Comments on: (Pagan) News of Note http://wildhunt.org/blog/2009/08/pagan-news-of-note-17.html Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:41:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Wild Hunt » What Does a Diminished Religion Beat Mean for Us? http://wildhunt.org/blog/2009/08/pagan-news-of-note-17.html/comment-page-1#comment-4619 The Wild Hunt » What Does a Diminished Religion Beat Mean for Us? Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:56:15 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/?p=3282#comment-4619 [...] But what does this mean for modern Pagans? This is anecdotal, but in my daily scouring of various news sources concerning modern Pagans I see more and more entries from blog-sites like Examiner.com and far less from what we would call “mainstream” media sources. Further, an increasing number of stories that I blog here aren’t directly related to modern Pagans, but are instead of some related concern to our communities (Santeria legal cases, for example) . Could this be due to dwindling resources and fewer reporters exclusively covering religion? CUUPs official David Pollard recently pointed out something interesting to me about a graph from the Google News Archive search that I had recently posted. [...] [...] But what does this mean for modern Pagans? This is anecdotal, but in my daily scouring of various news sources concerning modern Pagans I see more and more entries from blog-sites like Examiner.com and far less from what we would call “mainstream” media sources. Further, an increasing number of stories that I blog here aren’t directly related to modern Pagans, but are instead of some related concern to our communities (Santeria legal cases, for example) . Could this be due to dwindling resources and fewer reporters exclusively covering religion? CUUPs official David Pollard recently pointed out something interesting to me about a graph from the Google News Archive search that I had recently posted. [...]

]]> By: Dirty Secrets of Paganism: A Rant « Tír na nOuray http://wildhunt.org/blog/2009/08/pagan-news-of-note-17.html/comment-page-1#comment-4471 Dirty Secrets of Paganism: A Rant « Tír na nOuray Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:22:59 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/?p=3282#comment-4471 [...] and violent history than Christianity?  I recently had a rather heated discussion over on the Wild Hunt with some fellow pagans about the various evils of the dreaded Monotheists.  Dum dum DUM! *Scary [...] [...] and violent history than Christianity?  I recently had a rather heated discussion over on the Wild Hunt with some fellow pagans about the various evils of the dreaded Monotheists.  Dum dum DUM! *Scary [...]

]]> By: Strider http://wildhunt.org/blog/2009/08/pagan-news-of-note-17.html/comment-page-1#comment-5661 Strider Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:25:09 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/?p=3282#comment-5661 If I knew what question you were referencing at this point, I could tell you. If I knew what question you were referencing at this point, I could tell you.

]]> By: Micky http://wildhunt.org/blog/2009/08/pagan-news-of-note-17.html/comment-page-1#comment-4463 Micky Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:15:02 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/?p=3282#comment-4463 "many girls, young women, and nascent queens have yet to discover Goddess." Sorry but the whole angle of that reminds me too much of the whole "Have you found Jesus" thing the Christians like to pull. I mean sure everybody should have the opportunity to know of and thus be able to investigate a religion, but I'm getting a very evangelist vibe off this, especially when I read "Starwalker endorses the use of social media like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and LiveJournal to reach out to younger people," Really reminds me of the hyper evangelizing pentecostal church I used to get dragged to, always talking about new ways to reach out and bring young people into the fold. “many girls, young women, and nascent queens have yet to discover Goddess.”

Sorry but the whole angle of that reminds me too much of the whole “Have you found Jesus” thing the Christians like to pull.

I mean sure everybody should have the opportunity to know of and thus be able to investigate a religion, but I’m getting a very evangelist vibe off this, especially when I read

“Starwalker endorses the use of social media like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and LiveJournal to reach out to younger people,”

Really reminds me of the hyper evangelizing pentecostal church I used to get dragged to, always talking about new ways to reach out and bring young people into the fold.

]]> By: Bookhousegal http://wildhunt.org/blog/2009/08/pagan-news-of-note-17.html/comment-page-1#comment-5659 Bookhousegal Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:44:56 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/?p=3282#comment-5659 It does, but I don't think that's the usage they had in mind here. :) It does, but I don't think that's the usage they had in mind here. :)

]]> By: Sravana http://wildhunt.org/blog/2009/08/pagan-news-of-note-17.html/comment-page-1#comment-4452 Sravana Sat, 15 Aug 2009 02:37:14 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/?p=3282#comment-4452 Irony alert! Irony alert!

]]> By: Bookhousegal http://wildhunt.org/blog/2009/08/pagan-news-of-note-17.html/comment-page-1#comment-5657 Bookhousegal Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:55:12 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/?p=3282#comment-5657 How to pass the knowing f the Goddess to the next generation, though? Less knockin,' more rockin! :) Can't stop Herself, anyway. :) How to pass the knowing f the Goddess to the next generation, though?

Less knockin,' more rockin! :)

Can't stop Herself, anyway. :)

]]> By: Bookhousegal http://wildhunt.org/blog/2009/08/pagan-news-of-note-17.html/comment-page-1#comment-5660 Bookhousegal Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:29:34 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/?p=3282#comment-5660 Not really. It would have been both sad, extremely awkward with the constabulary, and a really bad place to put your sword in the middle of a swordfight. :) Not really. It would have been both sad, extremely awkward with the constabulary, and a really bad place to put your sword in the middle of a swordfight. :)

]]> By: Bookhousegal http://wildhunt.org/blog/2009/08/pagan-news-of-note-17.html/comment-page-1#comment-4451 Bookhousegal Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:25:40 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/?p=3282#comment-4451 Fair 'nough. :) Fair 'nough. :)

]]> By: embreis http://wildhunt.org/blog/2009/08/pagan-news-of-note-17.html/comment-page-1#comment-4450 embreis Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:15:58 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/?p=3282#comment-4450 Exactlly. Exactlly.

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