Series - Pagan misconceptions about Paganism - Dogma

New series I am trying to do about the misconceptions held by Pagans about their own belief systems. Ignorance is never an excuse.

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[illiezeulette]

Well said. I am eclectic as far as formulating my own belief system, not adhering to any one particular established tradition in whole, but I adhere to my own system with all of my heart and soul. I think that many ex-Christian Pagans tend to confuse "dogma" with "the dogmatic teaching of religion X that religion X is the only true religion," which is a false association, of course.

[athairfiachdubh]

@illiezeulette Thank you so very much for actually understanding that. so many "pagans" seem to think because they do not like something, such as a word in this case, that it then MUST be wrong. Nice to see others who have gotten past blind hate.

[AncientWisdomSpirit]

if pagans should follow dogma then aren't you saying that all neo-pagan and eclectic pagans are false pagans? I mean if you're following a pagan dogma then mixing different paths would obviously be a faux pas and basically you've insulted most pagans who are smart enough to see this. This is disgusting and really it's something I would expect from a christian, jew or muslim NOT a pagan.

[athairfiachdubh]

@AncientWisdomSpirit Actually no. Of course that was the point of the video pointing out that Dogma is not a bad word. Funny thing is that all I stated is that at a certain religions core there is Dogma that must be followed. Did not say anything about not being able to mix anything. THAT is a misconception about Dogma AND paganism. Why people did not take the time to see this is beyond me. Funny how people cannot see past a single word to the core.

[AncientWisdomSpirit]

@athairfiachdubh Part of the definition of dogma states "something that should not be diverged from" so if you look at eclectic paganism you quikly realize that all eclectic pagans diverge from one dogma to another and if you knew what you were talking about you would see this. This is not a misconception this is your misconception of the word dogma. Religions who follow dogma do not worship other gods or take teachings from other beliefs because that is a breach of their dogma, get it?

[athairfiachdubh]

@AncientWisdomSpirit You know, this is one of the first semi coherent disagreements I have received on this video. Thank you for actually having something to actually say other than "Nuh-uh". As to my answer on this I will be doing another video as to the responses I have received on this one and I will be more than happy to respond to this on in the video I will be doing then. Would just take too many comment boxes. After which if you still do not agree we can debate then. Deal?

[athairfiachdubh]

@AncientWisdomSpirit And yes, I understand what you are getting at and have a response for it. It will be a few days probably before I get to my answer, however, I will answer it. Family takes first priority.

[HELPIHATEMYCOUNTRY]

yes the world needs fundamentalist pagans????? lmao who cares man?? all you'll accomplish here is dividing pagans and most likely getting people to hate you. Good job

[magsevyn]

How hilarious! This was meant to be funny, wasn't it? LMAO Belief is "making it up as you go along". My goodness, I surely hope this was meant to be funny because ordering people to believe a certain way is a waste of breath and only done by those who have a messiah complex. The more I listen to this, the more I realize this was meant to be funny. Noone could rationalize in this complex manner and take them seriously. Thanks for the giggle, it is a strange sort of humor.

[takibisin]

As to some of the comment responses I am seeing to this vid: Oh my, so much hate. sigh.... I really had hoped to come back to something besides flat out trolling and hate. That is what made me leave in the first place. He has expressed his opinion. If you disagree, good for you! You have a mind of your own. But please, express your opinion is a less hateful/trolling manner. helps no one, hurts you. Keep an eye on that blood pressure hardcore youtubers! I see heart attacks in the immediate future

[mumsthewitch]

So good to see you back. The word dogma in essence means structure ergo the way we practice is a dogma Got that from the get go. The trick is not to get dogmatic towards others with our particular practice.

[maggoli67]

Interesting.

[JacobDanielRay]

When is your next video? I can't wait for it.

[illiezeulette]

@athairfiachdubh No problem. I'm a religion major at university and will probably become a minister or chaplain of some sort... I better get this stuff straight! Anyway, keep up the great work. (:

[JacobDanielRay]

"Something held as an established opinion; especially : a definite authoritative tenet" (dogma, Merriam-Webster). Adding on to the definition, or tenets. Your video did go over this, even though you did not quote word by word. I applaud you for that and agree as well. I follow as well. Some of which come from the RDNA, Searls O'Dubhain and so on. So I do have dogma. Just wanted to add some two cents because you are right.

-Blessed Be

[wikedwitch80]

@AncientWisdomSpirit For example, a religion could have the rule that you can do whatever feels right to you. That is still dogma, but it is very loose dogma.