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The Pope’s excuses for pedophilia and what it means
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Gus diZerega
F. A. Hayek, a famous but little understood economist sheds light on one of the scandals of our time. There is a well deserved outrage building over the current Pope’s blaming “the 1970s” for rampant pedophilia and child molestation by Vatican employees. Some of us remember that time, and the Pope’s statement is at best an…
Thinking about tripping reindeer
By
Gus diZerega
The apparent frequency of animals eating entheogens is really fascinating to me. It strengthens my suspicion that what our society calls “normal” consciousness is as deficient as a diet without certain crucial vitamins. Life continues, but is crippled. To a point our need-driven and distanced way of relating to the world and others is necessary…
God is one among the Gods in the Old Testament
By
Gus diZerega
Jonathan Zasloff at Mark Kleiman’s Reality Based Community has an interesting discussion of a passage in the Old Testament which, if taken literally, admits the Jewish God is one among many. Of course for us this comes as no surprise. But it’s nice to see it in a literal reading of Abrahamic scripture. (CORRECTED)
Agora: a movie to see and ponder
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Gus diZerega
I just saw the movie Agora, and I believe every Pagan would be well advised to see this account of the life and death of Hypatia. She was the greatest of Classical women philosophers, and apparently a great philosopher by any standards, given the Pagan and Christian men who were her students. Her works have not…
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