Paganism has become nothing but a byword for atheists with tarot cards. Every year the “community” seeks to remove anything resembling any kind of meaningful identity that justifies its existence
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21 Friday May 2021
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yet again, why so many of us now prefer the term “polytheist.”. It should be synonymous but when you have Playgans advocating for removing the Gods from every fucking thing because you know, devotion is *inconvenient*, it becomes a polluted term.
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I don’t use the term either but the people that do seem to be deadset on removing any kind of meaningful quality that at least makes sense. I mean, shit, now they want to NOT go outside? I never thought I’d see the day…
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Reblogged this on Thesseli.
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I suspect this is a natural part of the growth process for religions and I strongly suspect that at least some Gods have factored it into Their plans.
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Well, if the plan is to let those of us who actually want to make something of these religions know which people to avoid then it’s working beautifully. I don’t want to talk to any of these people!
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For some traditions, that may indeed be the plan- especially for mystery religions. For more traditions They I tend to be more public, I think it’s something else entirely:
https://hearthingstone.org/in-defense-of-cosplaygans/
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That should’ve read “For traditions They intend to be more public”. I think I need some sleep. 🙂
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See, I’m reading your post and I think we’re commenting on different kinds of people. I acknowledge that the average joe historically probably didn’t go as far as we do now in regards to devotion and did little things here and there. That’s one thing. It’s a complete other thing to walk into someone’s space, complain that people are talking about worshipping the Gods all the time, and then try to argue against worshipping the Gods (all while still claiming to be of that religion). This is an extreme example but lighter versions of these sentiments are too common. In your essay, you talk about how rabbis in Judaism do a lot of heavy lifting and a lot of people do cultural things here and there. I think we’d all take umbrage with someone claiming to be religiously Jewish in any degree while also saying that practicing actual Judaism is a waste of time. If we aren’t worshipping the Gods and in fact are trying to make arguments against doing so then we’ve lost our way. Doubly so if we want to erase the socio-cultural touchstones that people based those arguments on in the first place as being justification for disregarding the Gods!
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Yeah, I’d lump the evangelical atheist infiltrators in with the hypothetical drunken “Viking” hat guy who needed to be forcibly ejected. Nobody needs that kind of negativity in their life!
On the other hand, there are an awful lot of folks quietly sitting on the atheism fence because of our sick overculture. I think many of them subconsciously want real spiritual connections but recoil from such because of past trauma. In many cases, this may manifest as shallowness and an overemphasis on token things and enjoyment.
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I definitely agree that the overculture is involved. In fact, I’ve seen it with my own two eyes. Look at any regular atheist and how they talk about all religion as if it was American Christianity or Islam
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