Pagan Centered Podcast – Episode 3 – What ResLife Doesn't want you to know

2010
03.31

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1:34 Correction: Why Charles Arnold was not participating in the recent PVHC stuff.
5:20 Why does Clarion University ResLife not post Pagan events on their official bulletin board like they do for the varied Christian groups on campus, discouraging attendance at Pagan events.
6:25 Pagan groups fighting like the Christian groups
7:00 Christians intimidating an on-campus Christian attending Pagan events, Clarion University ResLife refuses to do anything despite being notified
8:15 Different standards for religious minorities vs. racial minorities by ResLife of Clarion University of Pennsylvania
9:06 Branden Rant against CUP ResLife: Paintball club chased off campus despite doing the same thing as a Christian group.
11:11 Preferential treatment is against university policy, and regulations with no explicit punishments
11:58 Why Clarion University of PA has the worst free speech ratings
12:26 The lies told by Clarion University tour guides
15:08 Clarion University is behind the times with regards to religious sensitivity
15:20 Ritual swords
16:15 Why can’t Pagans have ritual swords in their dorm rooms since Christians can have eight foot tall wooden crosses in their rooms?
17:26 Satanism as a denomination of Christianity
18:06 Disney as a tool to manipulate children against Pagans
18:50 Pentacle as a contemporary Christian symbol
19:13 Religions share beliefs
19:30 Recovering Catholics
20:00 Fake Gardnerian initiation
21:15 Ritual swords are the squirt guns of swords
22:24 Candles and incense not being permitted in Clarion University dorms
23:05 People are stupid and druggies
23:22 Nog Chompa
24:18 Other universities and their policies about candles and incense
24:55 Clarion University policies on incense and candles and how it is insensitive to Pagans, despite the Pagan group desiring to assist ResLife
26:53 Teacher fired because of disagreement about Christian prayer intimidating non-Christians at graduation
27:55 Pagans are louder now, so more folks understand Paganism
28:35 Florida case: why does the Satanic Bible have sales tax applied to it when there’s a religious texts exemption in Florida?
29:10 “Equal Rights, for me!”
29:43 Fanatical Pagans are just as crazy as any other religious nutjob
30:30 School Board votes to allow Bible distribution in school, but how do close votes on these issues actually pan out in the long-term?
31:14 Bible distributors are extremely pushy on Clarion University’s Clarion campus
32:35 How Dave’s ex shot a Jehovah’s Witness, and other fun stories of interactions between Pagans and Jehovah’s Witnesses
35:22 Gospel of Judas, is all the hype just a bunch of hot air?
36:00 How and why we came to believe what we believe: Amber
36:45 “The first step to faith is not to think”
39:00 Wiccan magic is crap
39:50 Dave had “bad energy”
40:51 The story: I’m Bleeding Profusely!!!
41:51 Removing warning labels
42:20 Construction sites in Canada vs. the US
43:00 Americans needing a sign to not drive off a cliff since there’s no guardrail there
43:20 How and why we came to believe what we believe: Branden
44:00 Catholics and Energy Work
46:05 Maybe we shouldn’t let everyone do energy working?
48:00 Metaphysical beings goes beyond just ghosts
48:40 Removing self-empowerment and a means to control people.
50:45 Human vs. more than human
51:45 We prove just about anything except normal things like “Prove that I exist”
52:24 Christian leadership saying something vs. what’s actually in the Bible
53:04 How and why we came to believe what we believe: Dave
54:15 Atheism: being offended at everything
55:25 Dave’s ex coming out of the closet to him
57:30 “Satan” is the quick answer to so many things.
59:42 Barrett turning Dave off to Wicca
1:01:06 Dave becoming Wiccan when someone tried converting him to Christianity
1:01:36 It’s easier to get access to BS than real information
1:02:16 People want everything now and not wanting to be patient
1:02:42 People that can teach are so tired of people like Barrett or learn things that aren’t interesting.
1:03:25 People are too much into pixi crap
1:03:40 Pagan groups only caring about themselves rather than being open
1:04:28 The Great Rite, literal vs. symbolic
1:05:20 Symbolic cannibalism vs. literal cannibalism
1:06:09 The Witches’ Bible, and how people use that text incorrectly since they don’t read the entire book.
1:06:55 The only Wiccan spell book you’ll ever need
1:07:11 Exchanging energies via The Great Rite
1:07:05 Ooh Sex Yay, the side effects of a strong metaphysical connection
1:10:26 Wicca is a religion of balance!
1:11:34 Wicca has a separation of practice and belief
1:11:43 Catholic mass in an Asatru ritual analogy