When Belief Becomes ControlWelcome Back! This episode isn’t about religion versus religion. It’s about power, fear, and what happens when belief hardens into certainty.

I’m joined by Sigrin, founder of Universal Pagan Temple, to talk about Pagan revivalism, leaving Christianity as self-preservation, and why Paganism keeps getting framed as a threat in modern culture.

We discuss fear-based theology, social control inside high-pressure Christian environments, and how conformity can become more important than honesty. From there, we critically examine the book Pagan Threat, its claims about Pagan “groupthink,” and the irony of labeling Paganism as globalist when it is inherently local and decentralized.

This is a conversation about belief, authority, projection, and what spiritual responsibility looks like without coercion.

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Every December, the same argument shows up:

Is Christmas pagan? Is it Christian? Is it Saturnalia? Is it Jesus’ birthday? In this episode, we step past the argument and into the history beneath it. We explore how winter was understood long before Christianity. Why solstice mattered for survival. How land, hearth, and household ritual shaped meaning. And how pre-Christian traditions like Yule and Mother’s Night weren’t gently inherited, but actively suppressed, erased, and selectively absorbed.

This isn’t about aesthetics or trend-based paganism.

It’s about memory. What was buried. What survived.
And why it’s stirring again. 🕯️🌲

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Music: “An Acoustic Guitar” by StepanBel Licensed for use

Welcome back to Taste of Truth Tuesdays! Today's episode is Part Two that dives into the final five “Historical Jesus” myths people love to repeat, plus a quick reality check for the mythicist side too.

In this episode:

Myth #6–7: “Archaeology & Non-Christian Sources Prove Jesus”
What the evidence actually shows — and what it doesn’t. Josephus, Tacitus, Pliny, archaeology… none of it confirms a historical Jesus.

Myth #8: “Paul Supports the Gospel Jesus”
Paul’s Jesus is visionary and scriptural, not biographical. His silence tells its own story.

Myth #9: “Christianity Began With Jesus and His Disciples”
Early Christianity was a swirl of competing revelation cults, not a unified movement led by a Galilean teacher.

Myth #10: “Christianity Spread Too Fast to Be a Myth”
The real timeline: tiny, scattered growth for two centuries — then a political supernova under Constantine.

Also: A Critical Look at Mythicists
Why agreement on the conclusion doesn’t mean agreement on the methods. We talk about:
• where Fitzgerald’s arguments fall short
• why Tim O’Neill’s critique matters (even with his own biases)
• how atheist spaces often recreate the same purity culture they mock

This episode isn’t about choosing sides — it’s about evidence, clarity, and refusing to trade one orthodoxy for another.

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