Naturalistic Paganism

Category: B. T. Newberg


Why is the ancient history of naturalism important to our future?

– by B. T. Newberg Does it matter whether naturalism is ancient or modern?  What difference does it make as we march toward the future? The importance of naturalism’s history may not be immediately obvious.  After all, it’s what we…

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Naturalism in prehistory?

– by B. T. Newberg Were our earliest human ancestors naturalistic?  Some might assume so, reasoning that before the first gods were invented, people must have been naturalistic. But was that really the case? The column Naturalistic Traditions, hosted by…

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Conscious or unconscious: Which is the real you?

– by B. T. Newberg There are at least two people inside each of us: There is the rational, deliberate, conscious mind.  It’s the one you can feel or even hear working when you puzzle out a tough math problem….

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What if the universe doesn’t love you back?

– by B. T. Newberg Most naturalists would probably agree that however much you may love the universe, it can’t love you back.  And yet, much of our language about it – and perhaps our feelings for it too –…

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Truth and compassion: Which takes priority?

– by B. T. Newberg In a recent guest post at The Friendly Atheist, Marcus Mann posed a question: “I have to ask to what degree correctness crowds out other values important to me, particularly that part of me that…

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