I've always (well, since sometime in 7th grade) identified as a Christian. For a while, noting that some of my friends identfied as "ChristoPagans", I contemplated what that label would mean in my case, and whether it made sense to me, but pretty much where I landed quite some time ago is "a Christian who has learned a lot from Pagans and who sees more points of commonality than difference between Christians and Pagans". In many ways I feel more comfortable around Pagans than with many of my fellow Christians, so "Christian member of Pagan community" also describes me.
I don't remember describing myself as a "Christian Pagan" ... I wonder whether I was keeping a diary then (or wrote about it online).
"While Christianity has always been good at co-opting pieces of other religions, it's never had much tolerance for paying direct reverence to their customs or Gods."
True. And while I'm not revering their deities, I'm treading interesting ground by honoring their customs and (unlike a lot of folks celebrating Hallowe'en) acknowledging to myself that that's what I'm doing.
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I don't remember describing myself as a "Christian Pagan" ... I wonder whether I was keeping a diary then (or wrote about it online).
"While Christianity has always been good at co-opting pieces of other religions, it's never had much tolerance for paying direct reverence to their customs or Gods."
True. And while I'm not revering their deities, I'm treading interesting ground by honoring their customs and (unlike a lot of folks celebrating Hallowe'en) acknowledging to myself that that's what I'm doing.
Hmm.