Are there any fellow Pagans in this forum? I cant be the only one. Im not talking about devil worshippers. True pagans. The devil is a Christian notion. Let me know if yall are in here!
No relationship at all between agnostics and atheists.I don't think i'm a Pagan but i'm an Agnostic[a fence sitting Atheist]
Organized Churches don't define Christianity, just their rules or "points of fellowship". You are describing a person in fellowship with Jesus Christ, going through life , the sanctification process, and being spiritually attuned. Don't worry about whether or not you attend "Church", however, as the word of God emplores you should seek out other believers to be in fellowship with. Maybe you can become one of those "radical" home Church types.Interesting thread!
Many atheists spend their time and money trying to destroy a god that they don't believe in; how stupid is that? Their epitaph will be "All dressed up and nowhere to go".
Sorry, no offence meant, just a lame attempt at humor!
I like the way Kev described it, and one of the great faults of both sides of the coin is that there is no solid evidence either way and it takes faith to believe in one or the other. Of course those who believe will say they have all the proof they need either for or against any god.
I was once taught that religion makes people mean, and having worked in some religious circles I definately saw the truth in that. We are not called to be religious, we are called to be spiritual, and I for one believe that we have both temporal and spiritual abilities. I too left the ministry for the hypocracy that ran so rampant amongst many churchgoers. I will also say that I met many wonderful people who were mixed in with those hypocrites.
I have been a seeker of truth for most of my life, and have run through most of the established doctrines of spirituality. I have been a atheistic denier, an agnostic fence sitter, a baptized believer, a worshipping zealot, and stopped just short of becoming religiously mean. That's where I backed off and began a new study. I believe in God no less today than I did back at the height of my church experience, I just don't buy into much of the "church" doctrine any more.
The natives respected the "Spirit that moves in all things"; they knew nothing of the white man's god before their arrival in America. Ironically the white man respected little if anything of his own religion and all but annhilated the natives; he could have taken some Spiritual lessons from them. I am not a Pagan, as I do not worship the creation more than the Creator, but I have become a Spiritualist in that I understand the Spirit that moves in all things is real, living, and able to be joined with.
I spent a decade "acting" like a Christian. I did my best to adhire to 1600 pages of rules and regulations until I read that it isn't about rules but rather a relationship, and no matter how good my "acting" was it wasn't good enough. For me I choose to see God in all things, not just in church on Sunday.
I am probably closer to being a Pagan than I am to being a Christian according to the church's definition of the words. Labels don't bother me any longer. I ams what I ams and what I ams is a man...