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Regular Hosts:
Amber, Ashlee, Branden, Dave, Sam
Guest Hosts:
Hoster X
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Summary of discussion thus far
6:00
Amber has girlscouts visit the museum
9:29
Abandonment of children by Pagan clergy – handling children in Pagan religions
13:00
Difference between a sit down faith and a faith that involves practice
14:00
Missing the comfort of church in a religion of personal responsibility
15:00
Neopagan religions are too young to have a precedent for handling children.
16:15
What neopagan religions are there other than Wicca?
17:00
Neopaganism vs. Reconstructionism
18:40
Crazy ACLU people
19:26
Case Study of involving children in Pagan activities: Mystics Cove Pagan Network
24:10
Case Study: Hoster X growing up in a half-Christian half-Pagan household where Coven came first, before biological family.
27:00
Covens look at nothing but age, and push out children that outperform the adults
28:30
Letting children grow into their gifts instead of parents trying to forcefully awaken such things.
30:38
A Wiccan dedicating her children to different gods, while complaining about being baptized as a child
32:00
Children remembering past lives
32:55
Covens going overboard with the rules and being angry that people don’t want to be naked in front of strangers because it’s all about the love.
34:10
Do covens that claim to be able to do things solitaries haven’t done really have more of an issue about being out of touch with the Pagan community?
35:30
Funny story about skyclad ritual and firefighters
37:45
Lack of communication between Pagans and non-Pagans on a religious level
38:30
Separation of religious work from personal life
40:15
Why not talk to people that want to talk to you about religious issues if it’s part of the conversation already?
46:30
People lack confidence in their beliefs

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