tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872655574498550562.post7459721151675844490..comments2022-03-29T15:08:51.539-05:00Comments on Kansas City Heathen: Discussions Welcome...ghostvigil.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03643288508875275397noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872655574498550562.post-44155496204469041902011-07-15T10:00:53.035-05:002011-07-15T10:00:53.035-05:00I thought the comment was totally reasonable as we...I thought the comment was totally reasonable as well, so I'm right there with you. There is being open minded and there is being totally eclectic. There is a world of differences between the two, which is fairly obvious and Wicca exists for a reason, to that end. Not every one of them are eclectic, but you get the point. <br /><br />It's true though... thinking that your perspective is the one true answer for everyone to hold is nothing short of the religious version of dictatorship. If we want to progress, not just as a people, but personally, I believe it is not going to come by telling others that they are wrong in what they are doing in their practices, but furthering our own personal ideas and ways. I could care less if someone else believes differently than me (That doesn't mean I want you to come to my door and hand me pamphlets on your god though).<br /><br />I'm a big believer in the "individual" component. When we walk through that door at the end of our lives, it's one person wide. We all die alone and while we fill our lives with people it doesn't mean we stop having our own selves. To each their own! But like you said... "Discussions welcome".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872655574498550562.post-40576807312651475262011-07-14T13:32:20.760-05:002011-07-14T13:32:20.760-05:00As further example of what I'm talking about, ...As further example of what I'm talking about, what I just wrote in the comment above sounds completely reasonable to me. But, I realize some would read it and scoff at what I'm saying. They would say that I'm giving everyone permission to just do what they want, and believe what they want, and to just "make up" whatever they want.<br /><br />I don't agree with them of course. I don't think I'm doing that at all. But through their lens, and how they view the world...that's exactly what it looks like I'm doing to them.ghostvigil.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03643288508875275397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872655574498550562.post-72998831716302060752011-07-14T13:28:52.883-05:002011-07-14T13:28:52.883-05:00Well, we see it in politics too. Those who are he...Well, we see it in politics too. Those who are heavily right-leaning believe that people who are left-leaning are deluded, stupid, evil, or just don't get it. Those that are left-leaning believe that people who are right-leaning are deluded, stupid, evil or just don't get it. But there are intelligent, well-read, thoughtful people on both sides of political issues. It illustrates that we are all different, and we all see things through a different lens.<br /><br />In Heathenry, people also view things through a different lens. Where we grew up, how we were educated, our socio-economic background, our career, our family-situation, and even just how we think all play a role (with 1000's of other factors) in causing two intelligent, well-read, thoughtful people looking at the same exact passages in a book...or the same archaeological finds...or the same situation, and coming to two completely different points-of-view on the matter.<br /><br />To say there is one way, or one truth, or one answer...and then to further claim that you are one person who has found that one way, truth, or answer...is enormously close-minded and ignores the human condition completely. At least, that's how I view it.<br /><br />There are disagreements even between those who by their actions suggest there is one way, one truth, and one answer...further illustrating that there are many ways of viewing the same problem, or set of beliefs.ghostvigil.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03643288508875275397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872655574498550562.post-25436800687795618612011-07-14T07:50:22.569-05:002011-07-14T07:50:22.569-05:00I bring this up a lot, but I believe absolutely th...I bring this up a lot, but I believe absolutely that education has a limit. We have a mixed blessing in that we have no "holy book" of our own, but that doesn't mean people won't put that mentality into the Eddas or Sagas. Words and education aside, there comes a point where we must interpret and involve these things in our lives to fully understand them and bond with them. No two people are the same, just as no two people will experience or live our folkway identically. Sometimes we agree, sometimes we don't. Big hairy deal. The in-fighting is one of the biggest things that holds us back. Iceland may not have all the answers in their hands (hey, we're all just humans), but they've got a good thing going on there, without a lot of this kind of thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com