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World Population Day

July 11th is World Population Day.  This event initiated by the United Nations Development Programme was inspired by Five Billion Day on July 11, 1987, when world population hit five billion people.  By 2007, it had risen to 6.7 billion…

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Matter thinking over mind, by Thomas Schenk

The mind is made of matter!  So I’ve been told, and I don’t disagree.  But I have to wonder what this really means. What is matter?  The keyboard I type at is made of matter; I see it with my…

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The HPedia: Scientism

Your help is needed!  Please critique this entry from the HPedia: An encyclopedia of key concepts in Naturalistic Paganism.  Please leave your constructive criticism in the comments below. One simple definition of scientism may be extending the authority of science…

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The HPedia: Science

Your help is needed!  Please critique this entry from the HPedia: An encyclopedia of key concepts in Naturalistic Paganism.  Please leave your constructive criticism in the comments below. Science, from the Latin scientia, Ancient Greek epistemē, can be described as…

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Am I a Secular Pagan? by Heather Van De Sande

I was once a very bad witch.  When I was trying to be a Wiccan, it was very difficult. I was 19 and the world was still pre-Internet. I knew no other Wiccans nor Witches nor Neo-Pagans. I did a…

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