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Etiquette for interfaith discussions, by Thalassa

Editor’s note:  In light of the conflagration ignited by last week’s post, a few words seem in order.  The fact that the piece had such reverberations throughout the Pagan community seems a sign that HP has grown, enough that we…

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Why do people want supernatural gods?, by M. J. Lee

I hate to admit it but I do feel some animosity toward hard polytheists. I feel as if they have stolen the gods (which of course belong neither to me nor to them, but to their own time and place)….

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Managing human nature: A job description for HP

– by B. T. Newberg Job descriptions help us know that we’re doing what we’re supposed to be doing.  So what’s the JD for HP? This post is the first in a series examining HP through the lens of the…

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The impossibility of Atheism, by Bart Everson

I’ve identified myself as an atheist for many years, but now I’m reconsidering this label. It’s not that my worldview has changed. It’s a matter of intellectual honesty. I started rethinking this after reading an essay on Religion Dispatches in…

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Naturalism and the gods, by Glen Gordon

Having a naturalist sensibility, I find supernatural concepts of deities within paganism difficult to accept. Having been unsure if concepts of deities are applicable or valuable, I drifted towards an agnostic humanism. Exposure to the blending of process theism and…

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