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Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 8:09 am
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Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 8:15 am
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Boadicia Personally, I'm reluctant to call myself eclectic, though I am solitary right now. The word eclectic seems to give a lot of people the idea that someone grabs a little from here, a little from there, and a little from over there and then tries to squish it into a big mess. An exaggerated example was someone invoking Greek deities with Egyptian chants in a Celtic ritual. eek I don't do that, at least not consciously confused , so I consider it somewhat of a misnomer to some people. Maybe I'm just neurotic.
From what I know, ecelectic does mean a person who picks and chooses what they want. The term, like fluffy bunny, seems to fit a lot of people. Now, depending upon how much knowledge of the core religions you are doing it to, it can cross the lines into religious/culture rape.
It is fine to be an eclectic, but please know your stuff, so that when asked, you do not get the look of death from someone who actually follows the religion you borrowed from.
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Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 8:57 am
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Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 9:26 am
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Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 9:44 am
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Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 7:30 pm
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Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 7:32 pm
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Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 6:06 am
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Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 6:08 am
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Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 7:05 am
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Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 8:16 am
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Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 8:33 am
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Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 9:33 am
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Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 10:00 am
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crystal_raye After all, aren't most Pagan religions about finding your own personal path? No. Most Pagan religions are about honoring the gods as they see fit.
Most of the Recon theologies, and the pagan religions that never went away (read: Hinduism, Shinto etc), don't give a flying rat's a** about your mental masturbation as to how you feel the Kami of Mt. Hiei should be worshiped according to you.
Maybe one or two neo-pagan theologies focus on "your" path- but not all and not even most given that non-eclectic paths have traditions and in many cases, prohibitions as to how deities are to be worshiped.
Quote: If all roads lead to the same place then what does it matter which one you chose?
False assumption.
My path doesn't lead to the same place Nuri's does, nor to the same place that Stitches' does- or any of a range of practices that aren't bound to my gods.
Quote: I say as long as things are taken with morality then believe and let believe. stare You are aware that some moralities say that you not believing the same as their group means they get to kill you, yes? rolleyes
crystal_raye Also, didn't Scott Cunningham once write something like "Don't make fun of others beliefs, for who can say that your own are correct"? And if he did?
Cunningham isn't gospel- in fact, there are some serious arguments to suggest he was an amoral b*****d who raped a beautiful theology in favor of making lots of money.
Further- I can prove that my belief that person X is not a 33rd Generation Wiccan who was burned at the stake in Salem Village.
Objective Reality > Individual's mental Masturbation.
Compound the insult that I commonly run across. "My Grandma was a G~, so I am a G~ Witch who worships Diana!"
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Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 4:52 pm
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