New Posts For Thread: What kind of Pagan are you?http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/13457139/What_kind_of_Pagan_are_youActually, that is not true at all. Monotheism is necssarily exclusive, but polytheistic religions have no such qualms. There is no reason for a polytheist to deny the existence of other deities, it would make no sense to do so and would gain nothing.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/13457139/What_kind_of_Pagan_are_you?post_id=519028265#519028265Actually, that is not true at all. Monotheism is necssarily exclusive, but polytheistic religions have no such qualms. There is no reason for a polytheist to deny the existence of other deities, it would make no sense to do so and would gain nothing.Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:27:53 -0500I personally believe in all of the gods as actual beings... I have this theory you see, and I would like to know if anyone else sees what I see.If you havent heard in the Plane Theory, ill describe it. Basically beings exist on different 'planes', orhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/13457139/What_kind_of_Pagan_are_you?post_id=518976623#518976623I personally believe in all of the gods as actual beings... I have this theory you see, and I would like to know if anyone else sees what I see.If you havent heard in the Plane Theory, ill describe it. Basically beings exist on different 'planes', orTue, 24 Apr 2012 14:22:31 -0500I haven't officially declared it yet, but I am deciding to go a solitary path. I consider myself a wiccan atheist. I study the energies within the universe without physical apparatuses. I practice magick, but because I live with my parents in a Chrishttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/13457139/What_kind_of_Pagan_are_you?post_id=518847397#518847397I haven't officially declared it yet, but I am deciding to go a solitary path. I consider myself a wiccan atheist. I study the energies within the universe without physical apparatuses. I practice magick, but because I live with my parents in a ChrisFri, 20 Apr 2012 18:19:20 -0500I doubt that the addition of another label would be any help; least wise something as wide spanning and all encompassing as "Pagan".http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/13457139/What_kind_of_Pagan_are_you?post_id=518518195#518518195I doubt that the addition of another label would be any help; least wise something as wide spanning and all encompassing as "Pagan".Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:39:21 -0500I know my beliefs fall under the "Neo-Pagan" umbrella, but I honestly don't know how to explain my spirituality :( I don't believe in God(s), I do believe in evolution, I recognize that nature is beautiful & fascinating, I have a hard time with organhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/13457139/What_kind_of_Pagan_are_you?post_id=518477887#518477887I know my beliefs fall under the "Neo-Pagan" umbrella, but I honestly don't know how to explain my spirituality :( I don't believe in God(s), I do believe in evolution, I recognize that nature is beautiful & fascinating, I have a hard time with organTue, 10 Apr 2012 22:10:01 -0500The thing about "paganism" is that there is a lot of different religions, with a lot of different ideas, grouped together because they often have some things in common like:1. They share a similar developmental history2. The deities are generally prehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/13457139/What_kind_of_Pagan_are_you?post_id=517241033#517241033The thing about "paganism" is that there is a lot of different religions, with a lot of different ideas, grouped together because they often have some things in common like:1. They share a similar developmental history2. The deities are generally preTue, 06 Mar 2012 17:14:47 -0600actualy i'm not sure if i am an pagan. i am having some doubts about my religion lately. therefore i've been searching for a story which i can relate to. i am as you call it in my language "zoekende", that is "searching" in english. it's a term we ushttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/13457139/What_kind_of_Pagan_are_you?post_id=517228595#517228595actualy i'm not sure if i am an pagan. i am having some doubts about my religion lately. therefore i've been searching for a story which i can relate to. i am as you call it in my language "zoekende", that is "searching" in english. it's a term we usTue, 06 Mar 2012 12:17:35 -0600I am sort of similar. I was also born and raised Catholic, but once I reached college I began to question things and I don't feel a connection to the Church or Christianity in general. I did some research on paganism and all the groups under it. I idhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/13457139/What_kind_of_Pagan_are_you?post_id=517086031#517086031I am sort of similar. I was also born and raised Catholic, but once I reached college I began to question things and I don't feel a connection to the Church or Christianity in general. I did some research on paganism and all the groups under it. I idFri, 02 Mar 2012 18:43:00 -0600I am a Witch as my mother and grandmother my mother and myself practice together.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/13457139/What_kind_of_Pagan_are_you?post_id=516868253#516868253I am a Witch as my mother and grandmother my mother and myself practice together.Sun, 26 Feb 2012 15:19:37 -0600Well, I'm still undecided about a lot of things about my faith, but the path that's drawn me the most has indeed been Paganism, so that is what I consider myself to be nowadays, even if my path forward into it is unclear. I still haven't researched fhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/13457139/What_kind_of_Pagan_are_you?post_id=515816041#515816041Well, I'm still undecided about a lot of things about my faith, but the path that's drawn me the most has indeed been Paganism, so that is what I consider myself to be nowadays, even if my path forward into it is unclear. I still haven't researched fWed, 01 Feb 2012 05:04:44 -0600