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Dealing With Doubt:https://www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbeckett/2024/08/dealing-with-doubt-a-modern-pagan-approach.html

Dealing With Doubt:

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbeckett/2024/08/dealing-with-doubt-a-modern-pagan-approach.html

The Devil and Mary MacLane by John Beckett:https://www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbeckett/2024/02/the-devil-and-mary-maclane.html

The Devil and Mary MacLane by John Beckett:

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbeckett/2024/02/the-devil-and-mary-maclane.html

Largest Hindu Temple outside India to open in New Jersey next...

Largest Hindu Temple outside India to open in New Jersey next month:

https://religionnews.com/2023/09/25/the-largest-hindu-temple-on-american-soil-will-soon-open-its-doors/

#Hindu

By Oluwaseyi Bello:"Whether theist or atheist, there is some sort of idealization going on where the peak of life is just to be...

By Oluwaseyi Bello:

"Whether theist or atheist, there is some sort of idealization going on where the peak of life is just to be western, while simultaneously (for the religious at least) having a reactionary condemnation of western “degeneracy”. Now, this is a very limited and nuanced account, but there is a point here."

https://symmetria.substack.com/p/orun-ti-fo

"Judeo-Christian world’s framing of religion as something purely supernatural, saying it is insufficient to study the unique belief...

"Judeo-Christian world’s framing of religion as something purely supernatural, saying it is insufficient to study the unique belief systems that fall under Hindu dharma, which encompasses religion, science and philosophy.
Adluri warned the audience that it is difficult to find scholarship on Hinduism that is untouched by the “Western religious studies paradigm.”

https://religionnews.com/2023/08/30/the-young-hindus-studying-scriptures-in-nyc/

"On Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, searches for temple visits have surged by 580% this year, according to Ocean Engine, an...

"On Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, searches for temple visits have surged by 580% this year, according to Ocean Engine, an online marketing service provider. On lifestyle platform Xiaohongshu, there have been over 820,000 posts by templegoers sharing anything from traveling tips to worshiping etiquette and deeming the tour “a heart-cleansing experience.”

https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1012524

#Buddhism

"#Animism is therefore not a religion but a term for classifying a type of religion, one which was, in the 1870s at least, deemed by...

"#Animism is therefore not a religion but a term for classifying a type of religion, one which was, in the 1870s at least, deemed by European and American scholars to be less civilized. The racist conception that some groups of people were less civilized than others was integral to the initial definition.

... the 1940s, however, the term, and the practice of classifying cultures by their level of development, had fallen out of favor."

https://theconversation.com/animism-recognizes-how-animals-places-and-plants-have-power-over-humans-and-its-finding-renewed-interest-around-the-world-181389

If you were thinking of becoming a #philosopher , it's too late!https://www.twitch.tv/symposiumstream

If you were thinking of becoming a #philosopher , it's too late!

https://www.twitch.tv/symposiumstream

A pagan/polytheist on an evangelical podcast? Yes!John Beckett interviewed on Kingdom Culture Conversations.The interview starts about 10...

A pagan/polytheist on an evangelical podcast? Yes!

John Beckett interviewed on Kingdom Culture Conversations.

The interview starts about 10 minutes in.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1582270/12166425-worldview-contrasts-john-beckett-polytheistic-pagan-of-the-order-of-bards-ovates-and-druids-comparing-and-contrasting-paganism-and-druidry-with-biblical-worldview

"The movie Kantara has rekindled an ancient fire that smoulders in people's hearts and reaches out to the soul. It has brought to...

"The movie Kantara has rekindled an ancient fire that smoulders in people's hearts and reaches out to the soul. It has brought to the masses the emotional heritage of the link between the Kula devata of the people and their life of flesh and blood."

#AncestorVeneration

https://swarajyamag.com/culture/why-kula-devataancestor-worship-has-been-a-global-norm-rather-than-exception

"Article VI, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution couldn’t be more clear:“... no religious Test shall ever be required as a...

"Article VI, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution couldn’t be more clear:

“... no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.”
But now the U.S. Navy has come up with a new regulation that couldn’t violate this “no religious test” clause more if the Navy had sat down and said, ‘Hey, let’s try as hard as we can to come up with something that totally violates the Constitution.’"

https://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/2023/02/mrff-emphatically-condemns-new-navy-regulation-that-imposes-unconstitutional-religious-test-on-sailors-demands-it-be-rescinded/

Religion and the protection of wild and sacred places:"The traditions that are at the core of protecting these wild places date far...

Religion and the protection of wild and sacred places:

"The traditions that are at the core of protecting these wild places date far back in history and have been passed down from generation to generation from time immemorial. And it’s not just forests that are protected by these spiritual practices and beliefs."

https://wildhunt.org/2023/02/religion-and-the-protection-of-wild-and-sacred-places.html

"Is Esu Really Satan" by Ifa diviner Olawole Olakunle:"In propagating the gospel that preaches spiritual polarity to a race...

"Is Esu Really Satan" by Ifa diviner Olawole Olakunle:

"In propagating the gospel that preaches spiritual polarity to a race that is not used to such rhetorics, one of the most potent Irumole’s in the Yoruba spiritual system had to be depicted as the villain, thus Esu whom the Yoruba’s revered for the wondrous work he has done; that he had to be labeled “Ola ilu” the “wealth of society” became Satan."

https://medium.com/@Zolawole/is-esu-really-satan-82fbd257e319

So they'd be like this one! 😀

So they'd be like this one! 😀

Tip from another server-If you're writing something that's going to span over several toots, make sure the first one is...

Tip from another server-
If you're writing something that's going to span over several toots, make sure the first one is "public" (the default), then do the others as "unlisted".
Only the fist one will show up, but people can click on it to see the rest.

(click to read more)

Oluwaseyi Bello writes some fascinating articles- heavily influenced by...

Oluwaseyi Bello writes some fascinating articles- heavily influenced by #Neoplatonism:

https://symmetria.substack.com/p/a-fractal-re-reading-of-genesis-1?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2

#Polytheism as the Inevitable Choice for a Sustainable Future, by Dr Edward Butler- Part 1.(There's some slight connection problems in...

#Polytheism as the Inevitable Choice for a Sustainable Future, by Dr Edward Butler- Part 1.

(There's some slight connection problems in the beginning, but it's better after that.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syzx6VIhNW4

"...#polytheism embodies the basic principle that a society can only expect as much integrity as the divergent perspectives its...

"...#polytheism embodies the basic principle that a society can only expect as much integrity as the divergent perspectives its worldview can integrate, and there is no worldview that does this more effectively than polytheism. Polytheism is essentially maximal diversity in maximal solidarity."

Dr Edward Butler- Polytheism as an Inevitable Choice for a Sustainable Future- Part 1"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syzx6VIhNW4

"But what today’s analytic thinkers have yet to do is consider polytheism in relation to all the evidence or treat it with the same...

"But what today’s analytic thinkers have yet to do is consider polytheism in relation to all the evidence or treat it with the same rigor, courtesy and creativity afforded to serious worldview contenders. In other words, today’s thinkers dismiss polytheism rather than refute it. ...After all, ideas like reincarnation and divination smack of primitivity or superstition, whereas ideas like resurrection and intercessory prayer are, of course, sophisticated. Aren’t they?"
https://theanalyticpagan.com/the-other-side-of-the-story/

Does anyone know if this trend is continuing" (Oct 2021...

Does anyone know if this trend is continuing" (Oct 2021 article)

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/10/evangelical-trump-christians-politics/620469/

#religion