Neo Paganism

[nintendo048]

How's that?

......eh its just weird and utopian and promotes pluralism. Why not shinto or worship zeus or something? just saying each to his own

[thesummerqueen]

It's not any weirder than Shintoism or Greek paganism.

[nintendo048]

It's not any weirder than Shintoism or Greek paganism.

you know the word pagan translates from latin meaning peasant meaning lesser after the council of nicea constanine banned worship of hellenestic gods and such. today in the west shinto, hinduism, buddism , are seen as fake. Its just Protestantism and Catholicism. If Hinduism is rejected how will people view wicca

[thesummerqueen]

you know the word pagan translates from latin meaning peasant meaning lesser after the council of nicea constanine banned worship of hellenestic gods and such.

I did know that.

today in the west shinto, hinduism, buddism , are seen as fake.

Actually, there are a lot of people in the west who adhere to Buddhism, and while Christians may not accept the others as the "true" religion, they can hardly call them "fake" - they're very much real.

Its just Protestantism and Catholicism. If Hinduism is rejected how will people view wicca

Christians don't have a monopoly on religion, despite how they act. You forgot Judaism and Islam. And since Wiccans can chose to have a pentacle put on their tombstones, I think it's safe to say that while a minority, Wicca is recognized.

[Mr. Moncrieff]

I quote enjoyed being asatru.

[nintendo048]

you know the word pagan translates from latin meaning peasant meaning lesser after the council of nicea constanine banned worship of hellenestic gods and such.

I did know that.

today in the west shinto, hinduism, buddism , are seen as fake.

Actually, there are a lot of people in the west who adhere to Buddhism, and while Christians may not accept the others as the "true" religion, they can hardly call them "fake" - they're very much real.

Its just Protestantism and Catholicism. If Hinduism is rejected how will people view wicca

Christians don't have a monopoly on religion, despite how they act. You forgot Judaism and Islam. And since Wiccans can chose to have a pentacle put on their tombstones, I think it's safe to say that while a minority, Wicca is recognized.

Judaism and Islam are Mesopotamian not western

[thesummerqueen]

Christianity is therefore not Western. I'm not sure how you're defining your terms - all three of these religions originated in nearly the same area and all three are spread out all over the world.

[nintendo048]

Christianity is therefore not Western. I'm not sure how you're defining your terms - all three of these religions originated in nearly the same area and all three are spread out all over the world.

fine sorry their all middle eastern religions

[thesummerqueen]

Okay, so what was the original point? What makes Wicca weirder than the others you mentioned?

[nintendo048]

Christianity is therefore not Western. I'm not sure how you're defining your terms - all three of these religions originated in nearly the same area and all three are spread out all over the world.

did you know that jesus( if there was a guy) didnt speak Hebrew he spoke Aramaic

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Okay, so what was the original point? What makes Wicca weirder than the others you mentioned?

its a compilation of things that arent even seen as legitimate in most modernized nations

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Christianity is therefore not Western. I'm not sure how you're defining your terms - all three of these religions originated in nearly the same area and all three are spread out all over the world.

did you know that jesus( if there was a guy) didnt speak Hebrew he spoke Aramaic

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Okay, so what was the original point? What makes Wicca weirder than the others you mentioned?

its a compilation of things that arent even seen as legitimate in most modernized nations

take shinto for example that is really only culturally relevant to the japanese. And then your taking other philosophies and world views out of their cultural context and making wicca.