tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4731530447543672664.post819809697916636453..comments2023-06-29T06:06:16.207-06:00Comments on Karin Kaufman's Blog: The Trees of the Field Will Clap Their HandsKarin Kaufmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00085471267090729677noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4731530447543672664.post-70399077429736386702011-02-18T14:21:58.601-07:002011-02-18T14:21:58.601-07:00I hadn't thought of that before, Traci, but yo...I hadn't thought of that before, Traci, but you're absolutely right. Materialism is the natural next step for those whose spirituality consists of aesthetically pleasing "paths," wiccan or pagan.<br /><br />As for young people believing it's "all about them," I think the whole cafeteria method of choosing your pagan path--a little from here, a little from there--with little if any curiosity about what’s true (since truth is relative in a pagan world) ensures that point of view.Karin Kaufmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00085471267090729677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4731530447543672664.post-28061628037442659862011-02-18T10:49:14.451-07:002011-02-18T10:49:14.451-07:00I meant to add that it seems natural for Satan to ...I meant to add that it seems natural for Satan to ease them away from spirituality as they grow, if he can, as growing or maturing in understanding of the spiritual world could bring them too close to the truth. As though maybe his strategy is to entice young people away from their parents church, give them an idea that spirituality should be pretty and all about them, fill them with a nostalgia for things that can't be had, bore them with it and toss them material goods as a replacement.Traci Hiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714120918967217450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4731530447543672664.post-92085010829191593672011-02-18T10:46:23.831-07:002011-02-18T10:46:23.831-07:00I love your picture of an arm chair pagan. I grew ...I love your picture of an arm chair pagan. I grew up with so many of those. It seems that now, in their thirties, the young arm chair pagans I knew have eased naturally into materialism, which makes sense when viewing their spiritual dabbling as an embrace of aesthetically pleasing faerie tales.Traci Hiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714120918967217450noreply@blogger.com