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Choosing a Different Path

SigurdReginson

Grēne Mann
Premium Member
If you had to choose another religious (or non religious) path to follow, what would it be? Why?

If I had to choose a different path, I'd probably pick paganism. More specifically, Druidry or Norse Paganism. Those paths speak to me on a deeper level, and I love how they place a high level of respect and reverence for nature in general. The mythologies are fun as well. Earth based religions are definitely my cup of tea. :D

How about you folks?
 

Quintessence

Consults with Trees
Staff member
Premium Member
With how I view religion... I can't do some other path. My religion is inseparable from who I am and my way of life. Doing some other path means not being me, and I can't be anyone other than me. That said, I change over time. So does my religion. But I can't be something I'm not or try to live inauthentically.
 

SigurdReginson

Grēne Mann
Premium Member
With how I view religion... I can't do some other path. My religion is inseparable from who I am and my way of life. Doing some other path means not being me, and I can't be anyone other than me. That said, I change over time. So does my religion. But I can't be something I'm not or try to live inauthentically.

Hmmm, then maybe for you, what path do you respect or find interesting most from a distance? :D
 

JustGeorge

Not As Much Fun As I Look
Staff member
Premium Member
Hmmm, then maybe for you, what path do you respect or find interesting most from a distance? :D

Put this way, I find the path from which I came(general Paganism and Druidry) to still be terribly interesting, and I have nothing but the utmost respect for them. It was just my path changed, and I found the meaning which I had been searching for within another tradition.

I look at the paths once trodden as an important part of who I am, and I am most thankful to have walked them. Interestingly enough, I found more depth and joy within the practice I left once I found a way more suitable for me.
 

McBell

Resident Sourpuss
If you had to choose another religious (or non religious) path to follow, what would it be? Why?

If I had to choose a different path, I'd probably pick paganism. More specifically, Druidry or Norse Paganism. Those paths speak to me on a deeper level, and I love how they place a high level of respect and reverence for nature in general. The mythologies are fun as well. Earth based religions are definitely my cup of tea. :D

How about you folks?
"had to choose"?
 

Quintessence

Consults with Trees
Staff member
Premium Member
Hmmm, then maybe for you, what path do you respect or find interesting most from a distance? :D

One of the teachings of the OBOD flavor of Druidry I really like is that it basically affirmed something I can't help but to do anyway - be constantly curious about everything around me and let the inspiration flow as it may. Put another way, I find pretty much everything interesting and worthy of respect so it's tough to single something out.

That said, let's go with an approach to paths: reconstructionism. There was a time I thought about taking that approach to developing my tradition, as I already have an academic bent and that's all but mandatory if you're doing a recon path. However, as I thought about it, treating my religion as a scholarly exercise really wasn't what I wanted out of it. It's why I went with OBOD instead of ADF, for example, when joining a Druid order. I have a lot of respect for that way of working and utilize some of it in my own path, but I don't see myself going full on reconstructionist any time soon. If I did, it would be Hellenism, not Celtic like one might expect (I'm not really a Celtic sort of Druid).
 

Left Coast

This Is Water
Staff member
Premium Member
If you had to choose another religious (or non religious) path to follow, what would it be? Why?

If I had to choose a different path, I'd probably pick paganism. More specifically, Druidry or Norse Paganism. Those paths speak to me on a deeper level, and I love how they place a high level of respect and reverence for nature in general. The mythologies are fun as well. Earth based religions are definitely my cup of tea. :D

How about you folks?

I'm already on a basically non-theistic/secular Buddhist path, so if I went theistic it would likely be something progressive and pan(en)theistic. Episcopalianism would be easy as I'm already familiar with the liturgy. Sufism is intriguing.
 

Trailblazer

Veteran Member
If you had to choose another religious (or non religious) path to follow, what would it be? Why?

If I had to choose a different path, I'd probably pick paganism. More specifically, Druidry or Norse Paganism. Those paths speak to me on a deeper level, and I love how they place a high level of respect and reverence for nature in general. The mythologies are fun as well. Earth based religions are definitely my cup of tea. :D

How about you folks?
I like many aspects of Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam, but I could never be anything but a Baha'i. However, since all the major religions embrace the same spiritual truths I can find those in all the religions and I take what I like from all the religions.

From what little I have read about Druidry it is a really cool religion :cool: and like you I have a great respect and reverence for nature. But I am kind of stuck with the Abrahamic God since I believe in Him, even though He and I do not always see eye to eye. :rolleyes:
 

McBell

Resident Sourpuss
Well, you're free to choose anything at all! We all know the obvious choice is Sigurdianism though, right?... Right? :D
Never heard of it.
And based on the spelling (which I would never get correct without copying it) there is no way I could choose it.

So I choose ...
All of them

Better safe than sorry
 

TransmutingSoul

Veteran Member
Premium Member
I can offer for many people this could not happen, as their Faith is life, death is to be without that Faith.

Also I never have had to, nor am I in a position where I will have to choose any other Faith.

Now if you are suggesting another faith was to be forced upon us as the 'had or have to' reason, that choosing is a matter of life or death, then I am still in a position where I would not choose another faith.

The only choice for me in this age is Baha'u'llah and then continue to try to be a Baha'i.

Regards Tony
 
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