Question by The Iron fist of justice: Wolf: why do so many pagans answer question directed at Heathens?
not that I mind or anything many have great input, however others make fools of themselves by speaking of something they know nothing about.
on another post someone even called me a christian… I’m sorry but that was funny to me(and sorta insulting but still funny)
your views?
Best answer:
Answer by Jewbear
if you ask me the whole thing is paddywhackers.
Give your answer to this question below!
According to the dictionary, one definition of heathen is pagan
I answer because I have knowledge on the particular subject.
See this is the problem with neo-pagan/reconstructionist heathenry, the name brings far too many bad assumptions with it! And if you say norse-pagan then every pagan seems to jump on the band wagon.
This is the reason why paganism isnt acknowledged by most countries, its so fractal that we can never get enough people to write the same word on any census to be counted.
EDIT: The word heathen being used to describe barbaric people is nothing more than propaganda that was used by romans and chistians as yet another way to see that their views were accepted.
pagan
—Synonyms
heathen, gentile
heathen
—Synonyms
heathenish, barbarous. Heathen, pagan are both applied to peoples who are not Christian, Jewish, or Muslim. Heathen is often distinctively applied to unenlightened or barbaric idolaters, esp. to primitive or ancient tribes: heathen rites, idols. Pagan, though applied to any of the peoples not worshiping according to the three religions mentioned above, is most frequently used in speaking of the ancient Greeks and Romans: a pagan poem; a pagan civilization.
philistine; savage.
Isn’t it funny they always assume you are either a Christian or an atheist?
cos heathanism, is still a form of paganism, and many times i can answer the heathen qs just as i can any other pagan qs
if i cant answer, i dont
i canty say whether i have or havent made a fool of myself, id wager i have, but im not realyl here to prove anything to you or anyone else, im here to waste time and learn
so i dont actualyl care how i seem to you whether or not i seem like im making a fool of myself
if im wrong, cool, im learning, if im right, cool im helping
thats how i see it
i realize i know very little about heathenism, but i usually answer to counter negative attitudes and blatant misinformation to support heathens. i also consider heathenism part of the pagan traditions. it’s an indo-european religion that’s extremely similar to celtic paganism and came from the same family as greco-roman, persian, and hindu religion.
Some of them are good for a laugh 🙂
they dont see a difference between us somehow,