tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15264500.post729473149328442204..comments2023-07-11T05:13:06.461-06:00Comments on Morehead's Musings: Witchvox: The Challenge of Pagan FundamentalismJohn W. Moreheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262542253787543738noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15264500.post-56548069969605781142017-02-25T01:50:23.098-07:002017-02-25T01:50:23.098-07:00Hello all! I am the writer of that article. It was...Hello all! I am the writer of that article. It was quite a while ago! I can tell you that, nowadays, I have a deep respect for Christianity. It DID have some problems in the 1980s and 1990s, and even into the early 2000s. Most Christian churches reflected, re-evaluated, and grew as spiritual communities. I give them a lot credit for doing so.<br /><br />However, my worries and predictions about what was happening to the Pagan community have, sadly, come true. They are collectivists that expect you to think exactly like every other pagan when it comes to views on sociopolitical topics. They ostrisize those with differing opinions, or even those who merely ask for people to provide evidence for things. They have become petty and mean.<br /><br />While I still am technically a pagan, I dont "identify" as belonging to the community. It is with a heavy heart I say that I was right to worry about what was going on, for what I was afraid of happening, came true.Wiseshamanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14490657603636855876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15264500.post-5699117812101392732013-06-01T15:27:07.409-06:002013-06-01T15:27:07.409-06:00Mr. Griffin, thank you for sharing your comments a...Mr. Griffin, thank you for sharing your comments and concerns. I addressed the issue of Pagan fundamentalism more recently in a guest blog post at Sermons from the Mound. I write on this topic as a scholar interested in the phenomenon, and even though I am a Christian, I have attempted to be fair in my discussion of the topic. It is up to Pagans to work out the issues related to Pagan fundamentalism, but I do hope that Christians don't misrepresent the issue. I have worked hard to be fair with Pagans, and to improve Pagan-Christian relations. Thank you again for commenting.John W. Moreheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01262542253787543738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15264500.post-78597580649895169112013-06-01T14:14:18.758-06:002013-06-01T14:14:18.758-06:00"Pagan Fundamentalism" is a value laden ..."Pagan Fundamentalism" is a value laden term with extreme negative connotations for common people. I have documented in the below linked article how results of existing Pagan scholarship are already being misrepresented on Christian blogs with a distinctively negative agenda towards Paganism. I am very concerned that the present discussions about Pagan Fundamentalism will be used against Pagans in the same manner. See my article on this important issue entitled:<br />"Pagan Scholarship and anti-Pagan Propaganda" at<br />http://hermetic-golden-dawn.blogspot.com/2013/05/sabina-magliocco-and-ronald-hutton.html<br />Imperator David Griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05569334890339311989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15264500.post-78774534012955401762008-09-13T07:22:00.000-06:002008-09-13T07:22:00.000-06:00yvonne makes a good point. Interfaith dialogue sho...yvonne makes a good point. Interfaith dialogue shouldn't be an attempt by Christians to convert everyone. Unfortunately, that's what happens sometimes.<BR/><BR/>But it happens in politics too. It happens anytime that people feel strongly about their beliefs. We start talking about our own beliefs as if everyone should believe them.<BR/><BR/>I guess we just need to listen to each other more. When did we forget how to listen?Marcus Goodyearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255781957722144278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15264500.post-21792109373513054172008-09-08T04:55:00.000-06:002008-09-08T04:55:00.000-06:00Rule 1 of interfaith dialogue: don't compare your ...Rule 1 of interfaith dialogue: don't compare your ideals with others' practices (compare ideals with ideals and practices with practices).<BR/><BR/>But many Pagans are (wrongly) suspicious of interfaith, thinking it's just a Christian plot to convert everyone. In fact, interfaith was largely founded by Unitarians seeking to learn from other faiths (afaik).Yewtreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15264500.post-14274688980630350452008-09-03T15:32:00.000-06:002008-09-03T15:32:00.000-06:00I agree with much of Mr. Gordy's assessment of thi...I agree with much of Mr. Gordy's assessment of things. Unfortunately, I'm not convinced there's a good solution for any faith group when it comes to difficult people within the group, beyond vocally pointing out that such people, their views, and their behavior do not represent the faith's adherents as a whole, or even the majority of adherents. But in the end, there's no way to make people stop behaving poorly or claiming to belong to a certain faith while behaving badly.<BR/><BR/>Unfortuantely, I think Mr. Gordy is right when he points out that far too many Pagans expect people to ignore the "bad apples" in our communities while refusing to grant the same grace towards other faith communities.Jarredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04793668797961461325noreply@blogger.com