How can you hate a religion that cares so much about nature(paganism)?

Question

Pagan religions are very peaceful and earthbound, Why do some many people make a big deal about it.

umm "Apocolypto'" is just a MOVIE

Answer 1

Because everyone else thinks that THEY are right, and all others are wrong.

Answer 2

Ignorance.

Case in point the poster who said that we worship the created and not the creator. While this is true for some pagans, some of us (including Wiccans, because we're under the very large umbrella) have very definite deities that we work with and see nature as an extension of the Goddess and God. Since the Bible particularly teaches that humans "rule over" nature, a lot of them think they can do whatever they want to the planet, and anyone who cares what happens to the planet must obviously have been tricked by Satan into worrying too much about "earthly matters."

Also, you'll notice the other incredibly ignorant poster who thinks pagans sacrifice children in this day and age. Talk about ridiculous!

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Answer 3

You probably never realized it but Nazism was based on Paganism. Where do you think the swastika and the fervent belief in Aryn Supremacy came from? Paganism is dangerous. It is anti-God and that leads to nowhere good. It causes people to embrace the profane and empowers you do decide what is right and wrong. With no God to tell you, you become free to do as you wish.

It is to deny God and replace God with yourself. In case you don't realize it, that is potentially a very dangerous thing for humans to do. Humans are not born "good". Humans are natural born predators. It is only the application of strong moral guardrails that keeps us from turning back into savages.

Paganism, with it's self-centeredness will never lead anyone along the path of true goodness. Paganism is not about goodness. It is about indulging in your negative side.

Peaceful? You do not know the Pagan history. Earthbound? Yes, as in no moral absolutes that transcend the physical. I reject it.

Merry Christmas!

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Answer 4

I don't hate Paganism. I know a few people who are either Pagan or Wiccan (God forbid you call one the other, they are VERY clear that the two are seperate.) I think that they have a pretty cool outlook on life and the world in general. The thing that bothers me is that they all seem to be very anti Christian. I can almost say actively anti Christian. They will make it a point to make fun of it or say dismissive things about it. Now if you don't believe in something, that's fine. But when you make it a point to tell people that or to openly ridicule it, that goes to a whole different level. I guess what I'm saying is, if that is representative of all paganism then that is a problem to me. If you don't agree with something, that's fine. But if you openly ridicule it, then don't be surprised when your are met with animosity. I don't mean you specifically, I'm talking about the pagans who make fun of Christians.

Answer 5

SATAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just kidding. It's a shame all the modern Western religions sh*t on the earth, or teach that it's some object to be owned. But back to my first comment, associating paganism with satanism is deeply engrained in Western/European thought, mostly due to the efforts of the Church (you know which church!) to stomp it out for hundreds of years. But hey, we still have Halloween/saween and the Yuletide (with our tannenboms!)!! Yay for integration. Unfortunately most of the pagan knowledge has been lost over time. But New Age constructions are A.O.K. even if they are incredibly inconsistent! Keep loving the planet.

Answer 6

Blanket condemnation derives from modern ignorance based upon the political, social, and economic motivations of largely Christian adversaries of late Pagans, especially Constantine and Theodosius. Constantine's "Milvian Bridge" experience (commonly called his conversion experience although that did not, in fact, occur until he was on his death bed) on October 28, 312 had nothing whatsoever to do with religious conviction, and also everything to do with power. The best way to consolidate power in the person of the Emperor was to consolidate religion, i.e., one leader, one God, one religion.
However, I am Pagan and would openly challenge the notion that Paganism has always been peaceful as the word is commonly understood.
Ancient Celts, my own ancestors, routinely decapitated their enemies and used their skins as saddle blankets. The soldiers of the much lauded Queen Boudica engaged in particularly bloody acts with religious overtones if not direct religious connections mutilating and skewering Roman matrons.
Ancient Mesoamericans ritually killed human beings in the tens of thousands annually, because, they believed, such sacrifice was necessary to steal life from the Gods.
Classical Pagans offered the lives of animals annually as did their Jewish neighbors. In fact, the reason the story of the sacrifice of Isaac resonated with its earliest readers was because such acts were recognizable Judaism having grown out of Canaanite Paganism (qv. "The Rise of Ancient Israel," a symposium of academics sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution in the early 90s).
The notion that Paganism was peaceful is modern propaganda designed by and for those Pagans, so-called, attempting to gain mainstream acceptance. Authentic Pagans want none of it. Acceptance, tolerance, or outright rejection and antipathy are best born by honesty; and in this instance, honesty is born of historical accuracy.
Paganism is nature based. Many of the children of Mother Nature are and have always been "red in tooth and claw." Religions of ancient Pagans not uncommonly involved animal and even human sacrifice as the central cultic motif (here using cultic in the traditional sense rather than the modern pejorative one).
The purpose of cultus (ritual action) was to maintain the favor or "peace" of the Gods (_pax deorum_ to use the Roman Pagan designation). Even today, we offer gifts to the Gods that contain life giving principals such as bread, honey, and wine. We generally avoid blood sacrifice. I say generally rather than totally, because some modern Pagans make this offering as well in some form albeit without causing harm.
The reason behind sacrifice (literally rendering something _sacer_ or the property of the Gods) was to make sure the Gods were strong enough to grant the sacrificer favor. A weak God could do little or nothing for a person. It was a mutually beneficial arrangement.

Answer 7

Peaceful? Have you seen "Apocolypto". Human sacrifices, mostly children to the different nature gods. Modern pagans only worship peaceful because the Christians made laws against most of their rituals.

Answer 8

it is no longer particularly available to get a share, yet i will remark. i do unlike faith plenty. It promotes the thought that faith is extra effectual as a level of fact than information. Any rational person can see that this is illogical. whether, i do no longer think of much less of somebody because of the fact they stick to a faith. the only ingredient that bothers me is while human beings pontificate their ideals to those no longer fascinated, or actively seek for debate or argument with those of different ideals. This consists of different atheists, and doubtless they annoy me extra by making use of this, giving us a bad call.

Answer 9

The earth is alive.
All food, water, plants and veggies, meat and grain, come forth from the earth.
From the dirt of her land comes forth all living things.
Without dirt, rain, and the natural minerals in the land, we would die.
The earth is a living being and we are the insects that infest it and the sickness that infects it.

Answer 10

I'm a naturalistic pantheist which means that "I believe in God/dess but spell it N-A-T-U-R-E." In other words, I am nontheistic. Knowing of the interdependence of nature (food cycle, etc.) as well as the interdependence of actions (ancestors' past actions affect my current circumstances and my actions will affect the circumstances of my descendents) fills me with a sense of gratefulness which I demonstrate both through my actions as well as concrete actions of respect and honor.

Answer 11

Probably because some pagans and i just mean some insult other religions and they get mad and that is their only comeback i'm guessing. I really don't know... I'm not pagan.