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		<title>Children Abused, Killed As Witches In Nigeria</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Christian Purefoy, CNN Just after midnight, the pastor seized a woman&#8217;s forehead with his large hand and she fell screaming and writhing on the ground. &#8220;Fire! Fire! Fire!&#8221; shouted the worshippers, raising their hands in the air. Pastor Celestine Effiong&#8217;s congregants are being delivered from what they firmly believe to be witchcraft. And in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pagancentric.org/?p=407</link>
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		<title>Witchcraft and Aliens: Were Medieval Witches Actually Early Abductees?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is an interesting take on the Inquisition and the role of the Malleus Maleficarum at a blog titled &#8220;Diary of an Alien Life Form&#8220;. Whether or not you agree with it, the ideas presented make for some interesting conversation. It&#8217;s easy to forget that during the time of the Malleus Maleficarum and the Inquisition, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pagancentric.org/?p=394</link>
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		<title>A Tribute to Neopagan Visionary Isaac Bonewits (1949-2010)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Wes Isley True spiritual leaders never wish to be known as such, often preferring to downplay their contributions or laugh them off. This certainly seems to be the case with Isaac Bonewits, Neopagan priest and author who passed away last week of colon cancer at age 60. One memorial says Isaac, displaying what appears [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pagancentric.org/?p=386</link>
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		<title>Byron Ballard Loves Her Earth Religion, And Her Community</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[I wanted to share this nice article about a lady which many of us in the Pagan community here in Asheville have been aware of for some time. While many of the comments on the article were the usual redneck Christian variety (not surprising), the article itself is definitely a keeper. I encourage visitors to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pagancentric.org/?p=353</link>
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		<title>An Open Letter On Paganism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve wanted to post this for some time, but had lost it somewhere along the way. I&#8217;m often asked general questions about what it&#8217;s like to be Pagan, and I never know how to answer it. That&#8217;s like asking what it&#8217;s like to be human. There is no simple reply. I&#8217;ve always thought that this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pagancentric.org/?p=334</link>
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		<title>Pagans To Pray For Earth&#8217;s Healing From Oil Spill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If I&#8217;ve been amazed by anything resulting from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, it&#8217;s been the persistent anger of Far Right-Wing Christians to any suggestion that the ecological disaster that&#8217;s been created by BP&#8217;s stunning recklessness is a serious problem. Most of the Christians I have talked to have stuck their heads [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pagancentric.org/?p=316</link>
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		<title>A Nigerian Witch-Hunter Explains Herself</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[I felt compelled to share this article from the New York Times, about a loud Nigerian preacher, Helen Ukpabio, who is waging a war against witchcraft. Keep in mind as you read this that the actions of Helen Ukpabio are not ancient history. ~ Claire] At home in Nigeria, the Pentecostal preacher Helen Ukpabio draws [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pagancentric.org/?p=302</link>
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		<title>McMillen: I Was Sent to Fake Prom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[This sounds like pre-school stuff from kids, not something adults would come up with. A pox upon their houses, I say. ~ Claire] From Advocate.com: To prevent Constance McMillen from bringing a female date to her prom, the teen was sent to a &#8220;fake prom&#8221; while the rest of her class partied at a secret location [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pagancentric.org/?p=290</link>
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		<title>Pagans And Saint Patrick&#8217;s Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[I posted this in 2009, but discovered that it's been getting such a response this year that I thought I'd re-post it. ~ Claire] Ever one to ruin the fun, I couldn&#8217;t let today go by without making a few comments about Saint Patrick and the annual holiday that&#8217;s held in his honor. Most of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pagancentric.org/?p=280</link>
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		<title>Religious Leaflet Claims &#8216;Ungodly&#8217; Dressed Women Provoke Rape</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are a number of good reasons to be outraged by a leaflet that&#8217;s being handed out by Christians, but I&#8217;ll leave you to make up your own mind about it by reading the article. The first thing that bothered me is that the leaflet came to light because a young girl in Bristol, Virginia, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pagancentric.org/?p=270</link>
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