http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2007/08/new-rules-for-conversions.html A modern Pagan perspective Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2007/08/new-rules-for-conversions.html#comment-1282 Tom Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:51:00 +0000 http://patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2007/08/new-rules-for-conversions.html#comment-1282 Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts. Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts.

]]> http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2007/08/new-rules-for-conversions.html#comment-1281 LaReinaCobre Sat, 18 Aug 2007 19:23:00 +0000 http://patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2007/08/new-rules-for-conversions.html#comment-1281 This is a good piece; thanks for taking the time to process this out loud for the rest of.My thoughts after reading this tend to be of the "Eek!" variety. I think of all the power these churches have and how much good they could be doing instead of strategizing how to get more adherents. I know that to them, saving souls from hell is probably the ultimate good, but I just feel that they have the power to literally change the world - to influence governments, to enact justice. Just based on their sheer numbers and their historical privileges as you mention. I hadn't thought about tolerance and pluralism within polytheist communities; that's an interesting point.From what I've been reading in The Chalice and the Blade, it seems that ancient history supports the notion that polytheist cultures tended towards a kind of pluralism. But I'd have to do more study on that to be confident that it's true. This is a good piece; thanks for taking the time to process this out loud for the rest of.My thoughts after reading this tend to be of the “Eek!” variety. I think of all the power these churches have and how much good they could be doing instead of strategizing how to get more adherents. I know that to them, saving souls from hell is probably the ultimate good, but I just feel that they have the power to literally change the world – to influence governments, to enact justice. Just based on their sheer numbers and their historical privileges as you mention. I hadn’t thought about tolerance and pluralism within polytheist communities; that’s an interesting point.From what I’ve been reading in The Chalice and the Blade, it seems that ancient history supports the notion that polytheist cultures tended towards a kind of pluralism. But I’d have to do more study on that to be confident that it’s true.

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