Questioning our beliefs is crucial. Once we think that we have answers and that we know what's going on, we lose the perspective of wonder, learning and curiosity, and thus our spark of life is dimmed. Constant expansion thus demands constant revision of what we think. Great post, man! Thanks for sharing!
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Hard yes. I've been bumping up against a lot of people who see themselves as The Authority on things that you can't really possibly be authoritative about, such as spiritual matters. Like, you can be An Authority about, say, what certain scriptures say, or the history of a practice, etc., but you can't be The Authority about the truth of it. About the meaning of it, or the feeling of it. You can't be The Authority about other peoples' experience. But they're running around telling other people that their perspective about their own spiritual beliefs is wrong. I'm just always floored by that.
When people ask me for a quick and dirty explanation of Druidry, the first thing out of my mouth generally is that if you ask 20 Druids what they believe, you'll get 20 answers, because we don't have dogma. But some people have their Authority hat on and imagine that we do.
Edit for clarity: I'm not saying don't debate the meaning of things; I think that's actually really healthy. I'm just talking about the people who are Wholly Convinced That They Are The Wise Ones And Everyone Else Is A Fool And Wrong.