Pagan Centered Podcast – Episode 147 – Like Minded People

2010
04.11

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00:55 The sizes of religious gatherings reflecting upon that religion
02:00 Size of rituals rather than intimacy of rituals.
02:44 The bigger the group, the more batshit crazy they are.
03:02 Misconception that it takes many people to make something powerful
05:10 IQs do not combine in large groups
05:50 Community should be about intimacy rather than quantity
06:17 Does just knowing people make a community?
06:38 Otherkin Community vs. Pagan Community
06:51 Paganism promotes self-reliance
07:55 Questioning leaders in Wicca
08:19 A Walking Puss Stain – a pedophile coming to religion to fulfill their needs
09:20 Religion as a coping mechanism, hence it will draw predators
10:24 Viewing people as human beings rather than Christians or Pagans
11:28 Be a community of like-minded people first
12:20 Friendship
13:15 Don’t let religious community cheapen human relationships
13:17 Community is a group of like-minded people
13:21 The PCP Community
13:45 Is there a single great Pagan Community?
15:15 Is Paganism too diverse to have a community?
16:04 What Paganism as a Community has going against it
16:35 Let the local fundies help you locate Pagans
17:13 Pagan rituals are rarely written for thousands of participants
17:33 Ritual co-participants as platonic lovers
17:50 Pagans are accustomed to being persecuted
18:21 People are afraid of joining a community then being criticized for inadvertently saying something dumb
19:05 Doing something intimate with a bunch of people judging you that don’t know you
19:35 Bickering about stupid crap isn’t unique to Paganism.
21:13 Us not living in clans is a new thing for society, and we’re looking for something to replace that.
22:22 People are afraid of losing the group they belong to
24:05 Clans aren’t the way they used to be
26:24 Family
28:51 Scurvy’s advice to keep going to work even during down times
29:32 Getting through things by means of maintaining a daily routine