Attack On Paganism

GODLESS PAGANISM: VOICES OF NON-PAGANS

A new book is coming from the land of Atheist called Godless Paganism: Voices of Non-Theistic Pagans.

“But ‘atheist Pagan’ is a contradiction in terms!” and you’d be right. It is a contradictory term as there is not one example of Paganism throughout history that didn’t believe in a deity. It’s the very fact these deities existed prior to christianity that makes Pagan religions, Pagan. The fact that these atheist Pagans exist is yet another example of the watering down of Paganism into a religious status for Atheist who want to pretend they have religion, essentially turning Paganism into an extension of Pastafarianism. Non-theistic Pagans are Pagans who do not believe in the literal existence of personal gods, yet enjoy pretending to pray and worship them. An article on Progressive Liberal blog Patheos.com

“Most non-theistic Pagans share a love of Pagan ritual and myth and experience a deep sense of awe or reverence in nature.”

Atheist enjoying Pagan rituals. Let’s put this into a different prospective to get a sense of what that means. If someone who doesn’t believe in any God walks into catholic churches because they enjoy participating in their mass, do we call them an “Atheist Catholic”? No.

Pagans are those who observe religious practices and deities that are pre-christian. The original Pagans had Gods and Goddesses. Their Deities had names and they were worshiped.

Neo-Pagans are those who practice new age philosophies and non-theistic spiritualism that came about in flower-child era.

UU are not Pagans. UU is a recent belief that has no foundation in any Pagan religion and is post-christian era progressive movement to water down other religions for good feels.

Atheist do not accept or believe in any form of deities, spirits, worshiping animals or anything supernatural. The exact opposite of all the previous.

Attack On Paganism

PAGAN BOOKS STOLEN FROM MAIL, REPLACED BY CHRISTIAN PARAPHERNALIA

A woman in Dillsboro NC, Giovanna Sforza, received Eight boxes she had shipped and immediately noticed something was wrong.

“Six of the eight boxes of books were damaged badly. They had been ripped open along entire sides of the box and the contents obviously had been exposed and put back in the boxes and taped back together by the post office. When I received some of the boxes, there were still entire sides wide open,” said Sforza

Upon opening the boxes she noticed 20 books, covering many areas of Paganism, she had shipped to her home were missing and replaced by a Baptist chant book of hymns.

She was visiting her mother in Arizona for a year and during her visit, acquired more books than she could travel with back to her home in NC. She bought book boxes from U-Haul and mailed them via USPS book rate and had them insured for $300.

When she checked the manifest, only her books dealing with Pagan topics were stolen and the baptist book stuck in and resealed. She immediately called the Post Office and reported the theft.

Sforza believes the theft and propaganda planting could only have been done by a postal employee.

She theorized, “Somewhere along the postal route, while in federal Postal Service custody, a box or more broke open, a federal postal employee saw the contents, removed my books, and placed a hymnal inside in their place. Apparently they felt I needed to be singing the praises of Jesus. I do not know how else this could have happened. I am really shocked, because I would presume, that there are cameras at these places?”

When she called the post office and explained the situation she was naturally confronted with resistance. “The woman on the phone sounded like she couldn’t care less. Didn’t sound surprised, was not outraged or apologetic. She just told me to go online and file a claim. Nothing she could do about it,” she said.

It’s surprising that a federal employee who knows tampering with US mail is a federal offense that can land one five year in prison and a $5000 fine. Sforza has filed a claim with the post office and plans to file federal charges.

How much do you want to bet that IF this criminal is caught and arrested, how many christians will cry “persecution” like they did for Kim Davis. and hail them as a hero for committing a federal crime.

Attack On Paganism

INSTAGRAM UN-BANS “GODDESS” FROM ITS SEARCH TERMS

In one very idiotic move, Istagram took upon itself to ban the word “Goddess” from its search terms, prompting a new hashtag #bringbackthegoddess that began hitting the site like a ton of bricks. There is much speculation as to why the word was banned, the foremost being that it was being used too much in tagging porn. I seriously wonder however if they would have banned the word “Jesus” if it was used to tag a bunch of porn.

But today it appears the hashtag protest worked as Instagram has brought #Goddess back.

Archaeological News

ANCIENT GREEK WELL USED FOR HYDROMANCY DISCOVERED IN ATHENS

Originally reported by: Greek Reporter

The ancient Greek phrase “ΕΛΘΕ ΜΟΙ Ω ΠΑΙΑΝ ΦΕΡΩΝ ΤΟ ΜΑΝΤΕΙΟΝ ΑΛΗΘΕC” is written on the mouth of a well that came to light during the latest excavations of the German Archaeological Institute at the archaeological site of Kerameikos in Athens.

The invocation phrase seems to have been addressed to Apollo, the ancient Greek god of prophecy, while the well was probably used in some kind of hydromancy rituals during the early Roman times.

This significant and unexpected discovery was made after an inverted marble was removed from the mouth of the well in the sanctuary’s courtyard, south of the famous “burial route.”

The well is attributed either to ancient goddess of the hunt, forests and hills, the moon and archery, Artemis, or goddess of magic, crossroads, moon, ghosts and necromancy, Hecate.

According to a Greek Culture Ministry announcement, the identification of more than 20 inscriptions with relevant content highlights the well’s connection with the sanctuary of Apollo in Athens, confirming the worship of God along with his sister, Artemis.

The excavation was carried out under the direction of Jutta Stroszeck and the supervision of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Athens.