I call myself a pagan for two basic reasons. First, that I believe monotheism, the idea that there is only “one true god” or one way to god, is fundamentally false and harmful. I am a polytheist, and in my world, that of Christian America, a polytheist is a pagan. Second, my taste in religious ritual - how I seek to touch the divine - runs more toward solitary nakedness, candles, and chanting than putting on a demure dress and gathering together with a bunch of other folks to congratulate ourselves on how much god loves us.

That said, however, my understanding of the universe does strongly lean toward the idea that there was a single source, a creator (or maybe even team of creators) who designed the universe and laid down the rules from which everything else - including us - arises. The entire system by which the smallest particles become stars and animals is a system so elegant in it’s simplicity, yet so complex and endlessly innovative in execution, that it seems to me quite miraculous. And beautiful, and for those who ponder what the “purpose” of the whole thing is, I can only suggest that a thing of beauty exists to be beautiful.

Further articles of faith -
I consider it presumptuous in the extreme for anybody to say that they speak for god.
I don’t think god gives a damn what we do in the sack, or with who.
I think the best way to know god is to study the evidence of creation. To learn the physical laws of the universe, and to examine all life, everywhere - not just human life. We are part of creation, not the masters of it!

What does this have to do with porn? Many in the anti-porn crowd would insist that people who make/use porn have no morals, no values, no faith, which is complete and utter bullshit. My faith, my morals and values, are as strong as Pat Robertson’s, but I would suggest that my values are truer, more wholesome, and far more honest.