If you are pagan

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Anonymous wrote:My coworker is a lapsed-Catholic turned heathen who worships the old Norse gods. His morals/ethics are very liberal. He meets like-minded people through LARP games and on the Internet, but mostly does solitary practice. He says there isn't much to do beyond sacrifices and he doesn't do those.

A former coworker is a Wiccan and I was shocked how many covens there are in this area. Now I feel like I spot gatherings a few times a year. She said she avoids them, especially if they have male members, because she hates drama. She worships the old Celtic gods and does solitary practice.

What strange, sad lives you describe.

NP. It's no different, and no more weird than the rituals and mythologies believed by "modern" religions.

It is completely and absolutely different. This statement says to me that you know nothing about the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Stop being dramatic. Despite what you believe there is no "right" religion. I'm a practicing catholic who attended catholic school most of my life and I'm aware enough to know that religion is a function of humans and who knows what, if any, true religion exists. We just function on faith and it is extremely hypocritical to believe my religion is somehow "better" or "more right" than someone else's religion.

I'm not being dramatic, I'm being factual. Jesus said, "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life." How is it "hypocritical" to know that is correct? Do you even know what the word "hypocritical" means?

My ex also told me he was the way, the truth and the life. I filed a restraining order. I guess to each his own.

Did your ex perform miracles in front of thousands of people? Did/ does his life fulfill prophecies that were written thousands of years before his time?

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I recently found out that an old friend from college now worships the Egyptian goddesses, especially Sekhmet. She's white and has no Egyptian or Middle Eastern roots that I know of, but I guess people are called to whatever spirituality they are called to.

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Anonymous wrote:My coworker is a lapsed-Catholic turned heathen who worships the old Norse gods. His morals/ethics are very liberal. He meets like-minded people through LARP games and on the Internet, but mostly does solitary practice. He says there isn't much to do beyond sacrifices and he doesn't do those.

A former coworker is a Wiccan and I was shocked how many covens there are in this area. Now I feel like I spot gatherings a few times a year. She said she avoids them, especially if they have male members, because she hates drama. She worships the old Celtic gods and does solitary practice.

What strange, sad lives you describe.

NP. It's no different, and no more weird than the rituals and mythologies believed by "modern" religions.

It is completely and absolutely different. This statement says to me that you know nothing about the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Stop being dramatic. Despite what you believe there is no "right" religion. I'm a practicing catholic who attended catholic school most of my life and I'm aware enough to know that religion is a function of humans and who knows what, if any, true religion exists. We just function on faith and it is extremely hypocritical to believe my religion is somehow "better" or "more right" than someone else's religion.

I'm not being dramatic, I'm being factual. Jesus said, "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life." How is it "hypocritical" to know that is correct? Do you even know what the word "hypocritical" means?

My ex also told me he was the way, the truth and the life. I filed a restraining order. I guess to each his own.

Did your ex perform miracles in front of thousands of people? Did/ does his life fulfill prophecies that were written thousands of years before his time?

Did Jesus? How do you know?

[Anonymous]

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Did your ex perform miracles in front of thousands of people? Did/ does his life fulfill prophecies that were written thousands of years before his time?

Read this: http://www.corespirit.com/ancient-confession-found-invented-jesus-christ/

Notable excerpt from the first paragraph: "American Biblical scholar Joseph Atwill will be appearing before the British public for the first time in London on the 19th of October to present a controversial new discovery: ancient confessions recently uncovered now prove, according to Atwill, that the New Testament was written by first-century Roman aristocrats and that they fabricated the entire story of Jesus Christ. His presentation will be part of a one-day symposium entitled “Covert Messiah” at Conway Hall in Holborn."

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Did your ex perform miracles in front of thousands of people? Did/ does his life fulfill prophecies that were written thousands of years before his time?

Read this: http://www.corespirit.com/ancient-confession-found-invented-jesus-christ/

Notable excerpt from the first paragraph: "American Biblical scholar Joseph Atwill will be appearing before the British public for the first time in London on the 19th of October to present a controversial new discovery: ancient confessions recently uncovered now prove, according to Atwill, that the New Testament was written by first-century Roman aristocrats and that they fabricated the entire story of Jesus Christ. His presentation will be part of a one-day symposium entitled “Covert Messiah” at Conway Hall in Holborn."

Yeah, good luck with that.

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Anonymous wrote:My coworker is a lapsed-Catholic turned heathen who worships the old Norse gods. His morals/ethics are very liberal. He meets like-minded people through LARP games and on the Internet, but mostly does solitary practice. He says there isn't much to do beyond sacrifices and he doesn't do those.

A former coworker is a Wiccan and I was shocked how many covens there are in this area. Now I feel like I spot gatherings a few times a year. She said she avoids them, especially if they have male members, because she hates drama. She worships the old Celtic gods and does solitary practice.

What strange, sad lives you describe.

Judge not.

Seriously.....not exactly a christian comment.

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Anonymous wrote:My coworker is a lapsed-Catholic turned heathen who worships the old Norse gods. His morals/ethics are very liberal. He meets like-minded people through LARP games and on the Internet, but mostly does solitary practice. He says there isn't much to do beyond sacrifices and he doesn't do those.

A former coworker is a Wiccan and I was shocked how many covens there are in this area. Now I feel like I spot gatherings a few times a year. She said she avoids them, especially if they have male members, because she hates drama. She worships the old Celtic gods and does solitary practice.

What strange, sad lives you describe.

NP. It's no different, and no more weird than the rituals and mythologies believed by "modern" religions.

It is completely and absolutely different. This statement says to me that you know nothing about the gospel of Jesus Christ.

In my church as a young girl, we did this creepy thing. The priest would say an incantation over bread and wine. Then we all had to pretend it had literally turned into blood and flesh through the preist’s powerful magic. Then they made us, even the kids, eat it! Man, it was really disturbing. Where did they come up with such a creepy ritual? Not from Jesus I am sure!

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In my church as a young girl, we did this creepy thing. The priest would say an incantation over bread and wine. Then we all had to pretend it had literally turned into blood and flesh through the preist’s powerful magic. Then they made us, even the kids, eat it! Man, it was really disturbing. Where did they come up with such a creepy ritual? Not from Jesus I am sure!

Seriously, and these are the same people who hate pagans and Hindus for worshipping idols. As if sympathetic magic over the bread and wine wasn't bad enough, they eat it (which is same as the Hindu ritual of prasadam) and they keep idols of a dying, bleeding, agonized guy on a cross everywhere.

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Anonymous wrote:My coworker is a lapsed-Catholic turned heathen who worships the old Norse gods. His morals/ethics are very liberal. He meets like-minded people through LARP games and on the Internet, but mostly does solitary practice. He says there isn't much to do beyond sacrifices and he doesn't do those.

A former coworker is a Wiccan and I was shocked how many covens there are in this area. Now I feel like I spot gatherings a few times a year. She said she avoids them, especially if they have male members, because she hates drama. She worships the old Celtic gods and does solitary practice.

What strange, sad lives you describe.

NP. It's no different, and no more weird than the rituals and mythologies believed by "modern" religions.

It is completely and absolutely different. This statement says to me that you know nothing about the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Ah yes. The only right way to have faith, apparently.

Judge those who don't believe what you do.

Np, but I know enouh to know I'm unimpressed.

[Anonymous]

Pp here. I don't follow any faith. Wiccan interests me though.

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Anonymous wrote:In my church as a young girl, we did this creepy thing. The priest would say an incantation over bread and wine. Then we all had to pretend it had literally turned into blood and flesh through the preist’s powerful magic. Then they made us, even the kids, eat it! Man, it was really disturbing. Where did they come up with such a creepy ritual? Not from Jesus I am sure!

NP. Please do tell us again about how atheists are so much more kind, compassionate, tolerant, accepting, and all-around wonderful folks compared to people of faith. Speaking of fairy tales!

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Anonymous wrote:My coworker is a lapsed-Catholic turned heathen who worships the old Norse gods. His morals/ethics are very liberal. He meets like-minded people through LARP games and on the Internet, but mostly does solitary practice. He says there isn't much to do beyond sacrifices and he doesn't do those.

A former coworker is a Wiccan and I was shocked how many covens there are in this area. Now I feel like I spot gatherings a few times a year. She said she avoids them, especially if they have male members, because she hates drama. She worships the old Celtic gods and does solitary practice.

What strange, sad lives you describe.

NP. It's no different, and no more weird than the rituals and mythologies believed by "modern" religions.

It is completely and absolutely different. This statement says to me that you know nothing about the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Stop being dramatic. Despite what you believe there is no "right" religion. I'm a practicing catholic who attended catholic school most of my life and I'm aware enough to know that religion is a function of humans and who knows what, if any, true religion exists. We just function on faith and it is extremely hypocritical to believe my religion is somehow "better" or "more right" than someone else's religion.

I'm not being dramatic, I'm being factual. Jesus said, "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life." How is it "hypocritical" to know that is correct? Do you even know what the word "hypocritical" means?

My ex also told me he was the way, the truth and the life. I filed a restraining order. I guess to each his own.

Did your ex perform miracles in front of thousands of people? Did/ does his life fulfill prophecies that were written thousands of years before his time?

Did Jesus? How do you know?

Yes. He did. They are detailed in the Bible and corroborated through ancient writings and other historic evidence and artifacts. Of course, understanding all of this does require a realization that life did not begin on earth the day that one was born.

[Anonymous]

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In my church as a young girl, we did this creepy thing. The priest would say an incantation over bread and wine. Then we all had to pretend it had literally turned into blood and flesh through the preist’s powerful magic. Then they made us, even the kids, eat it! Man, it was really disturbing. Where did they come up with such a creepy ritual? Not from Jesus I am sure!

Seriously, and these are the same people who hate pagans and Hindus for worshipping idols. As if sympathetic magic over the bread and wine wasn't bad enough, they eat it (which is same as the Hindu ritual of prasadam) and they keep idols of a dying, bleeding, agonized guy on a cross everywhere.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:In my church as a young girl, we did this creepy thing. The priest would say an incantation over bread and wine. Then we all had to pretend it had literally turned into blood and flesh through the preist’s powerful magic. Then they made us, even the kids, eat it! Man, it was really disturbing. Where did they come up with such a creepy ritual? Not from Jesus I am sure!

NP. Please do tell us again about how atheists are so much more kind, compassionate, tolerant, accepting, and all-around wonderful folks compared to people of faith. Speaking of fairy tales!

Why are you bringing atheists into this discussion? It's about pagans, and then someone arrogantly (and incorrectly) chimed in to suggest that paganism was objectively inferior in validity than Christianity. The fact remains that ALL religions/mythologies/etc are equally "odd" and believable--or unbelievable. They are ALL subjectively "truth" or fake, depending on your personal conditioning. No one mentioned atheism, except you.

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Anonymous wrote:My coworker is a lapsed-Catholic turned heathen who worships the old Norse gods. His morals/ethics are very liberal. He meets like-minded people through LARP games and on the Internet, but mostly does solitary practice. He says there isn't much to do beyond sacrifices and he doesn't do those.

A former coworker is a Wiccan and I was shocked how many covens there are in this area. Now I feel like I spot gatherings a few times a year. She said she avoids them, especially if they have male members, because she hates drama. She worships the old Celtic gods and does solitary practice.

What strange, sad lives you describe.

I don't know what this PP meant by their comment. I read a lot of "solitary" in the previous PP's post and to me, that is a little sad.