Is it Blasphemous for a Pagan to Love God?
Does He still love me as I am if I revere Him without worship? And if I’m not a Christian, why do I even care?
I’ve been a pagan since the day I was born. My mother discovered paganism in her twenties, and she raised me in those footsteps. The influence of this religion on my life was relatively passive, but we still celebrated pagan holidays, dabbled in witchcraft, and defied Christianity as a whole.
I have several prominent memories of my mother looking down upon Christians and being reluctant to allow me to attend church with my friends. Not always, but enough to notice the disdain she held for Christianity.
“It’s the people who do bad things,” she’d say. “Not the religion itself.”
But there were so many bad things said about Christians and Christianity that, for a long time, I couldn’t help but feel like I was superior for not being a Christian. I’ve always been proud of my pagan faith, but my reasoning turned sour as I reflected on those memories.
It took me a long time to realize I’m not holier than a Chrisitan because I worship several gods, as opposed to one. In fact, I was probably on par with the Christians I judged by believing I was better than them to begin with.
