Post by ad23 on Feb 1, 2009 20:54:47 GMT
Don't mind me, just poking through...
What interests them in KUPOS apart from the pagan side?
Everything else, of course. I suppose it's the fact that I've met a few people, through KUPOS' crossover with KURA mainly, who had a good attitude towards occultism and paganism, which is something I haven't found often, and I've been hankering for people to chat to about that sort of thing for a while, having lost touch with a lot of the friends I used to have who had similar interests.
What do they believe (if anything) which isn't pagan?
Haha, that'd be a long answer if I wrote it all out. I believe in people, I guess, and the potential they have to do great things. And I believe in a real world which is by necessity empirically unobservable. I suppose I also believe the two are somewhat connected. That's probably the easiest way I can sum it up without writing an essay, I think. I'd expand if anyone ever asked me to.
Why did they join the society?
I didn't... I considered it at Fresher's fair, way back at the start of the year, but my previous experience with this sort of thing made me wary that it might be full of starry eyed hippies and batshit crazies, to be blunt, so I steered away. Coincidentally I ended up meeting some members, and I was reassured to see that they were a little more serious and down to earth than I anticipated, so I resolved to join. I'm still working on that.
Do they feel alienated at all by the pagans in the society?
Haven't really had the opportunity to, TBH. What conversations I've had with members about their beliefs have been friendly and informative, if that means anything?
What are their general feelings towards paganism?
If it's approached with plenty of common sense, where's the harm? I have no specific ill feelings towards paganism that I don't have towards any belief system when people accept it unquestioningly. I think a lot of people (from broader experience, not here) are guilty as seeing it as an end in itself, which I don't think is the healthiest attitude- any spirituality should be a backdrop for personal development, IMO, not just a convenient label- and I also dislike the fondness certain New Age approaches have for attaching arbitrary morality to their beliefs, but the meat of neo-Paganism I have no problem with at all.
Also, Pagans throw the best parties. I never went to a Pagan festival / rite and came away hungry or miserable, which has got to be a positive.
What interests them in KUPOS apart from the pagan side?
Everything else, of course. I suppose it's the fact that I've met a few people, through KUPOS' crossover with KURA mainly, who had a good attitude towards occultism and paganism, which is something I haven't found often, and I've been hankering for people to chat to about that sort of thing for a while, having lost touch with a lot of the friends I used to have who had similar interests.
What do they believe (if anything) which isn't pagan?
Haha, that'd be a long answer if I wrote it all out. I believe in people, I guess, and the potential they have to do great things. And I believe in a real world which is by necessity empirically unobservable. I suppose I also believe the two are somewhat connected. That's probably the easiest way I can sum it up without writing an essay, I think. I'd expand if anyone ever asked me to.
Why did they join the society?
I didn't... I considered it at Fresher's fair, way back at the start of the year, but my previous experience with this sort of thing made me wary that it might be full of starry eyed hippies and batshit crazies, to be blunt, so I steered away. Coincidentally I ended up meeting some members, and I was reassured to see that they were a little more serious and down to earth than I anticipated, so I resolved to join. I'm still working on that.
Do they feel alienated at all by the pagans in the society?
Haven't really had the opportunity to, TBH. What conversations I've had with members about their beliefs have been friendly and informative, if that means anything?
What are their general feelings towards paganism?
If it's approached with plenty of common sense, where's the harm? I have no specific ill feelings towards paganism that I don't have towards any belief system when people accept it unquestioningly. I think a lot of people (from broader experience, not here) are guilty as seeing it as an end in itself, which I don't think is the healthiest attitude- any spirituality should be a backdrop for personal development, IMO, not just a convenient label- and I also dislike the fondness certain New Age approaches have for attaching arbitrary morality to their beliefs, but the meat of neo-Paganism I have no problem with at all.
Also, Pagans throw the best parties. I never went to a Pagan festival / rite and came away hungry or miserable, which has got to be a positive.