a Quote that sparked serious thought
"When one defines oneself as Pagan, it means she or he follows an earth or nature religion, one that sees the divine manifest in all creation. The cycles of nature are our holy days, the earth is our temple, its plants and creatures our partners and teachers. We worship a deity that is both male and female, a mother Goddess and father God, who together created all that is, was, or will be. We respect life, cherish the free will of sentient beings, and accept the sacredness of all creation." ~ Edain McCoy
Snagged this one from another LJ friend. I really liked this quote from Edain McCoy, I wonder which of her books this one came from? Anyways, just wanted to share it with my other pagan friends.... it has already been added to the old BOS!
Ironic that I found this on the same day that the old "Witchcraft Episode" on Judging Amy re-aired. It's an episode where there is a custody dispute because the mother practices Witchcraft and is Wiccan. She is essentially run out of town by everyone and has to give up custody of her son to her X. What was really sad is the so called "Wiccan Antidefirmation League" would not even take up her cause because she "Wasn't a good Wiccan"... how often have we seen that kind of judgment in our own community? How often have we seen this attitude in other communities... "She's not a good Christian let's not help her." Why do we pass judgment on people and place value on their faith like that?
Just the other day I had an experience that made me really feel bad for people who pass judgments like that. I had put out an email on a list that I am on seeking donations for Katrina victims. In the letter I did post that the church running this particular collection drive was a part of the ATC. So the list owner took it upon herself to email people offlist to tell them that the ATC was a pagan church and that if they wanted to donate they should take donations to their own church or school. How petty is THAT? The donations were going to PEOPLE in need, not just pagans... so why be so ignorant? Why is denying aid based on religion a "good christian" thing to do? I thought the basis of helping was to help not discriminate.
Thoughts?
Snagged this one from another LJ friend. I really liked this quote from Edain McCoy, I wonder which of her books this one came from? Anyways, just wanted to share it with my other pagan friends.... it has already been added to the old BOS!
Ironic that I found this on the same day that the old "Witchcraft Episode" on Judging Amy re-aired. It's an episode where there is a custody dispute because the mother practices Witchcraft and is Wiccan. She is essentially run out of town by everyone and has to give up custody of her son to her X. What was really sad is the so called "Wiccan Antidefirmation League" would not even take up her cause because she "Wasn't a good Wiccan"... how often have we seen that kind of judgment in our own community? How often have we seen this attitude in other communities... "She's not a good Christian let's not help her." Why do we pass judgment on people and place value on their faith like that?
Just the other day I had an experience that made me really feel bad for people who pass judgments like that. I had put out an email on a list that I am on seeking donations for Katrina victims. In the letter I did post that the church running this particular collection drive was a part of the ATC. So the list owner took it upon herself to email people offlist to tell them that the ATC was a pagan church and that if they wanted to donate they should take donations to their own church or school. How petty is THAT? The donations were going to PEOPLE in need, not just pagans... so why be so ignorant? Why is denying aid based on religion a "good christian" thing to do? I thought the basis of helping was to help not discriminate.
Thoughts?