Pagans

[Kiwi_Mjolnir]

Hey, anyone here a pagan? Just wondering.
I am an Odinist B)

[phatso]

whats that

[Lumix]

Someone who follows the old, Earth-centered religions.

[phatso]

oh cool, i am not one then

[Spid3r]

The people who celebrate birthdays?

[orangedevil]

looked it up on m-w.com real quick... lol

Main Entry: pa·gan
Pronunciation: 'pA-g&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin paganus, from Latin, civilian, country dweller, from pagus country district; akin to Latin pangere to fix -- more at PACT
1 : HEATHEN 1; especially : a follower of a polytheistic religion (as in ancient Rome)
2 : one who has little or no religion and who delights in sensual pleasures and material goods : an irreligious or hedonistic person

that should kinda help on the definition.. i didnt know many ppl still practiced this. But im wrong i clearly see.

[Kiwi_Mjolnir]

Thats a pretty rough definition, I found some more to help anyone seeking a path.

Odinism: Odinism \O"din*ism\, n. Worship of Odin; broadly, the Teutonic heathenism

Heathen:

a)
1. One who adheres to the religion of a people or nation that does not acknowledge the God of Judaism, Christianity or Islam
2. Such persons considered as a group; the unconverted.

B)
1. One who is regarded as irreligious, uncivilized, or unenlightened.
2. Such persons considered as a group.


Wicca
1. A polytheistic Neo-Pagan nature religion inspired by various pre-Christian western European beliefs, whose central deity is a mother goddess and which includes the use of herbal magic and benign witchcraft.
2. A group or community of believers or followers of this religion.


Ok so this is how it goes. I am a Odinist (also known as Asatru) basically I worship the old Norse and Germanic gods and goddesses. Just like the Vikings..... kinda. But without the animal sacrifice and horned helms (they never actually wore horned helmets).
There are many other forms of Paganism though, as an example up there I put Wicca. Wiccans are like a new age wave of pagans, they worship the goddess and do other witchy things. Some religions (like Odinism) are very folkish, we want to remain worshipping the gods of our forefathers etc.

If your at all interested in Odinism/Asatru please visit the Odinist.com forum.
For all other practices there are the following useful sites: www.paganfed.org www.religioustolerance.org/var_rel.htm

[imported_Jack]

Nope, I'm straight up Christian. Always have been and always will be. Jack = a man of God

Just to follow suit here, if we have links for paganism because it's your religion, I thought I'd post one for mine in case you too are curious

http://www.thegoodnews.org/

[aefx]

hmm odinist that sounds pretty cool.

im hindu.

[C K]

I have some friends from school and elsewhere that are Wiccans or one of the other smilair things like that. Never got into though. It was just kind of their thing.

I'm a Atheists