The Life and Thoughts of a Modern Day American Heathen

The Eagle – A Review

Posted by on Aug 6, 2011 in history, Movie Review, Paganism | 2 comments

I finally got around to watching The Eagle (2011), a film starring Channing Tatum and Jamie Bell. The Eagle is supposed to be taking place...

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A Native American Girl Among Vikings

Posted by on Nov 18, 2010 in Archaeology, history | 6 comments

Everyone has seen Disney’s Pocahontas, haven’t they? We’re all familiar with the image of the New World girl in the Old...

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The Headless Vikings of Weymouth

Posted by on Nov 6, 2010 in Archaeology, Heathenism, history | 0 comments

The BBC reported that 51 headless Vikings were found buried at Ridgeway Hill, near the southern seaside town of Weymouth, in June 2009...

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The Salem Witch Trials Revisted

Posted by on Oct 25, 2010 in Christianity, history, Politics, Reason, Religion, Witchcraft | 7 comments

Witches are all in the news these days, thanks to the clueless Christine O’Donnell, Tea Party candidate from Delaware. Her witch...

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Bend Over and Kiss Your Golden Idol Goodbye

Posted by on Aug 11, 2010 in Christianity, Church and State, Civil Rights, General, history, Monotheism, Paganism, Politics, Polytheism, Religion, The Constitution, Wall of Separation | 2 comments

Since Akhenaten’s failed experiment with monotheism in the fourteenth century B.C.E. monotheism has waged war on mankind. It was not...

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What Would My Ancestor Do?

Posted by on Aug 6, 2010 in Abortion, Christianity, Culture, Heathenism, history, Paganism, Polytheism, Religion | 10 comments

Christians are always asking themselves, “What would Jesus do?” though there is no real evidence they ever answer the question; perhaps...

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