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So few people are actually raised neo-pagan these days -- but a lot of them come to it on their own. Since college the number of neo-pagans I've known has grown considerably.

Like atheism, I think it's something very few parents introduce to children but something many come to themselves when they reach the age of reason and figure out how they think the world works.

I have no big problem with this. At least the neo-pagans aren't much interested in making their religion the law of the land.

"At least the neo-pagans aren't much interested in making their religion the law of the land."

O yes they are! Their take-over front organization is called the DNC! - an obama-nation to God.

Neopaganism is a very diverse phenomenon: a hodge-podge of nonsensical ancient polytheism and new age dumbness. It's popularity simply shows how desperate modern man is to know and explore the supernatural, which is hard-wired into the very fundus of his being. However, only Jesus Christ is the repository of all wisdom and knowledge: Who alone can fulfill the deepest needs of the human spirit.

Neopagans are just atheists who couldn't stand it anymore, and caved to this overwhelming inner drive.

"Neopagans are just atheists who couldn't stand it anymore, and caved to this overwhelming inner drive."

I really doubt that, if you were offering this idea as a serious hypothesis. The Wiccans and other neo-pagans that I have ever encountered were never interested in logic or a serious study of the natural world. They instead were drawn to the fanciful ideas of faeries, magic spells and such-like. I expect more were simply former viewers of "Bewitched" and "I Dream of Genie" than those who followed your proposed scenario.

BTW, the only thing that there is in the atheist life that is disagreeable is having constantly to deal with the negative experiences that come from dealing with "true believers." Most people we encounter are happy to let the non-conformists in this country live unmolested. But it's people who can't stand religious "outsiders" who make the lives of atheists (and Wiccans, Jews, Unitarians) a pain in the @$$.

IMHO, of course. :)

namtac, you speak my mind!

Shalom

"Most people we encounter are happy to let the non-conformists in this country live unmolested."

So who's "molesting" you. I'm sure you're referring to a larger persecutorial population than me. My intent is only to oppose your VIEWS, not you as a person. Debating people who strongly oopose you is not persecution.

You can expect enthusiastic rebuttal from those who accept and worship the living God, because the consequences are so far-reaching and important: moral values, biblical principles of law and government, economics, etc. We're talking mega-concepts here; not minor disparities of opinion on chess moves.

Let me assure you it is just as grievous to deal with those who demean the Gospel and Word. But we simply accept the situation as it is and debate civilly albeit, intensely. I'm sure there are adamant and obnoxious types on both sides of the issue. I know I get a little edgy at times, but so do you and others. But if we can stick to substantive debate and not ad hominem attacks, I think we can at least understand the opposing points, and continue a civil dialogue.

I was surprized that you were so negative and consdescending toward the pagan folk - although I agree wholeheartedly with you. I guess it's the anti-supernaturalism of your views that impels you take such a strong stand.

Well, my wife is calling me to go cook the eggs for breakfast, so I must do my husbandly duty. Pax.

"So who's "molesting" you. I'm sure you're referring to a larger persecutorial population than me."

Of course I am. It's not always just about you, certainly. :)

But really, you do realize that "molesting" comes under many guises, ranging from stopping us at a street corner to ask if we "know Jezuz" to scratching up our cars and writing "Satan" with egg white in response to a "blasphemous" bumper stickers. I've seen it happen, here in North Carolina.

I'm glad that the range doesn't extend to lynching, but you just never know when someone will go over the edge.

The only people that I have ever had a prolem with being hounded by are the nice people of the Church of Ladderday saints. Aknowledging, understaning, and respecting all religions is something that isn't easy to do for many. Even if someone doesnt believe in god (or whatever they believe in) doesnt make them a bad person. People who have strong opinions about their faith and think that they are the only 'right' religion is almost as bad as saying that the Hitler was right in unifying Germany under Nazi rule.
Personally i don't look as any religon being the right one, but more along the lines of that none of them are wrong. The point that i look at is the individuals themselves, the ones that are good hearted and have morals.
It is the extremists of religions who scare me. Honestly i dont care what religion a person is, who am i to judge someones background. But when religion is taken into wrong hands and used as an excuse for voilence, and to justify war, is when it goes from goodwill state, to one of spiritual propoganda. Not saying the 'Nation of Islam' was ever right or wrong, but one thing it definitly does have are negative feelings towards groups of people. Opinions are one thing, but actions and excuses for them are on a completly different level.