Facing the Tsunami of Lies – a Threat to our Democracy, by Starstuff, Contemplating

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The harm of all these lies is hard to overestimate.  They ruin lives, they prey on the most vulnerable, and directly threaten our basic human rights in the months ahead.  What can we each do? 

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Paganism is Different, Part 4: In Paganism, you are Free to Change you Beliefs [Stardust, Contemplating]

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Paganism is radically different from many huge religions, and that these radical differences appear to have a large impact on our lives, on the lives of future generations, and on our world.  In Paganism, you are free (even encouraged!) to change your beliefs. Paganism’s focus on our own actions aligns with Paganism’s strong thread of individual freedom. 

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Again we see that in an overculture of Monotheistic Privilege, it’s quite socially acceptable to spread hateful lies about Pagans – by Starstuff, Contemplating

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The main thing that this article says to me is that monotheistic privilege is still alive, well, and harmful in America today, being a driving force on the right and still very present on the left.  It shows that it’s still quite socially acceptable, due to our overculture of monotheistic privilege, to foment the disparagement of Pagans through spreading lies – and indeed, often not socially acceptable to point out that this is what is being done. 

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News Flash! The bright star Betelgeuse will be occulted (eclipsed) by an Asteroid Tomorrow Night (December 11-12) – only visible in a narrow band, or online

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For many of our Ancestors, eclipses were times of terror and dread.  Now we can forecast them with precision down to a fraction of a second, and understand well what is going on.  Plus, we can even predict events with a narrower path of view – like the once in a lifetime “eclipse” of Betelgeuse (the bright red star of Orion’s left hand) by an asteroid!

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Paganism is Different, Part 3: In Paganism, there’s less reverence for a human leader [Stardust, Contemplating]

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Paganism is radically different from many huge religions, and that these radical differences appear to have a large impact on our lives, on the lives of future generations, and on our world.  In Paganism, human leaders are less often idolized. Paganism’s focus on our own actions aligns with Paganism’s strong thread of individual freedom. 

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Michael Dowd, who gave us all so much, has died [Starstuff, Contemplating]

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All of that is just a start at the many ways that Michael will be with us all into the future.  I encourage all of us to discover the many, many life changing works he left us.  As when Carl Sagan died, I’m reminded again that times like this speak to us all, urging us to pick up the torch, and carry it into the future.

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