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Pagans For Peace and Tolerance Alliance
Official Web Site
Definition of Pagan:
pa·gan .
One who is not a Christian, Muslim, or Jew, especially a worshiper of a polytheistic religion.
A non-Christian.
adj.
Not Christian, Muslim, or Jewish; heathen.
A Pagan religion, is ANY religion that is not of the Christian, Jewish or Muslim faith according to most dictionary definitions!
Religions such as the Native American Spirituality's, Witchcraft and Wicca, Buddhism, Taoism, Santería, Satanism and many more non-Christian religions.
Religion and chosen forms of Spirituality, are very important and personal commitments that each individual must choose to, or not to partake in. It is a decision that must be made by the individual and not by any other influence, not the city, state, or country. A decision that can not be dictated by a neighbor, best friend, and not by a sibling or the individual's Mother or Father. However, a parent does have the earliest influence over personal religion, and should use that influence wisely. We all must remember that In the end it is only the individual's choice. A choice that should not be forced or selfishly influenced by others, but instead garnered through education and personal conviction.
Religion and Spirituality, affects every minute of every day within an individual's life if practiced wholly and honestly. The path to the higher plane of existence, some may call Heaven, others may call the Summerland, no matter what you may personally call the next plane of existence, it is still a path that each individual must choose to walk upon and take responsibility for, alone -- individually.
It is no one else's place to say that another's chosen path to religion or spirituality is or is not the best path or the only path to be taken. Religion and especially any form of spirituality, is personal and often private. No individual has the right to judge or condemn another fellow human for his or her own personal form of spirituality. No religion grants this right of condemnation!
The objective should be --Walk on your path, in your world, with peace, tolerance and love, and let your neighbor walk his or her path as well. Lead with your actions, and your heart, not with hatred and what your head does not wholly understand.
This site is unique in that peace and tolerance for ALL religions is the goal.
No matter the path, no matter how different or similar to your own chosen path, respect for personal choice is what mattes.
Who knows maybe, just maybe each of those different paths just may lead us all to the same beautiful place. A place where skin color and religious choices, or sex and sexual preferences do not make one any better or less than the person that walks beside them.
So please view this site with an open mind and an open heart, for who is to say who is right and who is wrong? Neither you nor I have been given the right to judge and condemn our fellow human.
So let's work together towards peace, and tolerance. Education is the key. Understanding that there is no black or white only a lot of gray when it comes to the unknown.
Every religion and religious group has a right to their opinion, and a right to voice that opinion in a tolerant and educated manner. It is the manner in which that opinion is put forth that can be either educational and helpful towards peace and tolerance or hurtful and forceful and harmful to peace and tolerance.
Make the correct choice, don't bash or slander someone else's religion or path. Make the sensible choice don't try to force your belief's on someone else, and make the honest choice to try to understand that your own personal choice may not be the only one, or the one that is right for someone else.
A simple rule taught by many parents...'If you can't say something nice about someone, or thing, then just don't say anything at all!'
Variety is the spice of life;) Religion and spirituality are personal choice, no matter the choice!
Warm Blessings
Shewolf Silver Shadows
Founder /Pagans for Peace and Tolerance Alliance
Founded January 2003
What makes one a witch is not a secret, or magic, nor is it initiation. It is 'something' in the very soul of an individual that makes one a witch. I am a 'Soul Witch'. For the very breath and blood of the earth is woven into my soul. In the past, the present and in the future. In magic we find life, in life we find death. The secret is what lies between darkness and light. May you discover the balance." - -Shewolf Silver Shadows-
Wolf Credo
A timely message for all Beings
Respect the Elders, Teach the Young, Cooperate with the Pack. Play when you can, Hunt when you must, Rest in between. Share your Affection, Voice your Feelings, Leave your Mark.
~Anonymous
