Paganism

Order of Nine Angles

Order Of Nine Angles

Order Of Nine Angles The Order of Nine Angles (ONA; O9A) is a Satanic and Left-Hand Path occult group based in the United Kingdom, but with affiliated groups in various other parts of the world. Claiming to have been established in the 1960s, it rose to public recognition in the early 1980s,...

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What Did Jesus Say About Christmas?

What Did Jesus Say About Christmas? This article covers the answer to the question: “What Did Jesus Say About Christmas?“ The perfect Christmas tree is bought. Adorned with ornaments and glittering with tinsel, it stands by the window. The stores are crammed with shoppers hunting for presents and the little...

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Origin Of Christmas

Origin Of Christmas The word “Christmas” means “Mass of Christ.” It is pronounced “Christ-Mass” and that, in effect, is true in more ways than one. Jesus Christ, however, has nothing to do with the “Mass” that is connected to his title. Whence comes Christmas, then? This supposedly holy day came...

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Christmas’ Pagan Origins

Christmas’ Pagan Origins This article covers the Christmas’ Pagan Origins. Who’s the first person you think of when it comes to Christmas. While the religious might say “Jesus“, many others in our secular American society would say “Santa Claus“. And they wouldn’t be completely wrong. Christmas is an example of...

A diagram showing the relationship between the definitions of weak/strong and implicit/explicit atheism. Explicit strong/positive/hard atheists (in purple on the right) assert that "at least one deity exists" is a false statement. Explicit weak/negative/soft atheists (in blue on the right) reject or eschew belief that any deities exist without actually asserting that "at least one deity exists" is a false statement. Implicit weak/negative atheists (in blueon the left), according to authors such as George H. Smith, would include people (such as young children and some agnostics) who do not believe in a deity but have not explicitly rejected such belief. (Sizes in the diagram are not meant to indicate relative sizes within a population.)

Implicit And Explicit Atheism

Implicit And Explicit Atheism Implicit atheism and explicit atheism are types of atheism. In George H. Smith’s Atheism: The Case Against God, “implicit atheism” is defined as “the absence of theistic belief without a conscious rejection of it”, while “explicit atheism” is “the absence of theistic belief due to a conscious rejection of it”. Explicit atheists have...