I've seen this youtuber's vids before on a few occasions. He seems somewhat typical of modern pagans who come from a secular rationalist background.
From what I gather, the vast majority of modern pagans don't really believe in the gods, as far as being persons like you or I. Instead they're usually seen as archetypes, colorful personifications of natural phenomena, or some other abstraction that conveniently lacks agency. Honestly I've come to realize that most people don't have faith in anything otherwordly that they themselves haven't yet experienced personally. Even in established faith communities, I think most declarations of faith or belief are performative in nature, unless backed by a personal spiritual experience. Just my cynical two cents ;)
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Date: 2025-05-19 11:49 pm (UTC)From what I gather, the vast majority of modern pagans don't really believe in the gods, as far as being persons like you or I. Instead they're usually seen as archetypes, colorful personifications of natural phenomena, or some other abstraction that conveniently lacks agency. Honestly I've come to realize that most people don't have faith in anything otherwordly that they themselves haven't yet experienced personally. Even in established faith communities, I think most declarations of faith or belief are performative in nature, unless backed by a personal spiritual experience. Just my cynical two cents ;)