Pagan Centered Podcast – Episode 51 – Merry Cthulhumas

2009
12.17

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6:54 PCP rated 12th in Religion on Podcast Alley
8:41 Pagan chain letter BS
9:36 Are the beliefs of the target of metaphysical workings relevant to the success or failure of the working?
12:00 Stupidity as a metaphysical defense
12:25 Punishment is pointless if the recipient doesn’t understand who is inflicting it and why
13:00 Stupidity as a metaphysical defense
13:34 Lakota Secession
16:32 Pagans angry about US government saying Christianity is a decent religions.
17:00 Separation of Church and State as Pagans perceive it does not exist in the US Constitution
18:00 Pagans pretend good stuff never happens to them
19:00 Pagan media is like reading your college newspaper. Let’s rip on Witchvox.
19:56 The lack of Pagan sports.
20:24 Persecution Complexes
21:20 Wiccans tolerating everyone but Christians
22:27 Church of Satan pwns stupid high school kid making death threats
24:21 American believe in just about anything
24:57 Intelligent girl is convinced by others that she is a vampire
26:16 Thou shalt not ask about Hindu rituals.
28:56 Inability to replace damaged symbols of faith in Green Bay Nativity Scene.
31:49 Is America going through an atheistic phase?
33:00 Government taking a hands-off approach to religions
34:30 Shakers, died out because they did not believe in sex.
35:56 Offline Oracle
37:46 Small conservative midwestern town less than tolerant when Witch School moves in
38:45 Witch School goes to exceptional lengths to tarnish the public image of Wicca
40:12 Using court orders to get books returned to libraries
41:52 Is the lack of media literacy taught in our schools a leading cause of fluffdom?
44:55 How to be an atheist without being a complete prick about it.
46:15 Is Atheist a fundamentalist movement?
47:10 Are fluffy books good for those new to Paganism, if not, what would we suggest?
48:00 Witch kit in a box, wtf!
49:30 There’s nothing wrong with getting a book and not understanding everything in it the first time you read it. Re-reading is studying!
50:00 Grimoires
51:50 Why we believe Silver Ravenwolf is not sincere in perpetuating the knowledge of her readers.
53:00 Doing it right: religious education by book.
54:20 Ted Andrews
54:44 Detecting fluffdom
55:38 Is Wicca a good starting point before finding a discipline?
56:30 Jason loves oral
57:25 Jason believes anything in a book is tainted knowledge.
1:00:30 Don’t forget to have common sense, even with the metaphysical.
1:01:00 Books teaching about the religion vs. books that help the understanding of actual religious practice.
1:03:00 Ollie’s is a great place to buy books.
1:03:40 You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake
1:03:57 Science behind the magic: is there a collective consciousness?
1:08:36 What are Muslim extremists pissed off at this week? Teddy bears!
1:08:56 Website of the week: DoingItWrong.com