"As you'd see from my icon (grant it that you know older-than-dirt mythology) I am also a bit of a Pagan Atheist. :) However I consider myself more of a Atheist Witch. I hold high reverence for the elements of the world. Earth, Fire, Air, Water.…"
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Julien commented on Beth Turner's blog post 'Ah hah! I know what theists mean by morality now...'"I'm never going to hate them, but I'm always going to pitty them."
Beth Turner posted a blog postAh hah! I know what theists mean by morality now...
For a long time I wondered why theists believed that being atheist equal lee being amoral. Why the disbelief in a God automatically meant to them a lack of morality. I mean it always was clear to me that being nice to each other was logical and atheism was based on logic so therefore atheism and morality walked hand in hand.Also a lot of the people who spouted off about atheistic "immorality" did things I found morally repugnant like hating people for being homosexual.When I was contemplating…See More
Beth Turner commented on Beth Turner's blog post 'Pagan Atheist (cross posted)'"Okay you are taking this WAY to personally. You don't need my approval or anyone elses to work with any goddess or god "significant" or not. A lot of my friends worship or work with very little known goddesses and i have as well I my…"
Beth Turner commented on Beth Turner's blog post 'Pagan Atheist (cross posted)'"The Internet is not a great place for tone Fred, I wasn't trying to be harsh so sorry if I came across like that. What I meant though was that really there is too much information about all the various neo pagan groups to explain in this thread…"
Cathleen Sessions commented on Beth Turner's blog post '"When are you christening your baby?" the perfect answer'"Baptism for adults was in the new testament. Infant baptism before the age of 'reason' (usually 8-12) was started by the Catholic church. This was an item of great debate during the reformation."
Beth Turner commented on Beth Turner's blog post '"When are you christening your baby?" the perfect answer'"Well the Spawn isn't actually named that, he has a normal name I just refer to him online either as the Spawn or the demon child cause...well cause I do lol!"
Ava Wilson commented on Beth Turner's blog post '"When are you christening your baby?" the perfect answer'"I think the name Spawn would make me knit my brows as a Christian. Hahahaha."
Ava Wilson commented on Beth Turner's blog post '"When are you christening your baby?" the perfect answer'"I think the name Spawn would make me knit my brows as a Christian. Hahahaha."
Jon Heim commented on Beth Turner's blog post '"When are you christening your baby?" the perfect answer'"my mother is a fundamentalist christian and she was only "dedicated to the church"...basically they just sprinkled water on her noggin.
she is well...I'm not going to tell you how old she is because we all know how much women hate…"
M commented on Beth Turner's blog post '"When are you christening your baby?" the perfect answer'"My kids are unbabtised and the funny thing is, no one ever said anything to me regarding doing so. Not once. I must look like a heathen!"
Jon Heim commented on Beth Turner's blog post 'Pagan Atheist (cross posted)'"I'm gonna try to throw some random answers at you Fred.
well..Wicca is basically neo pagan with roots in Celtic paganism.
We had gods before the bible god...that's for sure.
which figurines? um..anyway in Wicca the goddess goes in…"
Beth Turner commented on Beth Turner's blog post 'Pagan Atheist (cross posted)'"Whoa, okay first a lot of this information is available using a little research. 2nd there is no "old" Wicca, Wicca was invented by Gardner in the 50's and as Jon said it's not necessary to belong to a coven. All Neo Paganism is…"
Jon Heim commented on Beth Turner's blog post 'Pagan Atheist (cross posted)'"in wicca, there is not one specific god or goddess. ..and yeah, Beth already covered pretty much everything I was going to say, except that it is not necessary to belong to a coven. This is usually the case when people like my fiance are interested…"
Beth Turner commented on Beth Turner's blog post 'Pagan Atheist (cross posted)'"I specify western Shamans because all westeren Pagan groups like Druids, Wicca, and some Whirpte Western Shamans are recent reinventions and it's important to separate it from the ancient practices of the Native Americans, Aborigines of…"
Beth Turner commented on Beth Turner's blog post 'Pagan Atheist (cross posted)'"Wiccans and western shamans come under the umbrella term Pagan just like baptist and Methodist a both Christian, I was a Druid which is why being an atheist doesn't prevent me from being a Druid. Also Wicca has an all encompassing God and…"
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Ah hah! I know what theists mean by morality now...
Posted on November 19, 2010 at 4:40pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
For a long time I wondered why theists believed that being atheist equal lee being amoral. Why the disbelief in a God automatically meant to them a lack of morality. I mean it always was clear to me that being nice to each other was logical and atheism was based on logic so therefore atheism and morality walked hand in hand.
Also a lot of the people who spouted off about atheistic "immorality" did things I found morally repugnant like hating people for being… Continue
Also a lot of the people who spouted off about atheistic "immorality" did things I found morally repugnant like hating people for being… Continue
"When are you christening your baby?" the perfect answer
Posted on November 16, 2010 at 9:26am 13 Comments 0 Likes
Even before I was atheist I was not Christian, husband is Christian but in a very lapsed Anglican sort of way. Before we got married we discussed how we wanted to raise our Children and we decided we wanted to raise them with choice...so therefore secular. It was important to us that our children make up their own minds regarding religion...they will probably therefore end up in a cult but hey our hearts are in the right place.
Anyway, Husband's family is pretty much like them. Half… Continue
Anyway, Husband's family is pretty much like them. Half… Continue
Pagan Atheist (cross posted)
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 4:10pm 11 Comments 1 Like
I wanted to believe. From a young age I knew I was fooling myself but I didn't care. I wanted to believe because I was lonely, insecure, and (when i was older) depressed and more than anything i wanted to belong.
Anglican Christianity was nice. It was comfortable and quiet. They went easy on the damnation and had a lot of cake. It was nice.
I went to Sunday school every Sunday and when i was older I went to the youth group nearly every week. I wanted to belong so much. I… Continue
Anglican Christianity was nice. It was comfortable and quiet. They went easy on the damnation and had a lot of cake. It was nice.
I went to Sunday school every Sunday and when i was older I went to the youth group nearly every week. I wanted to belong so much. I… Continue
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