Here's an interview from the folk/pagan band Faun, one of the most influential and popular in the neo-pagan/heathen culture
Otti:
You notice that there is a lot of religion behind it and you are also behind the natural religions. How do you feel about current religions such as Christianity and Islam, do you still feel connected to it? Would you also intonate Christian songs if they fit?
Oliver:
We do that. We wear a little this cliché, this sign "Pagan" around the neck, because that's our main topic. But I hate people calling us traitors for singing "Ave Maria". There are really people who are set up like this, and there are people in every scene. Fortunately, I have had relatively good experiences in the Gothic scene right now. It is really not the case that you can say they are all black and who is "white" is wrong, but there is a lot of shading in it.
Otti:
In the end it is also the case that many things in Christianity, for example, are adopted from paganism, there is really no difference. For example, Christmas is originally a pagan custom. Perhaps it is precisely there that the connections should be revived.
Oliver:
Definitely. I think Christianity is also a very good religion. I am absolutely against the church, but I think it is better if someone runs around as a believing Christian, no matter how Catholic, than if he has no faith. And in this sense I can also gain something good from the Christian faith and also sing Marian chants.
Otti:
I think there is a sky-wide difference between Christianity and the Church.
Niel:
Yes, all you have to do is check the Vatican website to see how often it says "Christian" and how often it says "Roman Catholic". I think spirituality and religion are not contradictory. With Christian topics it is important to emphasize it differently, to simply address certain things differently, then you realize that there is also a pagan background and that there is something else behind it.
>>10362870I will look into that quote more.
