>>10816380'Pagans' don't need faith because it's not slave morality, nor are they struggling to believe and accept. They are different mythic and religious systems, but you want to understand it in terms of Christianity. Doesn't work that way, and ironically it's the same thinking that atheists use when they insist Christianity be understood in terms of science.
Paganism is essentially a conflict, a paradoxical reception of divine forces while also participating in rituals which release one into madness while not being overwhelmed by it. It's moralism, if it has any, runs counter to Christianity in that it recognises the great danger of the numinous and passageways to other worlds - encountering a god comes with risks, and accepting the gifts of one god may incur the wrath of another. This speaks to a deep problem, a seeming contradiction that persists beyond the simplicities of faith and total acceptance of laws. There is both One and not One, and man must walk hidden and deadly paths to retain his being and dominion. It is in this sense that we see something like an opposite force in pagan rituals, where one must be reminded not to go too far, that his faith may already be too much, a trick.
The Christian is focused on his faith alone, always of the religion rather than the numinous - hence why the greater questions become lost and he becomes overwhelmed by contradictions.
