Or are all pagan beliefs different?
I'd like to hear a personal belief, if they are all pretty much different.
Thanks:-)
2007-09-21 08:35:28 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
AS&J: do you believe in spirits or gods?
2007-09-21 08:47:57 · update #1
I don't support the death penalty, and I'm an Atheist AS&J. What does a higher power have to do with humanity?
2007-09-21 09:21:51 · update #2
I mean what does it have to do with caring about humanity, and having ethics. I don't think it's right for many more reasons than a 'higher power' said so.
2007-09-21 09:23:35 · update #3
I wonder if *I'm* a pagan and don't even know it....
[ADDED] Neither, but I believe in some vague nondescript something that is a higher authority than us. That's why I don't support the death penalty.
2007-09-21 08:40:30 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pagans believe that in the beginning there was nothing. Then it exploded. Equal amounts still exists today. We call it matter and anti-matter. When all the matter and anti-matter gets together again, then we will all be back to where we started.
In the meantime, the matter bits took shape. Through a series of completely random, and fortuitous events the result was you and I and other living things. Human being were considered the highest product of nature, but they were also the only product not in harmony with nature. We killed it. I'm sorry. That's why its trying to get back at us.
2007-09-21 16:02:14 · answer #2 · answered by Dr. D 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This particular Pagan believes that science is the best tool we have for figuring out the details of the physical universe, and that the evidence for evolution is overwhelming. Since Wicca has no set creation myth, we have nothing to prove and are generally free to accept the conclusions of scientific inquiry.
2007-09-21 16:47:58 · answer #3 · answered by prairiecrow 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ok I am going to try and answer this based on things my wife has said and things I have heard from people in her coven and at more general meetings etc
Pagan's as such do not appear to have a "policy" on the issue
They tend to worship the earth and as such we all came from the earth -
Creation vs evolution from this pretext of a view becomes irellevant as there is no change in our relationship to the earth and our human relationship remains the same as the tree's -
So if I was "created" in the christian sense of the word well so was that dog and that tree and that blade of grass so what is your point ?
If I evolved into what I am today Well so did that dog and that tree and that blade of grass so what is your point ?
There is no implication of "specialness" as given by Christian creation story lines the relationship of a dog to the gods remains the same at all point to my relationship to the gods etc
Now here is my disclaimer
My wife is a witch that belongs to a coven - she know stuff -
I am a farmer who now works and lives in the city -
My "field" of knowledge on the matter is not as great as hers and I do not participate in her acitivties except to shake hands and say "oh thats nice " etc
So anything I say is my impression on the topic and not an absolute anything
2007-09-21 15:50:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
As I am a Pagan, I would say that Evolution is growth. Creative stagnation is handy for religions, but holds the whole of humankind back.
2007-09-21 15:48:09 · answer #5 · answered by Terry 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Pagans usually go with scientific evidence. We appreciate Nature, so learning how it works only makes us appreciate it more.
2007-09-21 15:40:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, this Pagan's an evolutionary biologist.
2007-09-21 15:59:35 · answer #7 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋