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Okay guys, this is my first time posting an Article, so bear with me...
I'll start with a little bit of back story:
I grew up following... 10 Comments | | | » Code of Ethics | | The Noble Pagan
People have long sought to enrich their lives and to awaken to their full natures through spiritual practices including prayer, meditation, mind-body disciplines, service, ritual, community liturgy, holy-day and seasonal observances, and rites of passage. These practices are as varied as the human race itself, and as such each individual practice should, in their own right, be tolerated, if not celebrated, for the intrinsic beauty that they carry in design and ability to nurture and educate a community.
In any community, there will be people that are set against anything that clashes with their idea of moral ethics and their way of living. These are the people that we seek to provide healthy, and helpful information to concerning the earth-based religions that are all part of the umbrella titled “Paganism”. With this knowledge and information that is true and healthy, we can, as a society, bridge the gap between moral standards and how we are truly living life.
The Noble Pagan operates under a code of ethics that reflects this desire to promote tolerance through education.
[Intention] We practice and serve our communities in ways that cultivate awareness, empathy, tolerance, and wisdom.
[Serving Society] We provide educational information and services to the community that are designed and conducted in ways that respect the common good, with due regard for public safety, health, and order. Because of the increased awareness gained from this education within the community, we can catalyze a desire for personal and social change, and shall use special care to help direct the energies of those that we serve, as well as our own, in responsible ways that reflect a loving regard for all life.
[Serving Individuals] The Noble Pagan respects and seeks to preserve the autonomy and dignity of each person. Participation in any religious practice must be voluntary and based on good information and free of intolerant attitudes, abuses, and practices which may do more damage than good in the community at large.
[Competence] We shall provide the community at large with only the information and knowledge that we have found to be truthful, and based in tolerance towards others. To do anything less would be a dishonor to the community as an entity of life.
[Integrity] Members who affiliate themselves with The Noble Pagan shall strive to be aware of how their own belief systems, values, needs, and limitations affect their thought processes and whether or not these processes are creating a morally acceptable tolerant attitude towards others.
[Quiet Presence] The Noble Pagan shall not advertise as a commercial entity, for we believe that we are better allowed to grow through attraction, as well we shall not provide for commercial advertisement for commercial entities either.
[Not for Profit] The Noble Pagan shall conduct our educational endeavors in the spirit of service. We shall strive to accommodate all individuals, communities, organizations, or other participants without regard to their ability to pay or make donations.
[Tolerance] We require and practice openness and respect towards people whose beliefs are in apparent contradiction to our own.
[Peer Review] The Noble Pagan shall seek the counsel of other communities and elders within the pagan umbrella to help ensure the wholesomeness of our information and educational practices and shall offer counsel when there is need. | |
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