is it called Reconstructionism because ------???

Question

Because christianity destroyed these faiths, and now we have to Reconstruct them???

Do you think paganism will ever destroy christianity, and then sometime in the future they will make a Christian Reconstructionist faith???

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Answer 1

1. Yes, pretty much.

2. Maybe, thousands of years from now. I hope we don't try to destroy all writings, media, evidence, etc. of Christianity, though, or actively repress the religion.

Answer 2

It is called Reconstructionist Paganism to distinguish it from Neo-Paganism.

From example I am a Nahua reconstructionist. I try to practice the Nahua (Aztec) religion and spirituality as it was in the past and to be has historically accurate as can be.

Christians never succeeded in destroying the indigenous faiths. They just suppressed them.

Answer 3

Reconstructionism is the practice of re-establishing and practicing historical polytheistic religions in the modern world, i.e. bringing them back to their former glory. Recons accurately base our modern religious practice on culturally and historically genuine examples of ancient religious practices.

And yes, it is called Reconstructionism to distinguish it from Neopaganism which tends to be more syncretic or eclectic in nature. Reconstructionist religions are based on the surviving historical record. I'd like to note that to some Recons being called "Neopagan," is seen as a pejorative term.

Some key points:

Reconstructionists emphasize worship.We honor and revere our Gods. Some individuals may be closest to a particular deity, but still will worship all the Gods of their chosen path. In most traditions, Recons also honor their ancestors, as well as various types of lesser spirits. Rituals are times to strengthen the bonds of friendship, respect, and reciprocal obligation between ourselves and our gods.

Reconstructionists emphasize study. We try to learn as much about our ancient religions as we can, using old texts, linguistics, folklore and archeology as the foundation on which we build. Some of us learn languages (Old Norse, Ancient Greek, Old Irish, etc. . .) to worship our gods in the oldest ways, or to understand religious texts in the way our forebears would have understood them. Not all of us are scholars, and you don’t have to have a degree or speak obscure languages to be a perfectly good Reconstructionist. Still, most Recons have a better-than-average background in studying the roots of their faiths. As Ásatrúar often say, “We’re the religion with
homework!” And many of us find spiritual fulfillment and joy in the very act of study.

Reconstructionists emphasize culture. In today’s
world, one’s “religion” is all too often something that one goes into a building for an hour each week to practice; then one comes out and resumes ordinary life. But the ancient religions that we follow were not separable from the daily life of the
people that followed them. We can understand our chosen religions more deeply by studying the ancient cultures that they were a part of. We learn how religion was woven into the ancients’ lives—and how we can weave it into the fabric of our own lives.

Answer 4

Well I think that's about right, at least something caused that faith to go out of service and now it is being built back up - But I think the main point in a Recon. religion is that we're only guessing at exactly how the festivals and rituals were conducted, because the actual religion no longer survives.

I like your second question, but I'm not touching that one with a ten ft. pole ;)

Answer 5

Answer 4 says it the best, and such is true.

As for Christianity, I am sure it will lose its flame in time and will die out. But as with all faiths, there is at least someone in the world practicing it or preserving its practices and beliefs in their own way.

Answer 6

Accually your thinking of the reconsructionist jews of america.But they are kind of like reform jews because they both wanna change judaism.But in christianity i think your talking about mormanism.Mormans wanna change christianity.