PAGAN PRIDE DAY’: KENTUCKY RESIDENTS CELEBRATE THEIR POLYTHEISTIC BELIEFS

Posted on October 5, 2011 at 9:58pm by  Billy Hallowell

It’s not uncommon for the religious to gather to celebrate their beliefs, while engaging in conversation and fellowship with one another. But a recent event in Louisville, Kentucky, may raise some curiosities among those who are unfamiliar with more uncommon religious beliefs. Locals came together recently to celebrate “Pagan Pride Day.”

“Pagan” is a term for an individual who embraces polytheism (the belief in multiple gods). But Merriam-Webster also defines the word as follows: “one who has little or no religion and who delights in sensual pleasures and material goods.” It was the individuals who subscribe to the former definition, though, that the gathering sought to celebrate. WDRB.com writes:

Wiccans, Asatru, and Druids are all considered Pagan religions, but anyone was invited to join the fun at Saturday’s event.

Mike Avery, the coordinator of Pagan Pride Day, claims that it’s, “…a celebration of all polytheistic religions.” He continued, saying that the event was intended to spread “information about different spiritual paths.”

The celebration is apparently centered around the fall harvest, a celebration that occurred many centuries ago. Avery says that people observed the harvest by counting their blessings over the abundance of food that came during the season.

The day of pagan pride, which looked somewhat like a typical community gathering or festival, featured jewelry, art and the like. Some participants dressed up — some even sold crafts.

CNN has some additional footage from the event:

According to the group’s Facebook page, entrance to the October 1, 2011 event was free as long as attendees brought canned food with them. The organizers planned to donate to a local food bank.

The Louisville event is apparently one of many pagan celebratory initiatives that take place annually around the globe.

Just another religion that is a false religion. These people really believe that they are alright in the eyes of God. The Bible speaks of people like this:

Exo 22:18  Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live

Deu 18:10  There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, 

Deu 18:11  Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. 

Deu 18:12  For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee. 

Gal 5:19  Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 

Gal 5:20  Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 

Gal 5:21  Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 

Exo 20:5  Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

Exo 34:14  For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:

Deu 4:24  For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God. 

Deu 5:9  Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me

Deu 6:15  (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth

1Ki 19:14  And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away

2Co 11:2  For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ

The pagans do not understand who God is because if they did, they wouldn't be caught up in this pagan religion. God is a jealous God, He said not to put idols before Him and that is just what they are doing.