Is Paganism our only hope against Islam?

[Grumpy Cat]

Most Pagans I've met are highly articulate and intelligent.

Yeah I guess your mileage may very. I've met intelligent ones but my share of dumbasses too.

[Wyn]

I know I said I wasn't going to post in this thread again, but...

The ARchbishop IS fairly representative of English Christianity, of ALL major denominations. They've dwindled to a tiny core of old women and weirdos.

This definitely doesn't describe the church I attend.

The trend these days seems to be a loosely-defined self-exploratory spirituality that the individual customizes to his own preference. The days of strict religious dogma is over, I think. Don't put too much faith in a dogmatised sort of paganism/heathenry. It ain't gonna happen in England.

A lot of people are seem to think quite highly of Buddhism (most of them probably haven't read much into it, but it has a good reputation among the masses). If the Zen monks started a proselyting program they'd probably clean up.

[Groenewolf]

Yeah I guess your mileage may very. I've met intelligent ones but my share of dumbasses too.

Most of the other ones I meet in real life are of the former, I meet most of the later only on line. Then again most dumb asses, unless they are really stupid, who come across me in real life tend to avoid me.

[Monolith]

Well, I am sure most Hungarians would prefer adopting the religion at the time than losing their land to the Turks.

Many Hungarians converted to Islam over time but many fled Central Hungary when it fell to the Ottomans, though they weren't the only nation of AH monarchy that had to fight them. But my reply wasn't about the common folk.

[Adalwolf]

I know some Wiccans in real life who are some of the leftist folk I have ever met. And would you guys have really wanted to live similar to the old Pagan times? Considering that they regularly sacrificed people and animals to the ''Gods''.

[Loki]

I know some Wiccans in real life who are some of the leftist folk I have ever met. And would you guys have really wanted to live similar to the old Pagan times? Considering that they regularly sacrificed people and animals to the ''Gods''.

What's wrong with being leftist?

[Adalwolf]

Is that a serious question? Most of the decadence of western civilization can be blamed on liberal ideas? Loki, do you like the fact that Muslims are growing at a rate 10X the native English? Well, in a ultra-conservative society there would be no mass immigration like this. Not to mention how the family hierarchys seem to be degraded beyond repair because of feminism - another leftist ideal.

[Loki]

Is that a serious question? Most of the decadence of western civilization can be blamed on liberal ideas? Loki, do you like the fact that Muslims are growing at a rate 10X the native English? Well, in a ultra-conservative society there would be no mass immigration like this. Not to mention how the family hierarchys seem to be degraded beyond repair because of feminism - another leftist ideal.

Yes, it's a serious question. What does left-wing have to do with Muslims in England? Do you realise that Hitler was left-wing?

[Adalwolf]

I just explained what it has to do with left-wing... Liberals support immigration more than conservatives, pretty simple isn't it?

And saying Hitler was leftish is ridiculous. Do a little research to note the differences between socialism and National socialism.

[Albion]

Both European Paganism and Christianity are treated the same by our government in the UK, just last week I saw some Lib-Dem backbencher on TV defending Islam whilst putting down Christianity and saying Christianity causes most of the problems!
Christianity has however been widely adopted by non-Europeans whereas some European Paganism movements are open to non-Europeans but generally don't attract many non-European members anyway.

Paganism in my view though could give us decent ethics and ways to live by and would make our race more alert to threats from other races and continents, but that is just my personal opinion.