Comments on: Neo-Paganism: Is Dialogue Possible?

By: Pagan and Christian Apologetics « Tír na nOuray

Pagan and Christian Apologetics « Tír na nOuray — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:25:31 +0000

[...] globe. This was made keenly apparent to me when I ran across this online course on titled “Neo-Paganism: Is Dialogue Possible?”, written from a Christian perspective. I highly encourage a full reading of this text, as [...]

By: Christian

Christian — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:50:04 +0000

Wow! So much to say and so little time. I believe that all the previous respondents need to look up a term called “Law Of non- contradiction”. This law of logic precludes both neo-paganism and Christianity being true. Both can be wrong but both can’t be true because they have too many contradictions.

By: Ally

Ally — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:31:27 +0000

I completely agree. It’s about time we realised that what we all believe comes from the same roots anyway – and people are people, regardless of what they believe. Both religions need to reconsider their hostility – nowadays, the chances that one faith will obliterate the other is very low, so do we really need to be so opposed to sharing and learning beliefs? The focus with religion is (or should be) on education nowadays, not power or control and I like that so much more – we should take advantage of it. Thankyou for this entry, I hope more people see the truth in it.

By: Stuart French

Stuart French — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 03:54:41 +0000

I agree. A common sayings of many pagans is “Our historical story encompasses those of the other religions, but theirs are not broad enough to encompass ours.”
This is a tacit acknowledgement of absolute truth and while many fringe pagans sharing the new age category would happily pick and choose the more liberal aspects of post-moderninity, most pagans – at least the wiccans I have spent time with – consider reason and tradition quite important.
The real key here is their perception of Christians as arrogant and self-righteous considering they only have half the story. Our openess to dialogue and debate and strong focus on listening and questioning without judgement are critical, “off-handed dismissal” is a very apt description of the Church’s past attitudes.
That said, there is little for the studied Christian to lose. Conversing and being challanged by pagans and their objections to the truth of Christ and His gospel will not only strengthen us in our own beliefs, but often aspects of the truth are further revealed by looking closely at a counterfeit.
The Wiccan tradition contains many common beliefs and principles to Christianity that can act as bridges to building relationship and respect. I encourage anybody with friends involved in this area take an interest and share Christ through loving action rather than bible bashing common in the past.

By: Wandering Star

Wandering Star — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 03:37:23 +0000

Thank you Mr. McClean for not only trying to understand us but for getting it right was well. I can not speak for all Pagans but I find my beliefs and ethics accurately reflected in your article.

Thanks!