myself. No worries! Thanks for clarifying and not being defensive about it wink . As Sanguina has (or will) point out, druidism isn't really a religion. It was a specific caste in Celt society that encompassed the roles of historian, scribe, architect, law-keeper, and a few others. Not to say that what you practiced under the title of druid wasn't valid or meaningful to you...it just simply wasn't what druids actually did or what the word actually means.
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Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 9:02 pm
rmcdra Sanguina Cruenta rmcdra Oh alright fine. Pagan is any religion that does not have YHVH as the prime deity. Edit: I am ignorant of other religions that worship YHVH. Could someone share? Baha'i, I think. And I think there are some syncretic forms of Zoroastrianism or something. Ah I forgot about Baha'i. I had thought Zoroastrianism too but I wasn't sure. I thought they had different Gods. I'm under the impression that (some forms of?) Rasta may, and you might have your random, non-religious YHWH worshipers out there.
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Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 9:35 pm
Nines19 rmcdra Sanguina Cruenta rmcdra Oh alright fine. Pagan is any religion that does not have YHVH as the prime deity. Edit: I am ignorant of other religions that worship YHVH. Could someone share? Baha'i, I think. And I think there are some syncretic forms of Zoroastrianism or something. Ah I forgot about Baha'i. I had thought Zoroastrianism too but I wasn't sure. I thought they had different Gods. I'm under the impression that (some forms of?) Rasta may, and you might have your random, non-religious YHWH worshipers out there. Thank you for enlightening me on that Nines19
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Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 12:00 am
I always forget about Rasta. xp It's in the wrong geographical place for me to remember about it xd
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 7:09 pm
pagan is technically any pre-Christian religion, except Judaism and Islam. This encompasses Egyptian, the Native American beliefs, and the Celtic religions.
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