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RE: What do atheists think of pagans and wiccans
September 12, 2022 at 7:44 pm
(September 10, 2022 at 1:57 pm)Woah0 Wrote: And what do you think would happen if someone tried to hex you by doing one of those rituals?
I knew only one Wiccan. She was a fellow employee where I worked. She was a self-proclaimed lesbian, but I think that was simply her antimale bias. She believed that one could change reality through belief. She believed in the effectiveness of Bach Flower Remedies. She had a collection of crystals and wore a different one around her neck each day, thinking they would have some sort of effect on her health. She thought psychic surgery was real. She was a complete loon. 
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RE: What do atheists think of pagans and wiccans
September 13, 2022 at 1:38 am
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(September 12, 2022 at 3:38 pm)Orbit Wrote: (September 10, 2022 at 1:57 pm)Woah0 Wrote: And what do you think would happen if someone tried to hex you by doing one of those rituals?
I appreciate that pagans don't knock on my door to share the good news about Baphomet (or whomever).
The Lord and Lady, the whole baphomet thing is a christer fantasy.
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RE: What do atheists think of pagans and wiccans
September 13, 2022 at 1:41 am
I identified as a pagan for a small percentage of my younger life, mainly because it was non-christian.
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RE: What do atheists think of pagans and wiccans
September 13, 2022 at 2:08 am
I still do.
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RE: What do atheists think of pagans and wiccans
September 13, 2022 at 2:11 am
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(September 13, 2022 at 2:08 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: I still do.
You were always a weird one anyway. 
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RE: What do atheists think of pagans and wiccans
September 13, 2022 at 10:24 pm
@ The Grand Nudger
Did you ever check out this book by Elinor W. Gadon?
The Once and Future Goddess
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RE: What do atheists think of pagans and wiccans
September 13, 2022 at 10:38 pm
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I'd not, but checking up on her - her central idea that contemporary western culture is missing the sacred feminine in ways that historic near or eastern culture is not..is..in short..pretty solid.
What's something that stuck with you, from the book?
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RE: What do atheists think of pagans and wiccans
September 13, 2022 at 10:45 pm
(September 13, 2022 at 10:38 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: I'd not, but checking up on her - her central idea that contemporary western culture is missing the sacred feminine in ways that historic near or eastern culture is not..is..in short..pretty solid.
What's something that stuck with you, from the book?
Probably the archaeological and historical insightfulness. Her and Cunningham were the two major sources that led to my budding paganism when I was younger.
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RE: What do atheists think of pagans and wiccans
September 13, 2022 at 10:54 pm
What happened to your paganism as you grew older?
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RE: What do atheists think of pagans and wiccans
September 13, 2022 at 10:57 pm
(September 13, 2022 at 10:54 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: What happened to your paganism as you grew older?
I simply let it go along the path toward atheism. Through the years I somewhat held onto a semblance of pagan belief via symbolism, jewelry, in the form of goddess pendants, but eventually I even let that go. Sometimes, still, I find myself doing searches for pagan jewelry.
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