Were paganism the dominant expression of spirituality in the world, or just in the US, how would pagans perceive and deal with a minority of Judeo-Christians?
A great deal of speculation would be required to answer this, even in a cursory way. I would begin by questioning a strict division between branches of Neopaganism and the Judeo-Christian traditions. I think the integrity of this dichotomy would quickly collapse in a rigorous examination. It might be more useful (maybe) to discern between polytheistic and monotheistic traditions, but then the question of belief in a strictly nonconscious Cosmos represented by useful avatars (my proposition) as opposed to autonomous super-entities (gods, demi-gods, etc.) existing independent of their believers must still be confronted.
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Re: Paganism
Date: 2008-05-01 08:29 pm (UTC)A great deal of speculation would be required to answer this, even in a cursory way. I would begin by questioning a strict division between branches of Neopaganism and the Judeo-Christian traditions. I think the integrity of this dichotomy would quickly collapse in a rigorous examination. It might be more useful (maybe) to discern between polytheistic and monotheistic traditions, but then the question of belief in a strictly nonconscious Cosmos represented by useful avatars (my proposition) as opposed to autonomous super-entities (gods, demi-gods, etc.) existing independent of their believers must still be confronted.