any pagans out here?? neo-pagans?? wiccans???

[jamyjamjr]

just wondering if i was the only one...

[JiGGaMaN]

you probably are.

[jamyjamjr]

yea, i would guess so... didn't hurt to try

[BuffedGuy]

Jamy, which one are you? Pagan? Neo-pagan? Or Wiccan?

And what's the difference between a pagan and a neo-pagan?

[WOLFCRAFT]

I'd probably be the closest you'd find to anything like that.
And I'm none of it.

[jamyjamjr]

Jamy, which one are you? Pagan? Neo-pagan? Or Wiccan?

And what's the difference between a pagan and a neo-pagan?

pagans follow an ancient, pre-christian/buddist/muslim/jewish, way of life..

neo-pagans and wiccans are one in one...

diff is, neo-pagans and wiccans tend to believe in a higher power, while ancient pagans do have a supernatural realm, they dont believe in a god or a goddess

neo-paganism started in the early 1900's while paganism has been around for thousands of years..

im pagan

[jbm]

So you don't have church?

[jamyjamjr]

So you don't have church?

no such thing.....

[jbm]

So I assume you don't pray also right?

[jamyjamjr]

nope... nothing to pray to.. we dont believe in god

[MuscleScience]

I thought all us Monotheist killed all you pagans thousands of years ago???

[jbm]

So you don't celebrate anything spiritual?

[TexSavant]

pagans follow an ancient, pre-christian/buddist/muslim/jewish, way of life..

neo-pagans and wiccans are one in one...

diff is, neo-pagans and wiccans tend to believe in a higher power, while ancient pagans do have a supernatural realm, they dont believe in a god or a goddess

neo-paganism started in the early 1900's while paganism has been around for thousands of years..

im pagan

Pagans dont have god's ??!!??!! Zeus, Jupiter,Thor, Odin, Venus, Athena, etc...

Pagan is a very broad term, not a specific religion.
It includes innumerable ancient cults, from the Cults of Mithras & Dionysus to the Cult of the Roman Emperor, as well as less synchretic and more structured belief systems such as were found in Northern & Celtic parts of Europe.

[MuscleScience]

Pagans dont have god's ??!!??!! Zeus, Jupiter,Thor, Odin, Venus, Athena, etc...

Thats what I was thinking

[TexSavant]

Oh and I dated a girl who identified as Wiccan. She always wore celtic medallions and such. Super down to earth & loved nature and the outdoors.She was a cool girl, played video games like halo & socom and liked girls too :-D But after a year or so we got on each others nerves alot (i.e. she actually bitched about me using gear) But the Wiccan-Catholic split never caused a problem. Which given the past 2,000 years of history, I find to be F*cking REMARKABLE.

[Dobie-BOY]

Pagans? Wiccans? I deleted my comment.

[jamyjamjr]

Pagans dont have god's ??!!??!! Zeus, Jupiter,Thor, Odin, Venus, Athena, etc...

Pagan is a very broad term, not a specific religion.
It includes innumerable ancient cults, from the Cults of Mithras & Dionysus to the Cult of the Roman Emperor, as well as less synchretic and more structured belief systems such as were found in Northern & Celtic parts of Europe.

agreed.. i was being more specific towards my own way of life... there are pagans that believe in gods, im a solitary practicioner... there's no one way of paganism

[jamyjamjr]

Oh and I dated a girl who identified as Wiccan. She always wore celtic medallions and such. Super down to earth & loved nature and the outdoors.She was a cool girl, played video games like halo & socom and liked girls too :-D But after a year or so we got on each others nerves alot (i.e. she actually bitched about me using gear) But the Wiccan-Catholic split never caused a problem. Which given the past 2,000 years of history, I find to be F*cking REMARKABLE.

pagans/wiccans are very accepting of other faiths

[jamyjamjr]

Pagans dont have god's ??!!??!! Zeus, Jupiter,Thor, Odin, Venus, Athena, etc...

Pagan is a very broad term, not a specific religion.
It includes innumerable ancient cults, from the Cults of Mithras & Dionysus to the Cult of the Roman Emperor, as well as less synchretic and more structured belief systems such as were found in Northern & Celtic parts of Europe.

u seem to be well versed?? how do you know so much?? phil major?? specializing in religion?

[jamyjamjr]

So you don't celebrate anything spiritual?

passing of the moon, seasons...

most christian holidays are based upon pagan ideologies that have been changed

[xlxBigSexyxlx]

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[Darksyde]

i dont celebrate christmas because it is a made up holiday, but i celebrate the winter solstice as it is an astrological event. millenia ago when the christian crusaders were conquering peoples and taking them over as slaves and assimilating them into their culture and belief systems, they would often take parts of their religions and roll them into christianity to make for more docile transition. if you do bible research you will learn the christ was actually supposed to be born in october sometime.

[xlxBigSexyxlx]

i dont celebrate christmas because it is a made up holiday, but i celebrate the winter solstice as it is an astrological event. millenia ago when the christian crusaders were conquering peoples and taking them over as slaves and assimilating them into their culture and belief systems, they would often take parts of their religions and roll them into christianity to make for more docile transition. if you do bible research you will learn the christ was actually supposed to be born in october sometime.

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[chicmagnet]

Bigsexy go lay down, sleep that shit off.

[chicmagnet]

The catholic belief is steeped in paganism ie idol worship (mother and son). Most of it stems from Babylon.

[Kale]

I am Bisexual, does that count ?

[xlxBigSexyxlx]

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[elaine]

Well I believe in buddhism. I believe in the passing and entering of new seasons... Your easter is my celebration of Spring and I dont pray I meditate. My kids are taught not to believe in some big dude in the sky but to believe in theirself.

[chicmagnet]

Well I believe in buddhism. I believe in the passing and entering of new seasons... Your easter is my celebration of Spring and I dont pray I meditate. My kids are taught not to believe in some big dude in the sky but to believe in theirself.

Good advice the mind is a powerful thing.

[Flagg]

Well I believe in buddhism. I believe in the passing and entering of new seasons... Your easter is my celebration of Spring and I dont pray I meditate. My kids are taught not to believe in some big dude in the sky but to believe in theirself.

You sound like you got a smart head on you. Because its been the Easter holidays ive had a chance to visit family and stuff. Anyways last weekend, my sisters to eldest girls, aged 8 and 9, have started asking questions on death and what happens when you die. My Mum chimes straight in with "oh you become a ghost and then go to heaven". I was pretty annoyed with that, so I had a word with them and told them that no one knows. And when they're a little older, they can make their own minds up.

[DSM4Life]

[chicmagnet]

^^^^^ is that the star of David.

[Matt]

I believe in tren ....

[chicmagnet]

Actually I worship myself. Hey I have a great body and I'm pretty, you all would too if you saw me. Trust me I'm god like.

[countrybhoy]

I GOT TO SAY i feel sorry for anyone that dosent believe in god . where did we come from . before anyone says the big bang or darwin thoery . darwin was a christian and also belived in god . he just couldnt or wouldnt accept the teaching of the adam and eve story ( a few stories in the old testement are just that stories to try help explain to us the way life started ). and true a few of our catholic hoildays are around pagan festivals . this was done to try and get the poor pagans to join the church make it easier for them .your know that when you die that ignorance is no defence when god is judging you . so when your standing in front of our lord after death tell him eh know what i dont believe in you .

[hellapimpin]

cool thread...

I was raised in christianity.and practice catholic. But i do believe in other concepts with other religions like buddhism

[Dobie-BOY]

I'm with ya countryboy. One thing I hate is to be judged by others though. So for that reason, as hard as it is sometimes, I judge no one. That's not our place anyway.

[countrybhoy]

i didnt mean to come like that m8 i wasnt judging anyone . i just find it hard not to believe in god . and ive tried i have had many a crieses of faith like when my mum got cancer . but we still prayed she came through it . noe im not saying our prayers cured her that would be silly but the help keep us as a tight family . and gave us hope

[RuhlFreak55]

passing of the moon, seasons...

most christian holidays are based upon pagan ideologies that have been changed

i can't think of one that's not...they stole all the pagan holidays to get more people into their conniving grasps....

i practiced druidism for a time...but the whole not eating meat thing....yea that didn't last long.

[RuhlFreak55]

^^^^^ is that the star of David.

it's called a pentagram......and it's a pagan symbol

and if i'm not mistaken a star of david has more points