The Big Question - Is Paganism more relevant than Christianity today? Part 01.divx

The Pagan relevant section of the `The Big Questions` broadcast on BBC2 31 Jan 2010 - The topical live debate comes from the Bitterne Park School in Southampton.

Joining Nicky Campbell are former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey; Druid priestess, Emma Restall Orr; novelist and broadcaster, Anne Atkins; and Oxford science professor, Peter Atkins, who is also a member of the National Secular Society.

The question discussed in this video is `Is Paganism more relevant than Christianity today?`

Part 1 of 2

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Pagan
• Paganism
• Witchcraft
• Religion
• Druid
• Emma
• Restall
• Orr
• Christianity

[Theiasember]

How relevant can a religion be in terms of morality when the only thing holding someone back from doing harm is the promise of heaven or the threat of hell...

[vampirictrends]

Wow what an amazing lady Julie is...the world needs more people like her...what good sense! She rocks!!!! Thanks for sharing this video.

[louiscfc93]

Paganism explains (to Pagans) why nature is sometimes peaceful and sometimes destructive. Some Gods are peaceful and destructive. However if you are a Christian; how can you say your God is a loving God if he also creates the destructive side of nature ? Paganism has many Gods with beautfiul myths behind each one. Christianity simply took the best parts and applied them to their own mongrel, dumb religion that was created by desert people who had nothing going for them at the time.

[louiscfc93]

Christianity is a simple religion for simple people. It wasn`t Christians who built the pyramids, the Greek structures, the South American temples, the Oriental and Indian structures. It was people with Pagan religions. Also the reason Pagan practices in this country stopped when Christianity arrived is because the Christians killed them all.

[666BrotherofMetal]

@CrazyGrapefruit think of "spells" and all that as prayers. Because that's all they are. :)

[666BrotherofMetal]

@Colton8646 Oh, someone never got any for Valentine's Day....;)

[Colton8646]

@666BrotherofMetal No one cares If your pissed off. As the amazing atheist said on we don't have to respect Paganism.

[Colton8646]

"Roman law not to do human sacrifice". I should fucking hope so, you Pagans are sad excuses for human beings.

[corkbender]

Interesting how the christian dude says "druids sacrificed blah blah blah." I guess all those wars started in the name of Christianity didn't harm any people or animals. Sure...

[PaganWalker]

One. Christianity hasn't been in the UK for 2000 years because that would mean when Jesus was put on the cross has soon as that happened it was in the UK which didn't happen

Two. When the Saxons went mostly over to Christianity as the christian monks tell us at that time the Vikings came and undid that in a lot of the UK

Three. The pagan Romans got rid of the druids because it was a Roman law not to do human sacrifice plus they more importantly kept the local people fighting the Romans

[666BrotherofMetal]

Pisses me off how there are members of the audiance giggling as she talks.

You wont see a fucking priest talk and have people giggle.

Disrespectful.

[Fenrirsdoom]

How can anyone claim Christianity has the moral high ground.......