I'm surprised you have an inferiority complex because every time I've seen you summarize my thoughts, you've explained them far better and more clearly than I ever could.

I defintely agree with all you points about Paganism. The only thing I have to add is a tangent. the Maiden, Mother and Crone, etc. I have seen references to the Celtic Goddess Brigit, who is a triple goddess, as Maiden, Mother, and Crone which is wrong just wrong. Brigit maps out as three sisters, associated with bardcarft, smithwork, and I think healing respectively.

And, while we're on the subject, there was some horrorish comic when I was a kid where the stories were introduced by three witches. One was definitely a Crone. Of the other two, one was basically dating age and what would have been called "a hot babe". The third didn't seem much older but was heavier; nothing suggested she was a mother but they seem to represent the same image. They reappeared in a DC trilogy called Witch Craft although I don't know if this was supposed to represent the same three witches/goddesses of if it was just playing off the Pagan vibe.