Five Mistakes We Make When Criticizing Other Religions

atheism, belief, Community, contradictions, creeds, culture, dogma, expression, HP, John Halstead, Latest Posts, naturalistic pagan, performance, Religion, Religious Naturalism, secularism

Religion is far more than a set of propositions to which we intellectually assent or dissent. Religion is inextricably intertwined with our social networks and our cultural context. And religious behavior, including religious speech, is far more than an expression of belief; it is a performance which binds us to our religious communities. When secularists, atheists, and religious naturalists attack a religion on the basis of the demonstrable falsity of the beliefs of its adherents, we reveal our own ignorance of the complexity of this thing we call religion.

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Building a Strong and Free Pagan Community

Atheism and Meaning, Community, Emotion, HP, humanism, inspiration, Intellect, interfaith, Jon Cleland Host, Latest Posts, Magic, myth, naturalism, naturalistic pagan, Non-Theistic Religion, Paganism, Responsibility, Science and Religion, Starstuff, Contemplating, Superstition and Reason

I hope that moving forward, we are able to disagree respectfully, as friends, to recognize our common goals and community, and sometimes, to join in powerful and moving rituals, regardless of the fact that some of us see the underlying basis of those rituals differently. With that, we might be able to bring a life-centered Paganism to millions, who might fit better into this or that part of our wider Pagan community, with many of us working together to build a better future for the whole web of life.

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Ego-Paganism and the Tyranny of Structurelessness

Community, eco-paganism, ego-paganism, freedom, individualism, institutions, Natural Pagans, organizations, Pagan Community, Paganism, self expression, structurelessness, The Allergic Pagan

Opposition to all organization on principle serves nothing but the egos of certain individuals. And it reduces our community to the lowest common denominator — the heckler and the troll. They should not be allowed to define our agendas, because their only agenda is the destruction of all agendas. We need to recognize ego-Paganism for what it is: dead weight for our community. While we need to create space for ego-centered Pagans, we cannot allow them to keep us from coming together to help make the world a better place.

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Announcing The New go-to Site for Naturalistic Pagan Blogging: NaturalPagans.com!

Announcements, Beginnings, Community, evolution, HP, Latest Posts, naturalism, naturalistic pagan, Paganism, Science and Religion

Today marks the official launch of NaturalPagans.com – a blog aggregator collecting new blog posts from the popular blogs “A Sense of Natural Wonder”, “Atheopaganism”, Humanistic Paganism”, “Canadian Mutt”, and “The Allergic Pagan”! You no longer have to remember to check all these different blogs – here they all are on one site, which you can subscribe to as well.

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