Best Thing About Your Religion?

[Sound Doxa]

So, in studying Paganism, I've found that a lot of the religions are really unique with many different practices.
I was wondering what you think is the best thing about your religion? Is it a specific practice? Is it a specific connection to your deity/deities? Is it just the feeling you get from following the religion? Or is it something totally different?
Whatever it is, please feel free to post about it.
Why is it your favorite thing in your religion?
Please go into as much detail about it as possible.  

[TeaDidikai]

Tough question.

I love how intensly pragmatic my religion is. It's very much a function of: "This works- use it."

The actual practices- I love the nature of offerings. I make many offerings to my gods on a regular basis. This challenges me to craft something beyond my casual interests in creative expressions.  

[maenad nuri]

I will bypass the typical "closeness to the gods, and making my own rituals, etc". Important, yes, but:

I am shamelessly devoted to Dionysos. I make no bones about it, I'm not a henotheist, but sometimes, I feel like I get close.

There is nothing like sacred madness. Nothing. It is exciting and scary and every contradiction combined. I love it. It's not something I want all the time, as its not always a desired state, but it is beyond words.

(That also said, the accuracy of Oracles. I'm rereading one that I got a month ago, and it is currently making me uncomfortable with its accurateness. DAMN IT, NOW I HAVE TO WORK.)  

[TeaDidikai]

Nuri

There is nothing like sacred madness. Nothing.

Contested. Sacred Humor. lol  

[Doctrix]

That's hard! It's like asking what my favourite thing about breathing is! I think I love the sheer ecstacy of experiencing deity. I also like how this experience brings me an unspeakable peace and understanding with certain aspects of my life. I also like the intimacy I feel with fellow worshippers who have shared the experience. Basically, I assume that I feel very similar feelings to worshippers in many religions, and that I enjoy them as much as they do, so I wouldn't say these feelings are specific to Paganism.  

[Pelta]

I love how well suited everything I do is to me.

Everything just fits so well.  

[saint dreya]

the ability to look at all the scholarly data we have abounding, say "hey, they did this back then, let's try it," do it, then find out that the scholarly data was wrong and find out the real way, then say "whoops, how bout we try it the real way," and then potentially saying "well, that last way sucks. let's do the first one," "well only if we say that it's actually personal gnosis".

just the sheer honesty of it all.  

[Tsuzuki]

It makes me a better person. Forces me to look at myself. All that good stuff.  

[Deandriea]

It's freaking NUTS!

Half of it is LAUGHING like mad and playing jokes. the other... well, we get serious sometimes too.  

[Deandriea]

TeaDidikai

Nuri

There is nothing like sacred madness. Nothing.

Contested. Sacred Humor. lol

I second that one.

Q--What's one thing you never have to worry about?
A--Your airplane being hijacked by a group of radical Unitarians.

Q--How many Erisians does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A--How many have we got?

Q--How many Discordians does it take to change a light bulb?
A--Five tons of flax.  

[TeaDidikai]

Deandriea

TeaDidikai

Nuri

There is nothing like sacred madness. Nothing.

Contested. Sacred Humor. lol

I second that one.

Q--What's one thing you never have to worry about?
A--Your airplane being hijacked by a group of radical Unitarians.

No, but you do have to worry about God's Dog eating all your doughnuts.  

[CuAnnan]

Deandriea

TeaDidikai

Nuri

There is nothing like sacred madness. Nothing.

Contested. Sacred Humor. lol

I second that one.

Q--What's one thing you never have to worry about?
A--Your airplane being hijacked by a group of radical Unitarians.

Q--How many Erisians does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A--How many have we got?

Q--How many Discordians does it take to change a light bulb?
A--Five tons of flax.

Q-- What's the difference between a duck
A-- One of his legs is both the same

Q-- Why aren't apples like oranges
A-- Because biscuits don't have windows

Q-- How many surrealists does it take to change a lightbulb
A-- A fish  

[ketchakik]

i'm not sure i can say and still keep it pg-13  

[godhi]

What's the best thing about being Norse Heathen?
Mead and ale are sacraments. mrgreen  

[TeaDidikai]

TeaDidikai

Deandriea

TeaDidikai

Nuri

There is nothing like sacred madness. Nothing.

Contested. Sacred Humor. lol

I second that one.

Q--What's one thing you never have to worry about?
A--Your airplane being hijacked by a group of radical Unitarians.

No, but you do have to worry about God's Dog eating all your doughnuts.

I make a ******** UU joke and no one says a word?! scream

Seriously. Suck.