Hey folks- I’m going to be travelling for the next couple weeks. Feel free to comment, and I’ll reply when I get back. I won’t return until July 1, but I’d like to continue the values/ethics discussion, even if June is over.
Archive for June, 2009
Hittin’ the Road
Posted in Uncategorized on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On the Value of Democracy
Posted in Ethics, Pagan Community, Politics/Culture, tagged democracy, leadership, politics on June 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Democracy, the revolutionary idea of choosing ones’ own leaders as a community, originated in polytheistic societies. The most obvious of course being Athens, Greece but Iceland had the Althing, and the Founding Fathers of the United States took inspiration from the Iroquois Confederacy in forming a system of government and writing the Constitution. Now, technically, [...]
Sources of Values
Posted in Ethics, Unitarian Universalism on June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just found out that June was declared International Pagan Values Month, unfortunately rather close to leaving on vacation. Ethics is something I enjoy writing, discussing and debating about, so I’ll see if I can squeeze in a couple posts before I leave.
First, I thought I’d take a step back and look at the sources [...]
Flag Day and Patriotism
Posted in Holidays, Politics/Culture on June 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Today is Flag Day here in the United States. So, what does that have to do with Paganism? Well, I am part of a small movement called Religio Americana or American Paganism which grew out of a discussion on the Beliefnet Hellenismos & Religio Romana forum sometime around 2002. Erik Dutton and some others were [...]
