Comments on: 1,001 Heathen Posts: The Nature of Evidence

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By: Granamyr/Danielle

Granamyr/Danielle — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:07:14 +0000

"Almost anything you choose is as good a choice as Christianity."

LOL, Well, I agree with that for sure!

I wouldn't say I make things up but...I do take my experiences into consideration and build on them. If that doesn't jive with any already established religion, current or ancient...meh, I'm fine doing my own thing and not calling it anything by eclectic polytheism. (:

"After a century of persecution of Paganism, it was still under 50%. That tells you something, I think."

I think it says something too. After all, many Christian writers spoke of how hard it was to get the people to give up their traditions and beliefs. It's why Catholicism started swiping our days and symbols!

By: Hrafnkell Haraldsson

Hrafnkell Haraldsson — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:14:58 +0000

Oh of course there were a few who converted. But not many. Christianity did not grow in leaps and bounds as they'd have us believe, but very slowly indeed, and by the time it became the official religion of the empire, only about 10% of the population was Christian. After a century of persecution of Paganism, it was still under 50%. That tells you something, I think.

My point was not that you should believe what your ancestors believed because they believed it (though personally I think that's a good argument by itself) but that Christianity has failed the litmus test – it has not proven its claims and if it is invalid it has not proven what came before it as invalid. It was not the "next great thing" but the world's biggest bait and switch. Our ancestors were cosmopolitan in their outlook, Gran. Take your pick or if you don't like any of the choices available, make something up. Almost anything you choose is as good a choice as Christianity.

By: Granamyr/Danielle

Granamyr/Danielle — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:46:41 +0000

Good stuff as always, H! I do have one comment.

"who stayed true to the customs and traditions of their own ancestors."

Some of the ancestors clearly *did* convert. If they didn't, there wouldn't be a Christianity to speak of! Every Christian was either an ex-Jew or ex-"pagan". (:

This is why I'm not big on ancestral religions. It doesn't matter what my ancestors chose, it matters what *I* choose and what works *today* not yesterday. Some of my ancestors chose to be Christian and probably some of yours too! But I'm not going to factor that into the equation of what I think or believe. That's not to say we can't be proud of the good folks who came before us but still..you get it. (: