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Being Rooted and Transcending the Overculture

Fri, Apr 26, 2019
Mark Green
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Atheology

Contemporary Paganism in the English-speaking world suffers from multiple contaminating ideas carried over from the overculture that suffuses that world. A part of our effort at liberating ourselves from these assumptions and paradigms through Atheopaganism must, therefore, lie in choosing and adopting different models for understanding ourselves in relation to…

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There is No Resurrection

Sat, Apr 20, 2019
Mark Green
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Atheology, Personal Reflection

This week, Christians are celebrating their belief that someone rose from the dead, and—for unclear and not entirely logical reasons—that they are therefore absolved of a moral stain they believe they were born with. I do not subscribe to any of that. I don’t believe in original sin. I don’t…

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Towards a Culture of Happiness

Sat, Mar 23, 2019
Mark Green
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Principles, Opinion, Atheopagan

Yes, the world presents us with tremendous challenges. Yes, there are many reasons for sadness and anger and grief. Yes, there is urgency in addressing crises that threaten our very existence. So why, then, does Atheopaganism put a premium not only on being activists, but on being happy people? On having…

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Abuse, the Pagan Community, and Our Commitments

Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Mark Green
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Pagan, Atheopagan, Sexuality

Sarah Anne Lawless, who published these two revelatory articles on her experiences of being sexually harassed and abused within the Pagan community (mostly in Canada and the Pacific Northwest), has now published a third piece. In it, she reports the truly horrifying blowback she received for daring to name this…

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Atheopaganism: An Introduction

Sat, Jan 19, 2019
Mark Green
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Principles, Practice, Atheology

In recent months, hundreds of new Atheopagans have joined the Facebook group and followed the blog. Lots of folks viewing our path with new eyes, and many wondering how to get started. Accordingly, I thought I’d provide an overview of this Pagan path. Today I posted a…

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A Community Project: Choosing a Charitable Cause for Atheopagan Support

Tue, Jan 08, 2019
Mark Green
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Principles, Atheopagan

Atheopaganism isn’t just for its practitioners. As noted in Atheopagan Principle 8, we understand our responsibility to our societies and to future generations. Accordingly, I thought it would be a good thing for all of us, as a community, to identify a charitable cause to support in…

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