My New Path

[Nada]

I hope no one here finds Charles Manson attractive or fascinating.Lol..

 

[Thana]

Those of you who have been on the forum the last few days are aware that I have lost my belief in the god of monotheism. I think my faith in that department was weak for a good while, but I kept trying to cling to it.

I've called myself atheist, but if I can be honest- I'm not sure I'm comfortable with it. I never saw myself being atheist, and in many ways I still don't. I especially find Pantheism attractive, and believe it or not- polytheism.

The gods and myths of the ancients hold fascination for me, and always did. I also find Hinduism somewhat appealing.

Well to cut to it, one of the deities I've always admired is Athena. I admire others like Poseidon and Hera too in the Greek pantheon.

I've felt kind of lost or in-transit since leaving Gnosticism. I have also found the discussions with pagans on this forum thought-provoking.

I keep a statue of Athena in my room because I've always admired her in a mostly mythological way. It occurred to me looking at her statue: why couldn't I try being devoted to her and see where it takes me?

I've decided to give her the chance and place I've given the monotheistic god most of my life.

I'm not sure my faith in her is logical, but I know faith isn't meant to be. Faith really is something else.

Here's the short of it: I take
Athena, great goddess of
wisdom and strategy as my patron, wherever it may lead.

I've always felt that a religion shouldn't be something you like or something that interests you, It should just be something that's either true or not. Real or not.
But.. I suppose you have to start somewhere to search for the truth.

Good Luck, I hope you find what you're looking for

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

I hope no one here finds Charles Manson attractive or fascinating.Lol..

I do. I have a few t-shirts with him on them, too. Cults and the bizarre in general are great interests of mine.

 

[Gnostic Seeker]

I hope no one here finds Charles Manson attractive or fascinating.Lol..

I already explained too that not everything about this path I'm choosing is necessarily attractive. The gods challenge ideals I hold about people, but deep down know are mostly unrealistic. The gods are about what needs to be done, fanciful ideals be darned, and I'm trusting they will teach me what they deem I should learn.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

I've always felt that religion shouldn't be something you like or something that interests you, It should just be something that's either true or not. Real or not.
But.. I suppose you have to start somewhere to search for the truth.

What is real or true for one person may not be real or true for all. Not all of us are searching for some "ultimate truth", whatever that would be, anyway. If something doesn't spiritually call to you and ignite the fires within, why bother with it.

 

[Gnostic Seeker]

I am not coming to Athena with the arrogance that my way is her way, and that the gods will always see eye to eye with me. Athena isn't a convenient goddess. She asks a lot of most people, as when she encouraged Odysseus to go to Troy.

 

[Nada]

I do. I have a few t-shirts with him on them, too. Cults and the bizarre in general are great interests of mine.

I purposely said it knowing someone like you or others would respond.Lol..

 

[Nada]

I am not coming to Athena with the arrogance that my way is her way, and that the gods will always see eye to eye with me. Athena isn't a convenient goddess. She asks a lot of most people, as when she encouraged Odysseus to go to Troy.

I used to watch this as a kid.It had Greek gods in it.

 

[dgirl1986]

I am an atheist but I am totally in love with the stories and personifications of the greek gods. Even though I ditched paganism I still have a picture of Artemis up in my house.

 

[The Sum of Awe]

Well, there is a clear difference between polytheism and atheism. Only you know what your beliefs are, and so you should not let others label you, if you need to label it.

There's also magical uses of gods used by atheists.

 

[Renji]

Goodluck with your search of faith, GS.