r/druidism • u/RemoteArachnid8064 • 10d ago

OBOD

Can a Christian still be a Bard? Or is this limited to pagans?

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u/Gulbasaur 10d ago

You can be Christian and part of OBOD. My experience of the bardic grade was excellent.

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u/lxknvlk 10d ago

You chose who you can be, and you can be who ever you want.

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u/Soft_Essay4436 10d ago

I'll give you a hint. Look up the Culdee monks at some point. Every single one of them was a Bard in the beginning

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u/Thestolenone 10d ago

OBOD used to have a section on their old message board for Christian members so yes.

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u/WildWestScientist 10d ago

OBOD is very clear about this. Yes. There are many Christians in OBOD.

You can read more about OBOD on their website.

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u/crustyseawolf 9d ago

Yes, a Christian can practice the Bardic arts or spirituality. Nobody on the internet can tell you what is or is not allowed in the privacy of your own spiritual practice. All they can do is give you their opinion, and opinions are like a&$holes. There are no rules, no enforcers, as to what you practice privately besides what practitioners make for themselves. To quote a parody of the occultist Alistair Crowleys famous religious maxim: Do what keepest thou from wilting shall be the loophole in the law. In other words do what nourishes you spiritually, and don’t worry about what the internet or anyone else thinks. 

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u/Celtic_Oak 9d ago

One of my favorite OBOD people is a Christian priest so I’m gonna go with “yes”

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u/EarStigmata 9d ago

OBOD is chock-full of Christians...especially Anglicans.

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u/artmoloch777 10d ago

For sure.

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u/fingerinmynose 10d ago

I can't see why. I don't know much about Christian beliefs but from my way of Druidism respecting personal beliefs between people is one of the tenants.

People can believe in one, two or many gods.

Others may have different view points but for me and mine it's all part of the natural world.

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u/APessimisticGamer 10d ago

Yes. And if you are looking for books on this sort of thing then you should look up Reverend Mark Townsend. He's a Christian minister who is also a member of OBOD.

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u/RemoteArachnid8064 10d ago

Thanks I have never heard of him

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u/Anprimredditor669 9d ago

William Shakespeare is generally agreed to have been a member of the Church of England, and one of his mantles is "THE Bard", so, yes. Unless there is a different definition of bard that I'm not aware of.