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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. To the PP at 21:48, I am almost awed that someone with common sense responded in such an even-handed, sensible, balanced, clear-eyed way.

And thank you for pointing out what you experience as an atheist (I assume you're an atheist from your post).

Really I was mostly trying to bring out awareness about polytheism. Pagan religions are not really on the radar and most people would be like, "WTF" if you told them that you worship Loki and Thor, and how it is to see your Gods recast as Marvel heroes/villains, or that you have to go to a museum to pay homage to Sekhmet. Paganism needs more publicity and awareness.[/quote]

I have to admit that I hadn't really thought about the idea of going to a museum or constantly reading about your religion in the past tense.

The kids are young and asking questions about religion, and we read a lot of mythology, so as an atheist I use the various pagan religions in the present tense when I talk about how, "Some people believe [x], some people believe [y], people who believe in the Norse gods believe [z], people who believe in the Greek gods believe [w]," etc. From my perspective, it's easier to do comparative religion with the kids when there are some people who actively believe in each one.[/quote]

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