I know I have some wild ideas of my own, beliefs that defy the available evidence, but at least I don’t “build a big shrine to my irrational beliefs”:http://www.answersingenesis.org/museum/ and call it a museum. “Look! If I take this page from Genesis and “fold it like this”:http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v22/i1/creation.asp and make the words match up like so, it’s science! Or a pteradactyl. Whatever.”

For all you polytheists (or even henotheists) out there, here’s a fun, easy guide to the gods called “Godchecker.” From the Australian Aboriginal Bellin-Bellin to the Egyptian plant god, Uneg, they’re all here (or nearly!).

The previous post (showtunes) led me to the comments our intrepid singer has generated, including a very positive one from a group I didn’t know existed, Ship of Fools. They’re a sort of progressive, weird, Anglican/Episcopalian site. Their arguments for and against acceptance of homosexuality in Christianity are interesting, and may provide some cool ammo.

Since I seem to be on a holy roller, here’s another little goup y’all might want to check out called Reclaiming.

Chris, it’s like the feminist wicca stuff I do, only boys get to come, too. Yay!

Starhawk started it and she’s got this great book called The Fifth Sacred Thing. It’s like a thought experiment in how to implement non-violent action against all odds. I love her vision . . .

This “article about Irshad Manji”:http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/06/01/1086058850070.html, a feminist Canadian Muslim and author of _The Trouble With Islam ó a Wake-Up Call For Honesty and Change_, caught my attention.

I’m very impressed by her candor, and I think she is right to press for a Muslim reformation, in that the true power of a faith comes from individuals choosing, after thought, to follow tenets, not blindly. There seem to me (not that I am an expert on Islam) to be so many good aspects to the religion, if only individuals can allow themselves to choose, and not feel they have to live a medieval religion.