All this talk of religions I've seen lately: why do you who read this think that modern pagans feel the need to be so edgy with their practice? By edgy, I mean the material trappings of what people call occult with all the daggers and robes, candles, etc.
In my experience such people are like an inversion of nominal Christians who love the feel-good music and the lovey-dovey charity stuff, but don't care about the question of hellfire and casting out demons, etc.
@DoubleD - I have an academic interest in the old pantheons.
But I only call myself a pagan, because that's what a Christian would call me. Same reason why I call myself a misogynist - though I don't actually hate women.
Jesus never made much sense to me, unless I denied human nature. And after dealing with one too many hypocrites who only sought to use Jesus as a means of control (i.e. telling me how to live), I decided to renounce my nominal faith.
@YoMomz I appreciate your thoughts. 🙂
@DoubleD - So I still follow Jesus's example in many ways - mostly in personal dealings with people I actually care about. But I'm no longer bound by any notion of equality in the eyes of of God, or any universal brotherhood of man.
Life is better. And if Jesus were real, I think he would want life to be better. 🍻