When I first left the Christian church folks here in the spirituality forum desperately wanted me to give my new beliefs a name. I just didn't feel a need to do so. The whole idea of slapping a label onto my beliefs means I have to buy a bill of goods and will be judged not by the validity of my beliefs but on how closely they conform to the label.
Still posters here wanted me to call it something so I made up something on the spot. I called it Starism. Later that day smaddy came back and said "Sista river I've looked all over the internet for Starism and can't find anything. Do you have any literature?" I like to fell out of my chair.
But now a lot has been said about paganism here lately. What exactly is paganism and what's wrong with it? I see it as any religion that's not Christianity, Judaism or Islam. But Coming from a Judeo-Christian background the implication is that any other religion is somehow invalid or primitive. Since I no longer hold Judeo-Christian beliefs I can no longer think of any religion as pagan.
Still posters here wanted me to call it something so I made up something on the spot. I called it Starism. Later that day smaddy came back and said "Sista river I've looked all over the internet for Starism and can't find anything. Do you have any literature?" I like to fell out of my chair.
But now a lot has been said about paganism here lately. What exactly is paganism and what's wrong with it? I see it as any religion that's not Christianity, Judaism or Islam. But Coming from a Judeo-Christian background the implication is that any other religion is somehow invalid or primitive. Since I no longer hold Judeo-Christian beliefs I can no longer think of any religion as pagan.