Campfire Friday: Pagans, does old = authentic?
Do you consider a religious belief or practice more authentic and valid if it is old? Does standing the test of time matter? Do you create your own practices to suit your needs?
Do you consider a religious belief or practice more authentic and valid if it is old? Does standing the test of time matter? Do you create your own practices to suit your needs?
~Heathen Princess~
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UPG: I think the closer you get to the original source, the closer you are to the truth of that particular cultural gods, yes.
For example I give more credence to Judaism then I do Christianity or Islam.
That is strictly a personal opinion.
I create personal practices though sure. I share my first and last drink of beer with the wights. Nothing "old" about that, it's just what I do. I leave apples instead of porridge for my house wights because my kids can make less of mess with it. So far they are happy with it so I won't complain.
Anonymous
Wicca - Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft by Raymond Buckland. Paganism - Drawing Down the Moon by Margot Adler Heathenism - Teutonic Religion by Kveldulf Gundarsson Our Troth, ed. by K. Gundarsson
Janet L
No I don't believe old = authentic.
I do create my own practices to suit me.
Therapon
I suppose I do look at it like that. I believe polytheism over monotheism precisely because it is ancient, whereas monotheism, nontheism and atheism are recent innovations.
I see my religion 'Hellenismos' as being the worlds oldest universal religion.
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Not really but the older version can serve as a model for the new.