In Christian & Jewish theologies a lot of time is spent on theodicy, or “the problem of evil/suffering”. That is, why would a good, loving and all-powerful God allow suffering? Since polytheists generally don’t believe their deities are all-powerful we don’t have this theological problem in the same way. That doesn’t mean we don’t struggle [...]
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Slaves to the Gods?
Posted in Class, Ethics, Pagan Community, Race/Ethnicity, Theology, tagged bdsm, freedom, humanism, philosophy, slavery on October 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is a post I made in June and never finished
Lately I’ve been noticing a small but growing number of people calling themselves “godslaves”. These individuals are generally of a mystic bent, Norse or Hellenic, and have a strong devotion to a particular deity, to the point where they see themselves as being “owned” by [...]
Iris
Posted in Mythology, Theology on July 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last summer when I visited Bozeman for the first in a long time, I noticed how many rainbows appeared in the sky. At home, seeing a rainbow is a relatively rare occurrence. But it seems that in the Gallatin Valley, the mountains blocking clouds result in the short rainstorms that tend to produce rainbows. As [...]
Response to Artisson’s Conversion Essay
Posted in Christianity, Ethics, Interfaith, Pagan Community, Theology, tagged conversion on August 13, 2008 | 19 Comments »
This is a response to Robin Artisson’s Essay- The System and Psychology of Conversion
Go read it before this post. It is an essay about Pagans/Heathens/polytheists who convert back to Christianity or Judaism and the possible factors that make them more likely to convert. First, I have to give Artisson credit for admitting his biases up [...]
Immanence and the Holy Spirit
Posted in Christianity, Interfaith, Judaism, Theology, tagged Christianity, Gnosticism, goddess, Holy Spirit, immanence, Judaism, mysticism, Pentecost, Quakerism, Theology, Trinity on June 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
About a month or so ago Pentecost was coming up and I asked my fiance to explain the history behind it. He explained that in the Book of Acts, the Apostles got together to celebrate the then Jewish holiday of Pentecost. They were feeling discouraged and didn’t know what to do next in since the [...]
One or Many?
Posted in Theology on August 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Are the Gods completely separate beings, or are they ultimately part a larger One- call it what you will the All, the Force, the Great Mystery?
Many Wiccans and Neo-Pagans take the all deities are one position, a stance sometimes called “soft polytheism”. Our eastern cousins, the Hindus are also “soft polytheists”- in fact it [...]
