ToughDiamond wrote:
My robot friend DeepAI doesn't think I can be rightly called a heathen, because I don't "engage with or identify with the cultural or spiritual aspects of pagan or heathen traditions." Apparently you have to have at least a glimmer of superstitious belief in your mix or you don't qualify. So it looks pretty clear that your soapbox chappie was stretching the truth, which in my experience is common with soapbox chappies.
So it looks like I can confidently say no I'm not a heathen. I took part in a hippie pagan ritual or two once, and might do it again just for fun if I thought it was harmless, but I've been to church more often than I've done that kind of thing, yet it doesn't make me a Christian, it makes me a bit of a people pleaser and somebody who loves a singalong and is curious about what they get up to.
Does anybody think there's anything in this "you're praying and worshipping God whenever you do anything with loving care and kindness" thing? I do that here and there but it doesn't feel worshippy. A Baptist Christian said it the other day because it was National Prayer Day and they hadn't done their bit literally with the hands-together-eyes-closed thing, but they said that covered it so they'd complied really. I thought it was a bit of a fudge.
Heathen definition:
adjective
(of people or their way of life, activities, and ideas) having no religion, or belonging to a religion that is not Christianity, Judaism, or Islam).https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/heathenHeathen can be used as an offensive term for someone who has no religion.
14 May 2025, 9:59 am
