Having a conversation with a new friend today, and we ended up on the subject of religion. We were discussing Pagan beliefs/leanings. She made the comment "I read somewhere once an explanation of why paganism/Wicca was not a
cult, because one sign of a cult was converting people. And how most
pagans never convert, they just realize there's a name for what they
already do and they are not the only ones who do it."
Yes! That!
There have been groups that I visited that never really felt right. I think part of it was that a lot of people in those groups found books on paganism and thought it was cool, so they decided they were going to believe/practice it, instead of being people who found books on paganism and realized that it was what they already believed/practiced.
There's a big difference in the feeling of those two types of people. The feeling in those groups was often like trying to force a piece into a spot on a jigsaw puzzle that looked like it should go there, but didn't ever quite fit right. It's nice to finally find the puzzle where I really do seem to fit.
Yes! That!
There have been groups that I visited that never really felt right. I think part of it was that a lot of people in those groups found books on paganism and thought it was cool, so they decided they were going to believe/practice it, instead of being people who found books on paganism and realized that it was what they already believed/practiced.
There's a big difference in the feeling of those two types of people. The feeling in those groups was often like trying to force a piece into a spot on a jigsaw puzzle that looked like it should go there, but didn't ever quite fit right. It's nice to finally find the puzzle where I really do seem to fit.
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