Saving faith

I can hear a dim distant rumbling of discontent: is this another one of those sites that tries to relegate religion to oblivion - and raise oblivion to be the realised religion? No, there are some religions I like.

I think Buddhism has a great deal to recommend it. In fact, most of the Oriental faiths are sturdy, practical, unobtrusive, gentle, and wise. I'm not sure why we chose to embrace the cranky desert religions instead. Perhaps it was an occident of history.

As for myself, while I think the world of the rationalist and free thinker is best when apprehending philosophical concepts that can be generally applied, I am nominally a pagan. I believe in Magick.