Mark Green's Atheopaganism Blog: Opinion

Atheism, Paganism, and Agreeing to Disagree

Tue, Apr 03, 2018

Mark Green

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Opinion, Pagan, Politics

I’ve been thinking lately about the crossroads where Atheopaganism lives: straddling lines between atheism, Paganism, and activism. In the atheistic world, skepticism is a given. There, when you propose something—a policy, a factual claim, a strategic approach to problem solving—it is assumed that you will have both material evidence and…

Beyond Faith. Beyond Fundamentalism.

Mon, Mar 19, 2018

Mark Green

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Opinion, Pagan, Atheology

Let’s start by acknowledging that the definitions are fuzzy. There is no universally agreed-to definition of what a “religion” even is. “Spirituality” is just as indeterminate. So all we can do is look at religions of the world and try to identify the elements…

Five Great Reasons to Be an Atheopagan

Sat, Mar 03, 2018

Mark Green

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Opinion

This is a bit of a bandwagon post. John Beckett and Jason Mankey have just posted about “Five Bad Reasons to be a Pagan” and “Five Good Reasons” to be one, respectively. They’re at Patheos, which I no longer link to, but you can find them easily if you like.

Unpopular Ideas

Mon, Feb 12, 2018

Mark Green

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Opinion, Pagan

On this day in 1809, Charles Darwin was born. 50 years later, he would publish “On the Origin of Species”, which pretty well blew the doors off the scientific world, outraged the contemporary religious culture, and established the key scientific foundation of the field of biology for all time. Darwin…

On the Other Hand…(A Love Letter)

Sun, Feb 04, 2018

Mark Green

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Opinion, Pagan, Liturgy

So, I’ve been a little hard on the Pagan community lately. I’ve decried abuses and hierarchies, lack of political engagement, and the leftovers of the sexual culture of the 1960s that still thrive in many corners of it. Those things are true, in my opinion, and I stand by them.

We Are All Connected: On Atheopagan Counseling

Thu, Jan 18, 2018

Mark Green

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Opinion, Atheopagan

We are all connected: to each other, biologically, to the Earth, chemically, to the rest of the Universe atomically. —Neil deGrasse Tyson So, I’ve written about our responsibility to the Earth. About how being who we are—Atheopagans—implies a necessary requirement that we stand…