The Life and Thoughts of a Modern Day American Heathen

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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A Review of Paxson’s Essential Ásatrú

Posted by on Apr 29, 2010 in Book Review, Heathenism, Paganism, Polytheism, Religion, Spirituality | 6 comments

This is a long overdue review of Diana Paxson’s Essential Ásatrú, a book mentioned by S.M. Stirling as a resource for his Emberverse...

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Living and Dying – Heathen Style

Posted by on Feb 22, 2010 in Heathenism, Polytheism, Religion, Spirituality | 34 comments

As I’ve grown older, I’ve begun to come to grips with my mortality. We all live; we all die. We just don’t think about it much when...

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The Myth of Universal Gender Roles and Categories

Posted by on Feb 18, 2010 in Christianity, Civil Rights, Culture, Extremism, Heathenism, history, Intolerance, Monotheism, Paganism, Politics, Polytheism, Religion | 11 comments

INTRODUCTION The gay/lesbian rights movement has been called the civil rights issue of the new millennium. Conservative Christian groups...

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Divining Man: A Belief in the Absurd or Just Absurd?

Posted by on Feb 15, 2010 in Christianity, Monotheism, Paganism, Polytheism, Religion, Spirituality | 11 comments

It is a wonder to me that people today can scoff at Pagan divine birth stories but accept without a blink the details of Jesus’ birth as...

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Choosing to Get Along…Or Not.

Posted by on Feb 1, 2010 in Christianity, Church and State, Civil Rights, Extremism, Intolerance, Monotheism, Polytheism, Religion, The Constitution | 2 comments

If the United States was founded by Christian Europeans, the government established in the wake of the Revolution was secular. This was not...

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