Recent content by BlackHeart

And you think a deity would have to be "infinite" to know the answers to these things? Not just "vast beyond the imagination of man?" Or is that close enough to infinite that you consider them the same thing? I don't think a deity would have to know *everything* to understand the nature of man...

Says who? Why would a "creator of everything" (which I'm assuming is what you mean by "God") have to be loving at all? Why would he have to be *all*-powerful, and not just powerful enough to create a universe? What would make him all-knowing? More importantly--why do people assume these are...

Omnipotent God? Says who? Why would a "creator of everything" (which I'm assuming is what you mean by "God") have to be loving at all? Why would he have to be *all*-powerful, and not just powerful enough to create a universe? What would make him all-knowing? More importantly--why do people...

Ah, that's such a deceptively simple question. Were these "students" young children, perhaps it would be appropriate. But as many of these students & seekers are adults in their own right, just not experienced in Craft, I don't believe that they should expect the "elders" to be any more calm...

I think some people forget that respect doesn't equate to authority... that we can hold someone in high esteem, love her ethics & have great respect for the students she's taught--and still not follow her instructions. That there's a difference between, "you should acknowledge the great...

I agree with this--but I wonder how to apply it. Paganism isn't one, unified community; not all pagans have the same spiritual ideals or the same ideas of how to reflect the ideals they do share. In some groups, kindness & gentle speech are highly valued. In others, truthfulness and keen...