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Hypocrit?

Posted on the 11 April 2012 by Brenda @PibblesNHeathen
I'm starting to feel like a hypocrit. How very anxious I was when I started this journey into Paganism. I knew there had to be "something" else. "Something" that I believed it yet know that I'm several months into my journey, I'm finding my beliefs aren't that different than when I first began, just a lil more confusing because I've tried adding rituals into it.
See I believed in "something". A God or a Goddess or maybe it was the Sun and/or the Moon. I talked almost daily to what I "believed". When times were rough, I prayed to what I "believed". When times were good, I thanked what I "believed" for another day of waking up, breath, and another day of living.
Yet, I tend to miss the Christian holidays. I mean, it was strange this past Easter NOT to have an Easter basket for the hubs. I guess that's when it really struck me. Can one still partake in the holiday spirit but yet be Pagan?

The Earth seen from Apollo 17.

The Earth seen from Apollo 17. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)


To be Pagan is not to believe in a Christian God (higher power), correct? Not to believe in the Christian Bible, correct?
I'm finding myself in a "limbo" per say. Caught between Christianity (per say) and Paganism. I don't like this feeling and don't know how to shake it. All this Pagan book reading, ritual, magik, spells is confusing me more. I liked it better before. My simple life. The one where I did "believe" just wasn't sure what it was. Now I DO know what it is I believe in but must all the rest of the "hoopla" be done? Does that make me a bad-Pagan?
Can one be Pagan yet not do all the ritual and intense, indepth reading of all the folk lore and history (of which no one is sure is true anyway)?
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