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  1. Quintessence

    The Pagan, Buddhist, and Hindu Thread

    Thanks, I think? Heh. Curiously, experiences with early web forums are part of what turned me off to "social media" from a young age. I kind went "nah, I'm just gonna not use any of this stuff, not worth it." Folks are never that mean in-person. Well, maybe not never but it is so...
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    Why Did You Change Religions?

    There are different ways to tell the story. All are something of the truth and none are the whole story. One tale tells of a child who grew up in the woods and was more or less Pagan from the start. They did not change who they were as much as learned there was a word for that and that this...
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    The Pagan, Buddhist, and Hindu Thread

    I don't really do debate, but back when I did? There was this other forum I had the misfortune of using where there was a cadre of individuals who more or less made it their mission to bully newcomers away from Wicca and Witchcraft. That's not how they saw it, obviously, but that was the...
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    Discovery of 2 billion tons of rare Earth minerals in the US could make it a global leader

    Yes. I was ready at least a decade or two ago. If it was all realistic for me to do so - and very tragically it isn't short of killing myself - I would love to do so. Instead I am trapped in a wendigo culture that is destroying itself with unsustainable technology that doesn't actually do...
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    Is there such thing as ghost dinosaurs?Yes or No?

    Yes. All of the ancestors are here, now, everywhere. In the air you breathe, the water you drink, the stuff of your very bones.
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    Metamorphosis

    I'm not sure what you mean by "caterpillar" and "butterfly" behavior. You don't have one without the other and plants along with their pollinators have coevolved to be mutually dependent upon one another in a way that supports the mutual flourishing of pollinators and their plants. Are you...
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    Discovery of 2 billion tons of rare Earth minerals in the US could make it a global leader

    I can't be happy about more excuses to rape our mother, no. But the U.S. being a global leader in perpetuating the sixth mass extinction and global devastation of ecosystems and biodiversity is pretty par for the course.
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    Time comes in 2 forms: hot and cold

    Huh? As a polytheist I certainly recognize one of the many gods is Time Spirit. I also recognize the universe (and thus the gods, as that is pointing at the same thing my tradition) doesn't revolve around or care about humans as a general rule. Which theists are thinking love of Time Spirit...
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    How could time have always existed?

    As is all perception of time. Perhaps that's why you believe time must have had a beginning - you yourself believe you had a beginning. And yet the belief that something has a beginning is a subjectively experienced thing. At what point do we say now is happening? When does now begin? At...
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    Cults

    Depends on what is meant by "cults" as there are different usages of the term. From context of the OP I am guessing you mean "cult' in the pejorative sense? All human groups can be assessed on that spectrum with some exhibiting a greater or lesser degree of categorical symptoms. I had a group...
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    How could time have always existed?

    Does now have a "beginning point?" When does now begin? Now? What about now? Now? Where is this beginning point for now?
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    How could time have always existed?

    When does now begin? Thinking about that question may help you understand.
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    What do you like crystal balls or incense?Or both?

    Scrying is great, but I don't get the appeal of crystal balls for it. Genuine ones are extremely expensive and you can practice scrying in completely free mediums from leaves rustling in the wind to the spackle on your ceiling. Or, more appropriately (though not free) in the wafting smoke of...
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    Who are the People of God?

    What about theistic religions where gods are not divorced from nature and the universe itself? In that case the divine law is literally the nature of reality itself. This also means it can't actually be disobeyed (e.g., one cannot disobey Gravity) so it's kind of pointless to go on about it...
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    Catholicism and Paganism

    I mean, if that's your argument all religions are "paganism" because each and every one of them has "pagan" roots. But as a contemporary Pagan I most certainly do not consider any of the Abrahamic monotheisms (Catholicism or otherwise) to be "pagan" in the least.
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    Louisiana Looses Fight to Post Ten Commandments in Public High Schools

    Earlier this year, the state of Louisiana attempted to push state establishment of religion into public spaces. This was a clear violation of the First Amendment and was expected to be struck down. For those of you who were following this particular story, that is precisely what has happened...
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    Can depression be cured or only managed ?

    There is inevitably a genetic component to such conditions. Part of why my condition has been acute rather than chronic is because my mom suffered from chronic depression and recognized it me when it started. She really pushed me to get treatment rather than ignore it as "no big deal" or...
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    the presence of extra-terrestrials and mass panic

    What's interesting about the extraterrestrial mythologies is that it has some strong parallels to some reoccurring storytelling themes throughout human history - ones found both inside and outside of the world's religions. Recognition of powers well above and beyond human control is arguably...
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    Is nihilism true and if so why ?

    The notion that existence has no objective meaning or purpose? This may or may not be the case - human knowledge is fundamentally non-objective so whether or not there is an objective meaning or purpose is not possible to determine or know. Absence of human ability to know does not equate to...
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    Is nihilism true and if so why ?

    Nihilism refers to a few different things depending on context. Could you help us understand which nihilism you are pointing to?
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