sorry i didnt see this before i posted my own thread on virtually the same subject.. Interesting things to consider.. I cant really give my own advice as I am sorta struggling with it myself.
I consider myself pagan.. my meaning of pagan doesnt really have anything to do with gods, or the...
oh.. right.. sorry bout that!
I did laugh when I read the "people like you" but then i got nervous.. being new and all, I dont want to **** someone off right away!
:p Ithink you are joking, but just to clarify, I meant people who have the same interests.. even if different viewpoints or ideas..
Someone has already gotten their nickers in a twist over what I said, so i just want to make sure everyone knows what I meant.
Well, when one is a member of a forum, thats indicative that you want to discuss something. If you dont want to discuss something, by all means, keep quiet.
when you are raised to beleive that each person has a personal relationship with god, its hard to make that disconnect. Just like any sort of brainwashing, its not easy to let go of the guilts that we feel, because he knows all and hears all>... we were taught that God would know every single...
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I havent read the rest of this thread, but I just wanted to say that even though I am quite certain there is no God, I love what you said... It sounds weird, but thats a lovely thougth process...
It just doesnt make any sense to me that some people never question.. To me, there are two types of people.. there is type a: they never question their beleifs.. a trait i used to find enviable, but have sense gotten over. They never examine what they are told, or why.. they just accept it...
i have considered that.. I could be I guess.. I just really dont think there is a god.. I just dont really know how to let go of 28 years of "he is watching me..." even as a pagan, I still had to contend with that.
Long story short, I have been a practicing pagan for about 12 years now, but am slowly starting to realize that maybe I am an atheist.. I just dont beleive in a "Divine Force" of any sort..
It was my love of the earth that led me to paganism.. i just felt an affinity for nature, for the cycle...
Hi, this is my first real post, aside from the intro. So hi :) Sorry if its in the wrong section.. feel free to boot it where ever it goes.
When I was a teenager, I slowly began to realize that what I was learning through church just wasnt cutting it (baptist-nondenomational). I started to...
and while we may or may not have anything in common, we are people who love to discuss it none the less! :yes: I love to talk about politics, religion, science, and everything in between, but I have noticed many people dont, so I set out to find folks who do. and here I am
I am married, with...