Pagan Centered Podcast – Episode 16 – Local Pagan Groups

2010
03.31

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2:39 PCP gone professional
2:53 The ongoing saga of Dave’s laser printer
3:30 PENNDOT Abstract art
5:25 Thanks to Deo’s Shadow for plugging our show in Episode 23
5:44 Thanks to Lance and Graal for linking to us
7:25 Wow, we are unexpectedly popular.
7:57 WPSH is going to syndicate PCP
9:21 Soliciting your fan mail
10:00 PCP MySpace
10:18 Working on a real PCP theme song
12:22 What should the purposes of a local Pagan group be?
14:05 How to gather Pagans without chasing away responsible/mature Pagans
14:45 Keeping the Christian bashing outside of Pagan study
16:00 Pagans do bash Christians, but it needs to be kept out Pagan events
16:51 What is the purpose of any religious group?
17:22 Educate novices, don’t just bash
17:50 Pagan groups are so focused on costumes and dancing naked that they lose the component of educating the novices
18:20 Varied members of a congregation
18:50 Analysis of different Clarion University of Pennsylvania Clarion Campus Christian groups and how we can learn from them.
20:56 Religious groups should not serve to intimidate
21:34 You can’t judge a person just by the organizations they belong to
22:30 Groups should push themselves forward and embrace the performance of ritual
23:14 Not desiring validation from others
23:58 You will never find a perfect group
24:11 Education as a component of a Pagan group’s purpose, to defeat fluffiness, get people to think and correct inaccurate perceptions
25:00 Dealing with identifying one’s religious beliefs to other people
26:28 Origin of Pagan beliefs
26:48 Entomology of the word “Pagan”
27:56 The place of religious conflict and how religious groups rub off on one-another
28:55 GIG (interfaith study)
29:50 GIG Cast
31:13 The monetary component of religious groups
31:52 Televangelists
32:44 Portable radio set to same channel as a televangelist, hilarity ensues.
34:07 Using money in a good way within a religious group
35:59 Dave’s triangle representing the purpose of MCPN at Clarion: activism, education and fellowship as the purposes, ?, understanding and friendship as the results of fulfilling those purposes.
39:20 Activism: at what point do you become just a bunch of high schoolers “sending a message” rather than being an activist for your beliefs? Pagan Veterans Headstone Campaign as a case study.
42:22 Using “Case for Christ” as a door stop, and Dave’s “Do Not Save” sign.
44:00 Misc. beliefs with Pagan origin
45:50 The circle of religious beliefs feeding off one another.
46:30 The silliness of religions trying to claim to be pure
47:30 The ongoing saga between South Park on Comedy Central vs. Church of Scientology
50:28 We are crazy too, but we’re a bit more private about it.
51:19 “I don’t think we answered the question, but we had a lot of good discussion”
52:25 Do you know Bob? He lives in the north.