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Re: Pagans and the naturalistic fallacy
« Reply #15 on: December 11, 2015, 12:35:13 pm »
Quote from: Zephyrine;183205
I've noticed since a lot of pagans are white collar city folk that there seems to be this idea of the Pagan weekend warrior "getting back to nature" and an sentimental notion of nature and the natural world.

Pagans seem to be suckers for anything labeled organic or natural: the old fallacy that what is natural is good.

My father was an arborist and landscaper so our entire lives revolved around the seasons. Nature wasn't "good", it was just a powerful and mysterious force that governed our entire lives. There were times when it was beautiful and times when it was terrifying (ice storms, whiteouts, thunderstorms etc).

Is this just fluffyism? For me, respecting nature is paramount but nature itself is neither good nor bad. It just is.



I think that is why most pagans do work with nature - because it is powerful and mysterious and terrifying - and it also inspires worship.  It also offers an alternative to the whole "man" v Nature theme - because suddenly we've entered into a reciprocal relationship with Nature.  We give to Her so She will spare us.  

I don't think worshipping Nature is for the faint of heart (or fluffy). :)

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