I was raised as a Christian. Stopped going. Started again. Stopped again for good.
Far more pagan in my beliefs now.
Asatru or Wiccan or Odenian?
I was raised as a Christian. Stopped going. Started again. Stopped again for good.
Far more pagan in my beliefs now.
I didn't want all of that. I just wanted to find God. I found incredible solace in the blood of truth; and so much more.Well, the history of Europe is the history of the Church. And as it was Eurpean Christianity that colonised the Americas, so the history of the Church is your history as well.
But on the other hand you deny you are a product of this history. You deny your roots and your heritage. And even go so far as to say you are not member of any Church.
It's as though you have sprung fully formed from the Bible itself. It is as though the Bible has given birth to your Christianity.
And barely hidden behind your Bible Believing Christianity is a dismissal of other Christians.
And it is as though you are not a product of religious warfare, torture and murder, but simply born of your own imaginings. It is as though you are pure - a Puritan almost.
What is that?the blood of truth
What is that?
How is 'the blood of truth' different from 'the truth'?Jesus.
How is 'the blood of truth' different from 'the truth'?
I bet people wanted to have you on their debate team.Two words.
I bet people wanted to have you on their debate team.
Probably wrong.I don't think NTs are any less religious than any other MBT group.
Probably right.I think our religious poll numbers are artificially lowered due to the NT personality description attracting those who idolize and worship NT tendencies.
Wrong.This means that, perhaps, NT types are more religious than any other personality group.
Right.Regardless, I'm an NT Christian and there are tons of us. We're not rare.
I don't think NTs are any less religious than any other MBT group.
I think our religious poll numbers are artificially lowered due to the NT personality description attracting those who idolize and worship NT tendencies. I think they assume these characteristics are supreme and correct and just and that these characteristics are incompatible with religion. This is ironic, of course, because they're actively worshiping a Jungian identity invention instead of a bread-and-butter genre of god. This means that, perhaps, NT types are more religious than any other personality group.
Regardless, I'm an NT Christian and there are tons of us. We're not rare.
Undergraduates claiming no religious affiliation were distinguished from the combined group of undergraduates attending the college of higher education by a more frequent preference for Intuition (p < .01) and by a combined Intuitive/Thinking preference (p < .001). In fact, NTs constituted 13% of the religiously unaffiliated, compared to 2% of Roman Catholics, 4% of Free Church members, and 5% of Anglicans. Combined Extraverted/Intuitive preferences were also significantly more frequent among students confessing no religious affiliation (38%) compared to the combined undergraduate group (28%, p < .01). Similarly, combined Extraverted/Perceiving preferences (p < .01) and Thinking/Perceiving preferences (p < .01) were overrepresented for the religiously unaffiliated group compared to the general student body.
Far more pagan in my beliefs now.
I don't think NTs are any less religious than any other MBT group.
I think our religious poll numbers are artificially lowered due to the NT personality description attracting those who idolize and worship NT tendencies. I think they assume these characteristics are supreme and correct and just and that these characteristics are incompatible with religion. This is ironic, of course, because they're actively worshiping a Jungian identity invention instead of a bread-and-butter genre of god. This means that, perhaps, NT types are more religious than any other personality group.
Regardless, I'm an NT Christian and there are tons of us. We're not rare.
This is actually more surprising than Christianity to me.
[Agreed.] Typically, sensational! Instant gratification from spirits (not from God) with minimal to no faith required.
Erm, my problem is that it's pretty much 100% faith. I don't think that there's any evidence at all for Paganism. Maybe I'm wrong, though.
Erm, my problem is that it's pretty much 100% faith. I don't think that there's any evidence at all for Paganism. Maybe I'm wrong, though.
How does this differ from the Christian God (not the existence of Jesus)? Aren't many of the old testament stories very similar to those found in older pagan religions?
I'm not a pagan, just curious.