The Life and Thoughts of a Modern Day American Heathen

The Reason for the Season’s Trees

Posted by on Dec 12, 2010 in Christianity, Heathenism, Paganism | 5 comments

It’s that time of year again. This has become a yearly ritual for me, debunking the Christmas myth – that is that the “reason for the...

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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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Heathen’s Day Featured in 50 Best Blogs for Wiccans

Posted by on Oct 7, 2010 in Blogging, Blogs of Note, Christianity, Extremism, Heathenism, Monotheism, Paganism, Polytheism, Religion, Wicca, Witchcraft | 6 comments

Online Christian Colleges is running a piece on the 50 Best Blogs for Wiccans. Refreshingly, they point out that “One of the most...

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Bryan Fischer – Niðing of the Week

Posted by on Sep 16, 2010 in Christianity, Church and State, Civil Rights, Extremism, Intolerance, Nithing, Politics | 7 comments

I was reading Right Wing Watch (which I highly recommend by the way) when I came upon this letter written by Michael B. Keegan, the...

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The Persecuted Christian Meme and Religious Toleration

Posted by on Sep 6, 2010 in Christianity, Church and State, Heathenism, Intolerance, Monotheism, News, Paganism, Politics, Polytheism, Religion, The Constitution, Wall of Separation | 2 comments

The poor persecuted Christian stories are getting pretty old by now. Top dog for more than twenty centuries, exterminators of every...

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