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American Power Breeds Ignorance
By
Gus diZerega
The “war” between certain kinds of religion and science is continuing unabated. The village atheists such as Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris use this kind of thing to lambast religion in general, just as Christian Fundamentalists give all kinds of Christianity a bad name. In fact the war between religion and science is entirely a…
More on Patrick McCollum Case
By
Gus diZerega
Wild Hunt has done wonderful work in making more information available. See Jason Pitzi-Water’s latest report here. And he also had a piece when McCoillum met with Obama Administration officials to discuss issues such as religious discrimination. Pitzi-Waters quotes McCollum as to some of the truly depraved actions by Fundamentalists in California’s prison system I’d…
Patrick McCollum, California and the Constitution
By
Gus diZerega
The spirit of the Burning Times is alive and well in California. So I discovered this past weekend at Pantheacon. For years Patrick McCollum has worked to provide Pagan ministerial services for incarcerated Pagans, as is provided by Christian and other monotheistic religions. For his efforts McCollum has been told by a prison supervisor that…
Universal Polytheism
By
Gus diZerega
This is a small essay that tries to show how polytheism is universal in all theistic religious traditions. I pick Christianity to make my case, but I think Islam or Judaism would also ‘work.’ In the process those who wonder why I sometimes defend Christianity and sometimes criticize it will see why that is so.
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