Archive for September, 2006
Friday, September 29th, 2006
It’s Time for Pagan Rituals in Libraries
A Federal 9th Circuit case was recently brought to my attention. It is in the matter of Faith Center Church Evangelistic Ministries v. Contra Costa County. The 9th Circuit held it permissible for a library to disallow religious groups to hold services in library conference rooms. The problem is that this holding is in […]
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Tuesday, September 26th, 2006
Louisiana Pagans and the UU Church: a Follow-up
I put out feelers last week about how the relationships were between the UU Churches here and the local pagan community. In Baton Rouge, there was a rough patch about 15 years ago, but most of the people involved had moved on. The Pagans are now accepted and welcomed, and it does not seem there […]
No Comments » - Posted in Pagan Community, Louisiana, News by Fiacharrey
Saturday, September 23rd, 2006
Old Testament Polytheism: Road to Modern Pluralism?
Altmuslim.com recently published an article by Zeeshan Hasan which takes a startling tack at trying to help the world religions get along: point out their common polytheistic roots. “If we accept the historical evidence that Abraham was polytheist, then we have found grounds for a more pluralistic view of Islam in the many verses praising […]
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Tuesday, September 19th, 2006
Pagans and the UU Church
I read with interest Pitzl-Waters’ recent series of articles concerning the Unitarian Universalist church and paganism. It seems the UU church is often a warm and protected environment, a safe-haven from the vagarities of the outside world. Sort of a greenhouse for our fledgling religious movements. Pitzl-Waters’ articles began with questioning whether the protected environment […]
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Sunday, September 17th, 2006
New Moon Phase Monitor
You may have noticed the nice little moon phase display. A number of pagan websites have one of these, and I’ve been thinking about putting one up for a long time. It just took me a while to get around to it.
Being aware of the moon’s cycles puts us more in touch with the cycles […]