Been quietly following this thread.  My observation is that if it's not your
beliefs, then it's a myth.

I don't call other people's beliefs that; this is just my personal observation. 
(I also don't let it twist my knickers in a wad either)

Kimberly


--- In HeathenHomestead@yahoogroups.com, "PatrickD" <pduffy7@...> wrote:
>
> But, no one does except those who like to play games. That's the point. It's
also why I don't call it Christian/Hinu/Buddhist/etc Mythology. If I want my
Beleifs to be Respected, I have to do the same for Others. Agree NO.Fight
against, YES. Respect that which Utgarders themselves Beleive, YES. I'm too old
to play "Tweaking the Mundanes" by a few decades....
> Truth,
> Pat

Fey,
You can also work under an umbrella church such as Universal Life
church<http://www.themonastery.org/?destination=main>
.--Jeremy

On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Fey Raine <feyraine@...> wrote:

>
>
> I'm about to embark on the tax exempt church paperwork for our Kindred.
>
> Anyone who has done this with any words of advice on how to tame this
> beast?
>
> Also, I'm wondering how long the process took to get approval so I can have
> a realistic time frame...
>
> Thanks
> Fey Raine
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>


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But, no one does except those who like to play games. That's the point. It's
also why I don't call it Christian/Hinu/Buddhist/etc Mythology. If I want my
Beleifs to be Respected, I have to do the same for Others. Agree NO.Fight
against, YES. Respect that which Utgarders themselves Beleive, YES. I'm too old
to play "Tweaking the Mundanes" by a few decades....
Truth,
Pat
--- In HeathenHomestead@yahoogroups.com, S <drakaran@...> wrote:
>
> Well, I'd rather someone said Heathen mythology (or mythos), than I
> would Heathen dogma. hehehehe

Probably would be easier to get nonprofit status (or you might try that
if you can't get designated as a church).

S

Fey Raine wrote:
>
>
> I'm about to embark on the tax exempt church paperwork for our Kindred.
>
> Anyone who has done this with any words of advice on how to tame this
> beast?
>
> Also, I'm wondering how long the process took to get approval so I can
> have a realistic time frame...
>
> Thanks
> Fey Raine
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
> _

Well, I'd rather someone said Heathen mythology (or mythos), than I
would Heathen dogma. hehehehe

S

Pat Duffy wrote:
>
>
> It doesn't matter what scholars do with their Word Games. "Myth" and
> "Story"
> have been used at least in the Western World for more than a millennia to
> separate "true" material from made ups stuff by Ignorant Foreigners and
> Country Folk. When someone calls my Beliefs "Myths, I Know EXACTLY
> what they
> mean. Esp. since I call theirs the same and they get Pissed. BTW,
> Neopagans
> oft do the same thing. After all, the Regin arte "Just Aspects of their
> Goddess and God";>..
>
> Cheers,
>
> Pat
>

I looked into it for our kindred.  did find out if you have less then $5,000.00
in contributions or assets you do not have to file.
Ilsa

--- On Fri, 11/20/09, Fey Raine <feyraine@...> wrote:


From: Fey Raine <feyraine@...>
Subject: [HeathenHomestead] 501(c)3 status paper work ?s
To: "HeathenHomestead@yahoogroups.com" <HeathenHomestead@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Friday, November 20, 2009, 1:06 PM


 



I'm about to embark on the tax exempt church paperwork for our Kindred.

Anyone who has done this with any words of advice on how to tame this beast?

Also, I'm wondering how long the process took to get approval so I can have a
realistic time frame...

Thanks
Fey Raine

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It doesn't matter what scholars do with their Word Games. "Myth" and "Story"
have been used at least in the Western World for more than a millennia to
separate "true" material  from made ups stuff by Ignorant Foreigners and
Country Folk. When someone calls my Beliefs "Myths, I Know EXACTLY what they
mean.  Esp. since I call theirs the same and they get Pissed. BTW, Neopagans
oft do the same thing. After all, the Regin arte "Just Aspects of their
Goddess and God";>..

Cheers,

Pat





From: HeathenHomestead@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:HeathenHomestead@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Gregkaye
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 4:58 AM
To: HeathenHomestead@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [HeathenHomestead] The right to hold a belief that isn't
systematically classified as a myth





Hi, I have a hunch that this may not be the most appropriate post to put up
on this board and yet, as I have posted it on the boards of a number of
religious groups, I thought it might be of interest here as well.

I am not in any way saying that various views should not be criticised. I'm
just saying that judgement should not be enforced before the relevant
threads of information have been considered. Anyway - here goes:

The word 'myth' carries meanings associated either with fictitious
narratives usually involving supernatural persons, actions, or events, with
untrue or popular tales or rumours or with fictitious or imaginary people or
objects.
(see: THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY, 2001)






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I'm about to embark on the tax exempt church paperwork for our Kindred.

Anyone who has done this with any words of advice on how to tame this beast?

Also, I'm wondering how long the process took to get approval so I can have a
realistic time frame...

Thanks
Fey Raine







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It's been two weeks without a computer. Didn't miss it as much as i thought. The
biggest has been since I got mine back from the shop. About half of my lists
don't work and many of the sites I frequent now require more software. Pttttp!.
Yahoogroups even closed my acct for lack of traffic. I got it back but I still
can't get anything through except from the site. Most annoying...
Other than this, things are pretty stable. Most Tender plants are in the
greenhouse and Winter veggies are Germinating well. Discovered a Blood Orange on
one of the container Citrus(those that can't handle our Winters even with
Protection). Hopefully, I'll have myself a Yule present!
Cheers,
Pat

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www.simplesolarhomesteading.com

--- In HeathenHomestead@yahoogroups.com, S <drakaran@...> wrote:
>
> Heya Greg,
>
> I'm not sure why you're bringing this up here instead of some of the
> other Heathen forums, but I haven't been hearing people use the word
> "myth" very much at all, especially in relation to the sagas etc that we
> have for reference. Maybe this is barking up a tree that doesn't really
> exist? In fact, if anything, it seems people are getting better about
> referring to specific resources and not making vague claims in general.
> Or specifying that something is UPG vs VCG.
>
> S

I guess I was just trying things out to see how they went - and this was the
only heathen forum that did not reject the post with some choice words.  Thanks
for your thoughts, on this S.

Greg
>
> Gregkaye wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In HeathenHomestead@yahoogroups.com
> > <mailto:HeathenHomestead%40yahoogroups.com>, "Gregkaye"
> > <gregoriousity@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi, I have a hunch that this may not be the most appropriate post to
> > put up on this board and yet, as I have posted it on the boards of a
> > number of religious groups, I thought it might be of interest here as
> > well.
> > >
> >
> ...
>