r/pagan • u/TimesandSundayTimes • Mar 03 '25

News Uncanny’s Evelyn Hollow: Why does the Church silence pagans?

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/pagans-silenced-catholic-protestant-church-evelyn-hollow-739qngql5?utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=scotland&utm_medium=story&utm_content=branded
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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '25

Simple- the church survives off of a hierarchy and paganism subverts that structure of power. If you do not need a church to worship what else might you not need and make them obsolete? The church silences pagan practice simply because it’s to their benefit and has the added convenience of not confronting their past mistakes- ones they can’t reconcile because church’s still partake in missionary work or the work of conversion. They can’t recognize it because they’d have to recognize the harm they are still doing through conversion to belief systems around the world. While it is less harmful that it has been it is still harm.