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Recent Examples of paganism
Modern trans coven leaders are rekindling this charge, fighting transphobia in paganism, and creating covens and magic all on their own.
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Emma Cieslik, Them, 1 Nov. 2024
The defense, meanwhile, is hoping to use the placement of the sticks as evidence of their theory the girls were killed not by Allen, but rather in a ritualistic murder, perhaps as part of Odinism, a branch of Norse paganism with a far-right strain.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
But while the prosecution is arguing that Allen kidnapped and murdered the girls, hiding them in the woods to cover his tracks, Allen’s defense claims that the girls were ritually murdered as a part of a practice of Norse paganism called Odinism.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024
Delphi Suspect Claims White Nationalist Pagans Killed 2 Teens — Despite Allegedly Confessing to Wife
Allen’s attorneys have since argued that the girls were murdered by Odinists, who practice a form of Norse paganism and are linked to White nationalism.
—Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2024
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Emma Cieslik, Them, 1 Nov. 2024
The defense, meanwhile, is hoping to use the placement of the sticks as evidence of their theory the girls were killed not by Allen, but rather in a ritualistic murder, perhaps as part of Odinism, a branch of Norse paganism with a far-right strain.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
But while the prosecution is arguing that Allen kidnapped and murdered the girls, hiding them in the woods to cover his tracks, Allen’s defense claims that the girls were ritually murdered as a part of a practice of Norse paganism called Odinism.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024
Delphi Suspect Claims White Nationalist Pagans Killed 2 Teens — Despite Allegedly Confessing to Wife
Allen’s attorneys have since argued that the girls were murdered by Odinists, who practice a form of Norse paganism and are linked to White nationalism.
—Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paganism
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Both discoveries date to the period when the Roman Empire was transitioning from polytheism to Christianity.—
Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Dec. 2024
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Religious history Fascinating finds related to religious history tell a story of diverse belief systems from the polytheism of the ancient Greeks and Romans to Buddhism and Christianity.—
Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Dec. 2024
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Is there a tension between wanting to engage with Jewish religious texts, and then acknowledging that theology can prevent clear thinking?—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
13 Feb. 2025
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Christian theologies of neighborly love Many Christian thinkers have developed perspectives on how to prioritize care for different neighbors by interpreting the words and actions of Jesus, as well as the teachings and practices of the early Christian church.—
Laura E. Alexander,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2025
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Freud, too, proposed that Moses was an Egyptian prince who invented monotheism (or stole it from Akhenaten).—
Louis Menand,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
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Through it all, the rabbis and imam maintain faith in the ties that bound Judaism and Islam together: a common origin in the Middle East through Abraham; a tradition of strict monotheism emphasizing the oneness of God; a reverence for biblical and Quranic shared prophets from Isaac to Moses.—
Jenny Jarvie,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Apr. 2024
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In 1809, Friedrich’s budding pantheism landed him in hot water.—
Zachary Fine,
The New Yorker,
28 June 2024
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Spinoza was infamous for his sometimes inscrutable variety of pantheism, in which God no longer sits outside Nature, paring his fingernails (James Joyce’s joke), but effectively is Nature, inextricable from it.—
James Wood,
The New Yorker,
4 Sep. 2023
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While most of the Empire was being immersed in a religion which was a synthesis of Roman institutions, Greek philosophy and Hebrew theism, a subset of the population of philosophical inclination was being drawn into a religious system descended from Hellenistic paganism.—
Razib Khan,
Discover Magazine,
10 Aug. 2012
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Another frequent topic of disbelief among Edge responders was theism and its anti-science offshoots---in particular the belief in intelligent design, and the belief that the Earth is only a few thousand years old.—
Jennifer Welsh,
Discover Magazine,
23 Nov. 2010
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This doctrine shaped the post-war global economy, where deep financial and trade linkages were viewed not just as a matter of efficiency but as a safeguard for peace.—
Jon Helgi Egilsson,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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It’s commonly accepted HR doctrine that after a large layoff, those who stay suffer a 20% decline in their job performance.—
Phil Blair,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Mar. 2025
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This vague gesture in the direction of deism has no antecedent in the book, no moral or theological trajectory to make Bambi’s insight meaningful or satisfying.—
Kathryn Schulz,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2022
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Those intuitions usually commended a staid deism and scorn for those whose beliefs extended any further.—
Jeffrey Collins,
WSJ,
12 Mar. 2021
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As the second Trump administration brazenly bulldozes the vaunted wall of separation between church and state, such destruction will also erode precious individual liberties which depend on keeping dogma out of government.—
Annie Laurie Gaylor,
Orlando Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2025
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Typically of these groups, the neo-Nazis quarreled over something — dogma, money, tactics — and shed some members.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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