Tag Archives: evil

Respect and Consent

Posted on February 26, 2012 by

Getting consent for spiritual practices – even ones that I might regard as inherently “harmless,” like Reiki – is a matter of basic respect for others. Some time ago the Slacktiverse had a post about the Mormon practice of baptism … Continue reading →

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“Breaking Curses” a fundamental characteristic of “Apostles”

Posted on August 12, 2011 by

We’ve been hearing more and more about the New Apostolic Reformation lately, led by “apostles” such as Cindy Jacobs, John Benefiel, and C. Peter Wagner. In a book by Wagner about what it means to be an “apostle” today, he … Continue reading →

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Review: Edghill, Bell, Book, and Murder

Posted on June 10, 2011 by

Edghill, Rosemary. Bell, Book, and Murder: The Bast Novels. Paperback, 448 pages. Forge, 1998. Omnibus edition of Speak Daggers to Her, 1994, Book of Moons, 1995, and The Bowl of Night, 1996, by the same author. These three novels are … Continue reading →

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Collaborative post: self-hate and trolling

Posted on March 14, 2011 by

This is a collaborative post written with the assistance of DetroitMechWorks, a fellow commenter in the Slacktivist community. Recently DMW used a sock puppet with the username honestwoman to post trollish comments and stir up controversy. The situation came to … Continue reading →

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Just World fallacy

Posted on February 27, 2011 by

Definition of a liberal: A conservative who has just discovered that bad things really do happen to good people. – Jenny Islander I cannot say it enough times. The idea that bad things must happen for a reason is false. … Continue reading →

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Objectivists and Satanists

Posted on February 16, 2011 by

The ultimate development of Rand’s so-called Objectivist philosophy is Satanism. Not the almost entirely mythical Christian heresy, but real Satanism, the atheist, self-worshipping philosophy/religion promulgated by Anton LaVey and his ilk. Satanism explicitly acknowledges its foundation on Randian attitudes. But … Continue reading →

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I

Posted on November 22, 2010 by

I was very impressed with this movie adaptation; it may be one of the best movie adaptations of a book that I’ve ever seen. The writers, producers, directors, and actors managed to focus on the relationships between Harry, Hermione, and … Continue reading →

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Veterans’ Day and the choices military folks make

Posted on November 11, 2010 by

Irony is good for the blood, or so my friends tell me. My blood got a boost today when partway into the afternoon of a beautiful federal holiday that my husband and I were enjoying together, he got a call … Continue reading →

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Open-ended promises

Posted on October 25, 2010 by

Like many Wiccans and Pagans, I was raised Christian. Unusually, I was raised Christian by a father who had a doctorate in theology. Although Dad believed that women couldn’t be pastors, he spent a fair amount of my childhood passing … Continue reading →

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