One of the reoccurring critiques and challenges I get from Christians and others regarding Paganism is the accusation that I don’t “Really” believe in the Pagan Gods… that I believe or “believe” only as some calculated political/philosophical expedient or aesthetic choice and that really my professed “belief” is some sort of white or darker shade of lie or “LARP”, and that I must plainly KNOW that the Greek, Roman, Nordic, Celtic and other pantheons and only legends, mere mythologies, and cute stories…
I don't know if I literally believe in the old Indo-European Gods, or Sol, or any of the above, but through the process of natural theology - coming to an understanding of the divine by observing patterns in the world around me, as Aristotle and many of the other great ancient minds did - I've come to a singular, irrefutable conclusion:
God loves white people, and doesn't care much for the browns.
Christian theology is obviously very complex and sophisticated, even if wrong. The average believer in any god on the other hand simply imagines a literal person sitting beyond the skies, someone you can talk to who might directly and personally intervene in your day to day affairs.
In my opinion, this is about the level of metaphysical sophistication one can expect from average people, which is fine, and we should rather look to which traditions and teachings make for a healthy foundation that ensures our people's continued existence.
I love this, thanks so much for writing it. Every paragraph, stuff I’ve oft thought, but n’er so well exprest…Once, in the throes of despair over a waning relationship, I actually found my self PRAYING to Aphrodite,Hera…this wasn’t a job for Yahweh!
I’ll be entranced all night, thinking this piece over.
Very based. I don't have a strong position one way or the other on the gods. I have experienced things which can be described as "helpful démons" similar to the one you mentioned.
The world is far more complex than many care to imagine.
"every warrior elite in western history found the Iliad, Odessey, Sagas and Legends of King Arthur compelling"
Maybe they did, but a lot of them were *also* Christian
Maurice Druon: Les Mémoires de Zeus ! Very interesting book.
I don't know if I literally believe in the old Indo-European Gods, or Sol, or any of the above, but through the process of natural theology - coming to an understanding of the divine by observing patterns in the world around me, as Aristotle and many of the other great ancient minds did - I've come to a singular, irrefutable conclusion:
God loves white people, and doesn't care much for the browns.
Christian theology is obviously very complex and sophisticated, even if wrong. The average believer in any god on the other hand simply imagines a literal person sitting beyond the skies, someone you can talk to who might directly and personally intervene in your day to day affairs.
In my opinion, this is about the level of metaphysical sophistication one can expect from average people, which is fine, and we should rather look to which traditions and teachings make for a healthy foundation that ensures our people's continued existence.
I've had many similar lived experiences. Cheers for sharing. Fantastic essay.
Thank you Kulak. This helped me to gel a few things that had been coalescing in my mind for a while now.
We have no Ravens down under. But we do have blue eyed Crows…
Hail Our Ancestors!
Hail Our Gods!
Let us be as Mighty and find the Glory they found! ⚡️
I love this, thanks so much for writing it. Every paragraph, stuff I’ve oft thought, but n’er so well exprest…Once, in the throes of despair over a waning relationship, I actually found my self PRAYING to Aphrodite,Hera…this wasn’t a job for Yahweh!
I’ll be entranced all night, thinking this piece over.
Very based. I don't have a strong position one way or the other on the gods. I have experienced things which can be described as "helpful démons" similar to the one you mentioned.
The world is far more complex than many care to imagine.
Excellent work as usual
Wow
So you believe in literal demons, neat.
A raven showed up once when I was doing my as many burpees as possible in an hour challenge.
Dismiss?