You’re not imagining it: neo-paganism is on the rise in America

April 28, 2023 By Andrea Widburg

America’s political scene is dismal, but what’s most disturbing is the cultural scene and the speed with which it is changing. America was once a country that looked to the Bible for its values. Now, and with ever-increasing speed, it’s returning to paganism. That’s something that should terrify us because, contrary to the leftist vision of paganism as a non-judgmental time of love and flowers, the pagan world was judgmental, random, and remarkably cruel.

The Bible introduced ethical monotheism. Before the Bible, religion in every society revolved around animist gods tied to the earth. Pre-modern people created a pantheon of gods they believed were responsible for the mysteries surrounding them—crops, harvests, rain, storms, volcanoes, etc.

Because the natural phenomena people experienced were capricious, the gods were, too. Read the mythology from any pre-Biblical society, and you find gods that are immature, selfish, narcissistic, and vindictive. One did not placate these amoral gods with moral behavior; one placated them with sacrifices. These ranged from simple food offerings to live animal sacrifices to brutal human sacrifices. Their capriciousness made fixed rules of justice and morality impossible.............To Read More.....

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