Neopaganism growing quickly

 

Give them that old-time religion — ancient religion — and then watch an exploding population of modern pagans give it contemporary twists.

Their numbers roughly double about every 18 months in the United States, Canada and Europe, according to the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance.

Neopaganism, whether a careful reconstruction of ancient practice or a completely modern interpretation of ancient lore, is now among the country’s fastest-growing religions.

People, especially teens, are rejecting what they see as the “autocracy, paternalism, sexism, homophobia and insensitivity to the environment” of some more traditional religions, the Canadian group concludes.

 

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Rejecting the “autocracy, paternalism, sexism, homophobia and insensitivity to the environment” of some more traditional religions ‘eh…. that’s gonna get a whole bunch of conventional knickers in a lot of unconventional knots ain’t it?

…. they never were much for constructive criticism were they.

The ever dwindling power of the conventional church is something that I personally get a great deal of satisfaction from, personal faith and religion is a wonderful thing, until people believe that they have the right to foist their personal truths on to the rest of us…. at which point they make the jump from believer to authoritarian bigot.

Never fear though my monotheistic brethren, Pagans (unlike yourselves) are a very tolerant bunch, and there is an upside you may not have considered, halloween Samhain is gonna be a heck of a lot more fun in a few more years than it is right now :-)

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