Why I'm a Pagan

I am a Pagan, I know I have said that before but bare with me. I decided it was time I explained why I chose Paganism over Christianity as a faith.

While I was growing up in Hastenbeck Germany and here in Redditch England I was raised as a nominal Christian, my Mother was a lapsed Roman Catholic but still had me baptized against the wishes of my Father, who understandably hit the roof. Not because he was on exercise with the British Army at the time but because he wanted me to chose my own faith when I was older rather than have one forced on me as a child and blindly follow the dictates of others.

I also chose Paganism after many years of study and comparison ending in my early twenties, this was a more complex process than I first anticipated as I even looked at the politics of the different religions and being a socialist by nature I had serious qualms about the main "World" religions as they, by their very nature, tend to be very conservative and in some cases downright Fascist. then there was the Social history of the different religions, all but a very small handful of mesopagan religions have been and still are in the case of Christianity used to keep the masses distracted with saving their souls while the rich and those in power rip them off financially and deny the masses their human rights. A cursory glance at America will show that, for example; the United States has a national debt of roughly 15.5 Billion Dollars and rising at an almost exponential rate. Leaving an ever increasing gap between rich and poor that if left unchecked will lead to a second civil war, as you cannot have the extremely rich and extremely poor living in the same house it leads to resentment and bloodshed. Britain had the same problem and still does now but the Government has much more trouble keeping the people distracted as the United Kingdom is only Nominally Christian as the power of the Anglican church faded somewhat after the second world war.

This is not to say that there is nothing good within Christianity as a whole, on the contrary I know there is a great deal of wisdom in that book you just have to find it and then work it into your life. An example of this is Mathew 7:1-5 on the judgement of others I know that is probably the best part of the Bible for me at least and it is repeated in many other religions one of my favorites is in Buddhism and goes:

"Before you pull the weeds in another mans Garden, pull them in your own first."

 

I don't remember where I read that quote or where it comes from exactly but I usually find myself chuckling at it and those who presume to pidgeon hole me for their own game.

I do not practice all of the varied types of Pagan out there today as I live in the UK and I frankly like to keep certain body parts none frozen, I am still studying the different paths within Paganism I'll post that later once I have gathered all of the info I need.

I'll catch you all later so Brightest Blessings to you all and god luck.
Steven