I really enjoyed reading your notes on the interfaith workshop. My one thought is that pagans will be more effective in reaching out once they've taken a position of "I'm a pagan because I choose x,y,z" rather than "I'm a pagan because I hate x,y,z"
I'm also very interested in the pagan world developing some actual theology. So far, the only ones coming close (that I know of) are Starhawk and Thorn (sort of). I think this will facilitate interfaith dialog, as well as intrafaith dialog, and allow paganism to grow and develop.
Yes yes yes to your first point! I have been working sort of subconsciously on a statement of why I, myself, am pagan instead of the religion I grew up in. I used to say, "I left Methodism because it didn't work for me and I can't bear to see God as some giant, angry, juvenile accountant, which is what Christianity sure looks like to me most of the time." But that's not really constructive, yanno?
At the moment, I would say I'm studying Feri because it resonates with me the way a drum will hum if you beat a drum tuned to the same note near it.
*nods* I fyou ever pick up a copy of the Kink Magic book, there are a lot more examples; we only touched on some. In retrospect, we should have done a lot less intro material and more meat, but overall it still went pretty well.
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I'd love to hear as much as of the 3 soul alignment as you remember. Or maybe we can ask Morpheus to post a copy?
Google groups :p
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I'm also very interested in the pagan world developing some actual theology. So far, the only ones coming close (that I know of) are Starhawk and Thorn (sort of). I think this will facilitate interfaith dialog, as well as intrafaith dialog, and allow paganism to grow and develop.
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At the moment, I would say I'm studying Feri because it resonates with me the way a drum will hum if you beat a drum tuned to the same note near it.
And yes, theology rawks.
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I did enjoy the panel a lot. Made me want the book more than I did already. *shakes fist at lean wallet and crammed-full "unread books" bookshelves*
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