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In a shocking display of vitriol for the pages of an old and otherwise respectable mainstream magazine, The Atlantic ran an opinion piece titled The Return of the Pagans which makes numerous outrageous claims about both ancient paganism and the modern manifestations of paganism. The op-ed's author, David Wolpe, contrasts paganism with monotheism and repeatedly expresses his opinion that monotheism is better in every way. 

Every paragraph is a new wtf. Starting off by claiming that Trump is pagan because of his crass displays of wealth, the article only gets more disturbed from there. The entire article is a series of untrue and offensive statements about paganism.

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  • Erin Lale
    Erin Lale says #
    Fellow faculty at Harvard Divinity School posted an open letter to Wolpe in response to his article. It's available on this page,
  • Erin Lale
    Erin Lale says #
    Here's another response. The Wild Hunt has a roundup of numerous responses on its site, but it carried this one as a separate arti
  • Erin Lale
    Erin Lale says #
    Here's another response. This one is by a scholar of paganism. It's unfortunately a Facebook post so this link goes to Facebook. S
  • Erin Lale
    Erin Lale says #
    Here's another link to a pagan response to the Atlantic article. I would have included this one in my story too if I had seen it b

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In the news: Accused criminal brings up Odinism as a defense. 

This post is a summary of recent media coverage of terms of interest to Asatru, Heathen, and Pagan readers. These terms include Odinism, Norse Paganism, Asatru, Heathenism, Runes, Odin, and other terms. One source only mentions Odinism and Runes, the two terms used by the accused criminal.  Another source also mentions other Heathen and Pagan religions, pointing out that Odinism is condemned by other Heathen religions.

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MainStreet Media Lies ARE Domination & Exploitation...As Democracy Swirls Down the Drain

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  • Gaia Moon
    Gaia Moon says #
    Know that the solution is a Matriarchal Spirituality and a Matriarchal Society~ we are already seeing the start of this as a Globa
  • Jamie
    Jamie says #
    Ms. Tate, Nice manifesto. I may not completely share your sociopolitical or theological worldviews, but I very much agree about t
  • Karen Tate
    Karen Tate says #
    Jamie, Thank you for your thoughtful comment. Regarding maybe the alternatives to our corporatist world would be worse, I think w
  • Jamie
    Jamie says #
    Ms. Tate, That which is not sustainable must someday end. It's not doom porn to point out the obvious. It cracks me up that Obam
Pagan News Beagle: Watery Wednesday, April 29

This week's Water Wednesday takes a look at how the Pagan community is relating to the overculture at large. Read more to learn about the history of Pagan music or how best to engage with non-Pagans about religious subjects.

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