RE: Opinions on paganism?
August 17, 2023 at 1:39 pm
(This post was last modified: August 17, 2023 at 1:40 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(August 17, 2023 at 5:34 am)Methamphetamine Wrote: What are your opinions on paganism and connecting with the nature? Also do you think a pagan is an atheist or no?
Some are, some aren't..like others have said. Absent dogmatic or scriptural baggage and with a hefty focus on individual expression, the only thing common to nearly all pagans are a set of distinctly life affirming values. There are "traditional" systems for genuine™ theists, wicca (and suchlike) in the middle as a bridge, and a religion of nature on the other end for committed atheists. Contemporary pagan religions don't have much to do with gods even when gods are present, so it's hard to find a nominal pagan compared to finding a nominal christian. It's easy to find a christian that doesn't believe in christ. Tad bit harder to find a pagan that doesn't believe in nature.
There are more pagans in the us than presbyterians, almost all of them millennials. In a few years time, expect an(other) exponential increase in pagan demographics as the children of pagans grow up to be pagans themselves. The big spikes came in the 50/60s. 90/00's. There'll be another census in 2030. I wouldn't be surprised to see paganism become the single largest religion in the nat citizen demo, in the us, by that time or shortly thereafter.
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