I am of two minds about this. (Ok, fine, I am of two minds about a lot of stuff!) Yes, my values are not necessarily pagan. But when you think about it, neither are the Christian ones---they simply affixed that adjectival jive because there is a story in the Bible to exemplify some of them.

And then....some of my values ARE pagan ---arete, for instance, is very Greek and very pagan. I would not have thought of this myself (sometimes I AM a shallow blonde), but over 20 years ago, answering a question on what I ran my life upon, from my fav philosophy prof, while in the bare beginning of public transition from Catholic to pagan, he suddenly expostulated "But, Cynthia, that is purely PAGAN!" And things suddenly crystalized in my head like a Tetris game on steroids.

So, I don't know. I might have to consider this as a valid shoot back. Or a valid TAKE BACK. It reminds me of an odd conversation I had about ten years ago, on the phone with my Republican Congressional Rep; as we talked about several issues, he suddenly said "But you said you were a Democrat?" "I AM" I replied. "But those are Conservative values you are quoting." I corrected him, "Those are VALUES, and nobody has the patent on either side of the party line."

Same thing here. I think the point of blogging about it as pagan values is to tear down the notion that they are owned by Christians only.