A Pagan Republican?

I stumbled across this article which not only talks about a GOP candidate in New York but also about discrimination against pagans and attempts by certain religious groups to smear pagans and try to incite fear of them with lies and hype.

The candidate, Dan Halloran, is a leader in the local Théodish faith, which is a northern European heathen religion. Their site is here.

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Solstice article link on Cauldron Stirrings

I could just post a direct link to the article, but that would defeat the purpose of having a seperate pagan/heathen blog. See what I'm talking about at Cauldron Stirrings.

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Belief-O-Matic Quiz

Your Results

The top score on the list below represents the faith that Belief-O-Matic, in its less than infinite wisdom, thinks most closely matches your beliefs. However, even a score of 100% does not mean that your views are all shared by this faith, or vice versa.

Belief-O-Matic then lists another 26 faiths in order of how much they have in common with your professed beliefs. The higher a faith appears on this list, the more closely it aligns with your thinking.



1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Reform Judaism (89%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (88%)
4. Sikhism (82%)
5. Secular Humanism (76%)
6. Jainism (74%)
7. Liberal Quakers (71%)
8. Orthodox Judaism (68%)
9. Theravada Buddhism (67%)
10. Mahayana Buddhism (65%)
11. New Age (65%)
12. Hinduism (58%)
13. Islam (58%)
14. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (58%)
15. Nontheist (58%)
16. Baha'i Faith (56%)
17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (53%)
18. New Thought (48%)
19. Scientology (43%)
20. Taoism (41%)
21. Orthodox Quaker (33%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (27%)
23. Jehovah's Witness (27%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (25%)
25. Roman Catholic (25%)
26. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (24%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (16%)

The quiz is at:
http://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/Quizzes/BeliefOMatic.aspx

Hmmm... the pagan options are Neo-Pagan and New Age. Choose between vague and nebulous. I am curious how Reform Judaism scored so highly.

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Atheist and Christian similarities

What would atheists and Christians have in common?

Check out this list comparing the gods that both sides don't believe in.

No... the list, while extensive, isn't exhaustive. It's supposed to be humor, not a scholarly work. After all, they mis-spelled Goibhniu.

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New blog project

Okay, so after a Google search only turned up 4 hits, three of which were the same e-mail address copied in a posting in a forum, I decided of Cauldron Stirrings.

The work in progress can be viewed here.

I should have thought to check blogspot first, because there is a blog under cauldronstirrings, as opposed to my cauldron-stirrings, but it appears to be some Christian's(?) prayer blog with three posts in it. Why a Christian prayer blog would be titled Prayer Pot but addressed Cauldron Stirrings is beyond me. Maybe they're ex-Wiccan or something, but actually it'll be less confusing than another pagan blog.


Some folks in the tribe have expressed an interest in playing also... if so, let me know.

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