New Age is NOT New Age (ritual, theist, pagan, spiritual)

[Mestemia]

Originally Posted by Gentoo

That actually doesn't bother me as much as it may other people. As an eclectic myself, I meld some odd cultures together, but it works just fantastically for me.

I know/knew a guy who's patron was Athena yet he called himself a druid, it certainly raised an eyebrow from me, but I was not about to tell him that he couldn't do it. As I like to say, there's very little that is outside of the realm of possibilities.

I think perhaps you misunderstood.
It is not the mixing and matching I have problems with.
It is the fact that he claims his beliefs are a system that is older than Christianity that I have a problem with.

[Gentoo]

Originally Posted by Mestemia

I think perhaps you misunderstood.
It is not the mixing and matching I have problems with.
It is the fact that he claims his beliefs are a system that is older than Christianity that I have a problem with.

Ahh.. yes, I gotcha

[Mestemia]

Originally Posted by Mestemia

I think perhaps you misunderstood.
It is not the mixing and matching I have problems with.
It is the fact that he claims his beliefs are a system that is older than Christianity that I have a problem with.

This is why I would like for the thread starter to present specific beliefs.
Because although there are several beliefs that do in fact go way back, the vast majority of the "New Age" religions are merely brand new religions put together by taking old beliefs from here and old beliefs from there, slapping them together, and then claiming that because the differing beliefs that are used are really really old, their brand new religion is also old.