tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198523168852595216.post2043129053796942044..comments2009-09-10T10:03:44.777-07:00Comments on Wanderings of a Taoist Viking: LabelsMattexianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09364636677279037964noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198523168852595216.post-78693483339765290612009-09-10T06:51:45.707-07:002009-09-10T06:51:45.707-07:00Labels are always interesting, I was labeled an At...Labels are always interesting, I was labeled an Atheist by people and it has stuck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198523168852595216.post-32546297628608811832009-05-24T00:45:44.512-07:002009-05-24T00:45:44.512-07:00"Folk Christianity" That sounds interesting. Would..."Folk Christianity" That sounds interesting. Would you mind expounding on that a bit more, when you've time? I'm put to mind at first of pre-Roman Irish Christianity, but don't know more than the roughest outlines - do you? <br /><br /><br />Personally, I love the earthy "connectedness" of neo-paganism, though the flip side of that is that it (in my own experience anyhow) seems to break down a bit at the edges of the incarnate world... I didn't feel much of an anchor there when death came calling. But I'd be lying if I didn't say I missed the simple faith of Immanence within it, if not the smells and bells. <br /><br /><br />------------------<br />* Once in my very-pagan days, I went back to the old "many ways up the mountain" metaphor. Seemed to me while other faiths were charging up to the mountain by one way or another, neo-paganism sort of meandered around the goat paths saying <I> "I'll get to the top eventually, this mountain is just so interesting though.... oooh! look! Pretty flower!" </I>Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682072668997410668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198523168852595216.post-6103122570620894622008-08-10T17:06:00.000-07:002008-08-10T17:06:00.000-07:00You sound very much like Paula. And the only thing...You sound very much like Paula. And the only thing that was about to get her in trouble at one time with being so accepting to the point of nearly integrating the religions over there was that the Wesley was not intended to be a Universalist student center. It's not like anyone ever complained about what she said and did spiritually on her own time.<BR/><BR/>When it comes to theology, I tend to think everybody (in the sense of organized religions) has Answers, but everybody also seems to miss some of the point. And that happens to varying degrees. And I don't so much mind the ones who'll say, "We know we don't have all the Answers, but here's what we do have." On the other hand, I don't have a lot of use for the "These are the only Answers that exist, and you know it as well as we do!" crowds. <BR/><BR/>Most people never question whether or not I'm a Christian. It's obvious that I'm not just familiar with what the bible says, but have also given plenty of thought and study to what it means. Many Christians tend to assume a non-Christian must only be a non-Christian because they don't know what the bible says. Many other people tend to assume I'd only give it so much time and energy if I whole-heartedly believe it. <BR/><BR/>So, yeah... trying to fit souls into cookie-cutter shapes is made of fail.Arcadia Irishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00163489155225065779noreply@blogger.com