tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post2802811896131865574..comments2024-03-25T14:09:59.347-05:00Comments on Augoeides: Paganism in British SchoolsScott Stenwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12389664381513219613noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-17112193679417483622012-04-25T22:57:25.274-05:002012-04-25T22:57:25.274-05:00"...they tend to get the most attention becau..."...they tend to get the most attention because they yell the loudest."<br /><br />Pretty much what I meant. (Being BTW and all.)V.V.F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10639414609015277447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-66713730029323337262012-04-24T07:30:06.982-05:002012-04-24T07:30:06.982-05:00I couldn't agree more with this:
"If that...I couldn't agree more with this:<br />"If that's what's really going on here, it seems to me that problem is not with paganism, but rather with the sort of Christianity that people are more desperate to escape than to practice."<br /><br />I was strongly raised Christian and when I began my study of Paganism and occult traditions I found life, beauty, inspiration, and freedom, and nothing but rigidness, boredom, and guilt in my mother's Christianity.Frater Serpentis et Aquilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18132875411751948434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-19006607940936431722012-04-23T23:51:54.990-05:002012-04-23T23:51:54.990-05:00While there certainly are idiots who advocate for ...While there certainly are idiots who advocate for greater recognition of alternative religions, I still view it as a net good overall. You're going to find jerks in just about every movement, and unfortunately they tend to get the most attention because they yell the loudest.Scott Stenwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389664381513219613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-41037949246517526452012-04-23T21:02:06.695-05:002012-04-23T21:02:06.695-05:00It totally makes sense for Cornwall schools to inc...It totally makes sense for Cornwall schools to include druidry in their religious studies curriculum. When the BBC is reporting matter-of-factly on new initiations in the Gorseth Kernow, then Cornish kids definitely deserve to be educated about it.<br /><br />Personally, I kind of wish that Wiccans, specifically, would stop pushing for this kind of advocacy, but mostly just because the ones who do are all idiots.V.V.F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10639414609015277447noreply@blogger.com