Reply #39: Paganism [View All]

[YankeyMCC]

actually sounds interesting if it's true that you don't actually believe in a old man father of the universe actually sitting up in the clouds or little godlets running around taking care of things and just use it as a way to communicate and express the reality we experience.

When my wife and I agreed not to send my son to CCD (we were both raised Catholic) I wanted to make a wiser choice than my parents who just left a blank for ethical moral teaching. I said we need to be sure we set good examples and teach him throughout his life, but I thought we should also try to give some structure to this with say a once a week 30 min sit down to talk about what we believe, read him stories and play games we thought would help teach him what we hoped to teach him about how to form a ethical foundation. I eventually formed my own ideas of course but it really took me until my early 30's to develop a consistant aproach that I could articulate. Hopefully I'll keep learning but I felt like I was without a foundation for a long time. In fact I had a brief (very brief) time where I tried to accept at least in part my catholic upbrining because of this. Didn't work out. :)

Anyway, it isn't always easy to bring the ideas I have developed to a lesson for my son. I'm not a teacher I'm sure a professional would have an easier time of it. So I just wonder if something like Paganism would help me by providing a framework for teaching my son.

PS: For anyone who knows, isn't Hinduism similar to what "Is It Fascism Yet" describes for Paganism?