Thread: Why am I Pagan?
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Old 03-13-2006, 10:29 AM   #3 (permalink)
Jinn
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I'll add a few of my own reasons for being agnostic (pagan sounds so ..common) if you don't mind;

I'm not forced to defend positions I do not agree with; my "book" doesn't disagree with me.

I am free to learn from others, rather than fight my position to a bitter end.

I can leave an empirical life, knowing that all knowledge I possess has some construction WITHIN the natural laws.

I require no "faith" to be reassured, I can rely on fact alone.

I don't fear death.

Similarly, I don't have to live by any rules but my own; I do not fear retribution in the afterlife, nor reward.

I free to follow my own will, not God's Will.

Most importantly,

I can never use God or Allah or whomever as an excuse, justification, or rationalization for my actions. I am the ONLY one responsible for my actions.

Responsibility means taking credit for your actions; by this logic, I view stronly religious people (one's who would act in God's name) as irresponsible.
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