tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post8260917255434649326..comments2023-10-10T10:34:10.843-06:00Comments on The Nexus of Assholery: Let's Talk About Bad HistoryPatrick Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04592482865332628189noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post-50085887468272274302009-01-26T22:21:00.000-07:002009-01-26T22:21:00.000-07:00They may be less hostile to Wicca. While it contai...They may be less hostile to Wicca. While it contains a lot of quaint spiritualist elements, it also has a strong focus on naturalism -- particularly on the medicinal properties of plants.<BR/><BR/>I highly recommend watching the video. It's absolutely fascinating.Patrick Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04592482865332628189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post-88741665006884071862009-01-26T22:18:00.000-07:002009-01-26T22:18:00.000-07:00I heard the odd story about Nazi mysticism, but to...I heard the odd story about Nazi mysticism, but to hear that Hitler and his goons believed themselves to be descended from Atlantis is entirely new to me. <BR/><BR/>Just as a sidenote, I wonder what the view of atheists like Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens is towards smaller religions like Wicca or Neo-Paganism. Some adherents of these faiths, and related believers in New Age concepts, like psychics and fortune-tellers, have been criticized by skeptics, but the skeptics claim their supposed powers and abilities are unverifiable by science and therefore false. <BR/><BR/>I just find it interesting that, for instance, Aboriginal spiritualism doesn't face the same kind of venom from guys like Hitchens and Dawkins that Christianity and Islam do. Do they attack all religions, or just the ones that are easy targets?Jared Milnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07553795678274087372noreply@blogger.com