I'd also consider myself a humanist. While I'd prefer to not use such condescending language, that's nearly exactly how I look at it. Wicca and Paganism are religions like any other in regards to spiritualism, and can be subject to the same types of fanaticism. Personally, I really like Wiccans and Pagans. I vibe well with their leftist tendencies

[–] SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Maybe my gauge is calibrated differently, but I wasn’t trying to be condescending. At most, I thought a christian might consider it condescending because their mainstream religion was being compared to a fashionable new age fancy at best.

Christians - some of them - think that the existence of Aquinas means that their religion is intellectual at its core, wh i in their minds renders paganism mere cosplay. I’ve had exactly that argument made to me.

In any case, that was just a benign musing. When I condescend to condescend, it’s ridiculously obvious. Apologies for any offense - it was friendly fire.

[–] Harrison@ttrpg.network 2 points 2 years ago

Is paganism not just cosplay? There's no continuity of tradition for pagan religions, they just picked it up because it was cool a few decades ago.

[–] bouh@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The ones I interacted with seemed more to the right in my opinion, but maybe I am too far left already?

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

They tend towards the left, but that's not always the case for every individual. The ones I know are anti-capitalist, but I'm positive that there are liberal Pagans too