i am pretty new here on covenspace and i think i still need to get the lay of the land--so i have a question for all of you: what do you do when someone writes something in their blog about our pagan ancestors that is clearly untrue? what do you do when someone is spreading misinformation and garbled lore? what do you do if someone is writing about their own or other's upg (unverifiable personal gnosis) that could be mistaken as fact?
i have a habit of telling people when they are wrong--most people find this offensive and i don't have an easy time making friends that way. i am not talking about telling people that there beliefs or practices are wrong, just when they are presenting something as fact that clearly isn't. unfortunately the largest publisher of pagan literature publishes books with little to no fact checking before hand. i think a lot of these books are great for getting ritual ideas but they are not so good for finding out about pagan history.
so far i have avoided telling people that they are mistaken--but it gets increasingly frustrating. i am a quadruple gemini and obsessive reader--the truth is important to me. but i don't want to offend people or hurt their feelings? i would love to hear from as many people as possible on this. you don't have to write anything long a simple sentence of "tell them" or "keep your mouth shut" will suffice. thank you and many blessings.
Tags: Misinformation Upg
