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Comment by Prog Rock Girl on June 1, 2010 at 8:18am

Cool! My pagan boyfriend liked that I said "I don't need a god to tell me to love nature." I think I have more appreciation for nature without paganism. Sometimes pagans only think about what it can do for them. I appreciate it for what it is and there is no spell or positive thinking that can fix all our damage.

Comment by Allison Rodriguez on June 1, 2010 at 2:26am

Hey everyone! :) Just wanted to let you all know that after a 3 year journey from paganism to atheism, my love of nature has recovered. I am actually experiencing that feeling of awe at the beauty of this planet without having to ascribe it to a god or goddess. It's such a relief! Thank you to everyone who gave me encouragement!

Comment by Jo Jerome on December 19, 2009 at 6:19pm

Barely related, but when working at RadioShack once, a man came up to the counter, slapped down a couple of button batteries and a receipt, and said, "I need to exchange one of these. I got two positive batteries. I need one positive and one negative."

He said it with such confidence and conviction I had to actually pause a second and mentally re-review how electricity works.

"Umm, no sir, I'm fairly certain there's no such thing as a positive or negative battery. Each one has a positive and negative end."

"No, see here? There's a plus sign on one side and nothing on the other. That means it's only a positive battery."

I'm sure whomever that guy was, would be happy to tell you how to charge a crystal.

Comment by Prog Rock Girl on December 19, 2009 at 11:30am

Charged...that cracks me up. Do these people even know that to positively or negatively charge something, it involves adding or subtracting a subatomic particle?

Also, news flash: there are much more than four elements! :P

Comment by Jo Jerome on December 18, 2009 at 9:18pm

And in that sense, crystals are indeed healing. As is anything else that is pretty and reminds you of the awesomeness of science.

It's a far cry from me walking into a New Age store, picking up some crystals to check them out, and being warned by the shopkeeper: "Be careful, those are charged."

*mega-eyeroll*

Comment by Prog Rock Girl on December 17, 2009 at 8:54pm

Paganism isn't an alternative to Christianity. They're 2 sides of the same coin.

I avoid most things that overtly remind me of paganism. I still do have my rock collection though. I don't think crystals have any healing energy but they are pretty, and in my own way they remind me of the awesomeness of science.

Comment by Jo Jerome on December 17, 2009 at 8:48pm

I don't know if/how I fully qualify for this group. I was never a Theistic Pagan/Wiccan but always an Atheist Pagan/Wiccan.

As a solitary, I thought many of the practices fit quite well with an Atheist who still thinks full moons and Celtic music are cool, who still finds great power in meditation and even more so when musing on the idea that it's purely psychological in nature.

But when I moved to Sedona AZ, I wasn't too shocked to find so many Theistic Pagans/Wiccans, but I was shocked to find how resistant many were to an Atheist in their midst. I came to learn that most of them were ex-Christians who had simply traded "Jesus" for "Goddess" and "Holier than Thou" for "I'm More Enlightened Than You Are."

Very disappointing really.

Comment by Prog Rock Girl on December 17, 2009 at 8:17pm

Yes, I have come across Wiccan friends-of-friends who were into white power...I think the original Nazis wanted to revive the old traditions too.

Comment by Prog Rock Girl on December 17, 2009 at 7:51pm

Actually, what is Asatru? I never heard of it until I saw it on this group.

Comment by Little Name Atheist on November 29, 2009 at 9:58am

@ a angel: I'm almost an ex-everything, too!

@ Prog Rock Girl: There used to be a group here entitled "Department of Other Atheists", which was a great group for people who weren't raised Christian, and don't have that anger that so many new atheists have (often understandably so). Unfortunately, the guy deleted his profile, and that was back before Ning had upgraded the software so that groups could stay when a creator leaves.

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