anyposs
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Post by anyposs on Jan 26, 2018 6:40:23 GMT
Hey, I'm a Hellenistic Buddhist (aka a Buddhist that worships Greek gods), and I was just wondering if there were any other pagans in here. If you happen to be one, I'd love to hear about what you practice. Peace!
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Post by Elizabeth on Jan 26, 2018 6:43:48 GMT
There are other Buddhist here but not too many yet hmm
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2018 6:44:54 GMT
Me, proper pagan.
We used to sacrifice goat, and actually worship deity called shiva, though his origins are based on Indo-European mythologies, but now being shown as hindu god.
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anyposs
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Post by anyposs on Jan 26, 2018 15:39:37 GMT
Me, proper pagan. We used to sacrifice goat, and actually worship deity called shiva, though his origins are based on Indo-European mythologies, but now being shown as hindu god. Really? So worshipping Shiva can be considered pagan?
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Post by Διαμονδ on Jan 26, 2018 22:58:16 GMT
Me, proper pagan. We used to sacrifice goat, and actually worship deity called shiva, though his origins are based on Indo-European mythologies, but now being shown as hindu god. You pagan?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2018 2:04:14 GMT
Me, proper pagan. We used to sacrifice goat, and actually worship deity called shiva, though his origins are based on Indo-European mythologies, but now being shown as hindu god. You pagan? What is pagan? idol worshipping?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2018 6:01:15 GMT
A pagan is an adherent to the Pre-Christian religions of Europe, i.e. Norse Paganism, Gaulic Paganism, Slavic Paganism, and Hellenic Paganism. I believe the word can be applied to Hinduism but I'm not certain.
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Post by anyposs on Jan 27, 2018 6:18:06 GMT
A pagan is an adherent to the Pre-Christian religions of Europe, i.e. Norse Paganism, Gaulic Paganism, Slavic Paganism, and Hellenic Paganism. I believe the word can be applied to Hinduism but I'm not certain. From what I've learned, pagans don't like Hinduism being called pagan, and Hindus don't like Hinduism being called pagan.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2018 7:30:58 GMT
The word "pagan" used to designate anything that challenged the status quo, especially if it was pre-Christian. The word "heretic" came up later and mostly substituted it. Nowadays, a pagan is anyone who caresses a spiritually dying or moribund religion and it's rites (i.e. sacraments), it's language (i.e. runes), it's rituals (i.e. climbing to the top of minarets), etc., not understanding the full significance of these rites.
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Post by Διαμονδ on Jan 27, 2018 8:03:51 GMT
What is pagan? idol worshipping? Hinduism!
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crakzeno
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Post by crakzeno on Jan 27, 2018 9:59:12 GMT
A pagan is being a believer of any religion not considered a large mainstream one, especially shamanistic and nature-related spirits.
Personally I agree with a lot of the shamanistic beliefs, as well as that throughout history humans have worshipped various deities of various forms, *really* I don't think it matters in the slightest what the form is or the name, to me there is no difference between worshipping say, Shiva, and a "fictional" god such as Azathoth (in terms of how meaningful that is, in terms of the core beliefs; how you might worship them rituals etc those can be DRASTICALLY different.) We make our own gods, if you liked the concept of a god made specifically in a fictional book admitted as fiction by all - but decided to take it to heart and worship that deity, it's just as powerful as it would be worshipping the christian God. Perhaps a mildly odd concept from a religious point of view but philosophically speaking it makes perfect sense if you agreed with a god being completely incomprehensible to any other lifeform, there's a power an energy whatever you want to call it - that I agree strongly on - but which god it is? Not important, that's like personal preference.
I'll be honest I do have a particular interest in Azathoth currently, fictional god from lovecraftian tales, a very nihilistic concept, "the blind idiot god" created all of existence with no intelligent design in mind and completely by accident, so for me worshipping this deity involves a fine balance between nihilism and hedonism, it gives every pointless task a point ironically. I'm not entirely sure why but that idea just makes me inexplicably happy, it simultaneously acknowledges and agrees completely with nihilistic thinking - yet turns it into more than just the philosophy and mixes it with hedonism to create this odd way of enjoying the pointlessness simply because it's utterly blind luck and chaos, might as well have a good time going through it.
*waits for flak to strike*
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2018 10:16:42 GMT
What is pagan? idol worshipping? Hinduism! No hinduism is modern construct. I thought pagan means worshipping a war Lord who is known to be the guardian of ones ancestor. I mean in philosophical sense. Neverthelesss I have wrong notions about this.
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Post by Διαμονδ on Jan 27, 2018 12:16:06 GMT
No hinduism is modern construct. I thought pagan means worshipping a war Lord who is known to be the guardian of ones ancestor. I mean in philosophical sense. Neverthelesss I have wrong notions about this. Traditional Hinduism and all its orientations are attributed to paganism!
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Post by Brythonic Warrior on Jan 27, 2018 12:38:30 GMT
I worship a god of the North Caucasian Huns known as Kuvar, who is the God of Lightning and of War.
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crakzeno
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Post by crakzeno on Jan 27, 2018 12:43:42 GMT
You worship a god of lightning and war, any others? Usually when it comes to these kinds of gods you generally have a balanced opposing one of say, fertility or peace.
If not: how does this lead you through life?
(not saying it doesn't I'm just curious as to how that works)
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