Why Pagan gods aren't hard-nosed about morality?

[Me Myself]

Other

I wouldn´t say they necesarily arre less strict.

For starters, they had their rules at their time. Then they were strict at least for their rituals. Then all that truly depend on the specific spirit in question.

Then I would believe they have become less strict because the times change and they have to take the worship they can, after all, they don´t have the following they had before.

[Iti oj]

They are human to the extrem and are a celebration of the human condition

[Quintessence]

It depends on the cultural pantheon and/or specific gods in question, I think. As Me Myself mentioned, the Pagan gods are not necessarily less strict. It's just that there is more of them. That's where my "other" answer comes in. They're "less strict" as there are more of them and they don't have some universal standard they all collectively adhere to. They're not morally dogmatic as a whole. That gives them the appearance of being "less strict" when compared to highly dogmatic and/or organized religions.

Overall, the gods I work with are just plain amoral. Morality is a human social construct, not an intrinsic quality of the universe/reality. They're often indifferent with respect to human moral constructs, with certain exceptions.

[Egyptian Phoenix]

Let us not forget that Hermes is the god of thievery

And I happen to like Hermes in spite of this...

[Me Myself]

I love Hermes!

I made a clay figure of him actually

[Shadow Wolf]

Because people who become pagans usually used to belong to a strict Abrahamic religion, and therefore created and sought out religions with looser morals.

Many pagans worship gods of ancient cultures, such as Greeks, Romans, Norse, and there are even many who incorporate Native American believes.
Two views I have on it, one being that because Paganism often is polytheistic, and because different deities have different realms, of course some are more relaxed on some things than others.
But what is moral is relative. Some would find Dionysus do be a god of immorality, while some would view him as a patron that appropriate to call upon when the time is right. And because some people find music to be immoral, that rules out Apollo as being moral.
Which leads me to my second point, is that morality is defined by humans.

[Quintessence]

Originally Posted by Me Myself

I love Hermes!

I made a clay figure of him actually

Well, ****. Now you're making me want to take up sculpting again. That is pure awesome.

[Egyptian Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Me Myself

I love Hermes!

I made a clay figure of him actually

Very nice I must say

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[Me Myself]

Originally Posted by Quintessence

Well, ****. Now you're making me want to take up sculpting again. That is pure awesome.

Thanks a lot!

What I love of doing clay is that it is always a spiritual experience for me be it one way or another.

Why would you let it pass so much time without sculpting? do so! You know you wanna!

Originally Posted by Egyptian Phoenix

Very nice I must say

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Thanks!

[Sir Doom]

Originally Posted by Me Myself

I love Hermes!

I made a clay figure of him actually

That's a... torch in his left hand? Right? I hope?

Anyway, I said 'Other'.

I don't think I count as a pagan, exactly. But when I think about ancient pantheons it seems like every value got their own god, even the ones that seem immoral by today's standards. I think its a bit more honest of an approach to humanity (exemplified by our chosen deities). Instead of attempting to separate the negative aspects of our mortal existence as something that should not happen, they explained it as the influence of another god who was a bit of a jerk (to put it lightly). This sort of turns the tables on the relationship with god that seems to be prevalent these days. Gods competed for our favor back then. A far more powerful position, in my opinion. I don't know if modern pagans really see it this way, so much, but that's my incredibly ill-informed position anyway.