We Are All Pagans Now

The Spectator ^ | December 18, 2004 | Mary Wakefield

[Modernman]

The Christians don't celebrate sacrifice? So what's with that whole Easter thing then?

And let's not get into the whole cannibalism idea of Communion.

[rem22-250]

Hmm ... my parental control considers it "evil" too!


Well at least you tried to look at it. Some parental controls also exclude firearm sites also. But there some people on here who will not go there at all. Seems as though they are afraid of what they may find out and change their views and they don't want that. Their mind is set like a hard left liberal. Which is their prerogative. But the way I look at it is that the more you know and study the better for your own piece of mind.:)

[Tailgunner Joe]

Yeah, it's almost as bad as real-life pagan cannibalism. Not.

[onyx]

Here we go again.
Didn't take long.

Heck, maybe I should just hit "abuse."
Who needs this at CHRIST-MASS time?

[orionblamblam]

> Please tell us what pagan cultures you consider to be examples of the good fruits of your belief system so that we can consider it and judge for ourselves.

Well, from the old day, I'm personally quite fond of the pre-Christian Norse republic set up in Iceland. The peopel were freer than anywhere else in the world at the time; and, despite the fac tthey were basically dirt-poor, a man could make his own way without bureaucratic hinderance. And then... Iceland Christianized. Within fifty or so years, the republic collapsed under the weight of the Church, it's taxes and tithes. Property rights withered.

More recently, I'm quite fond of the United States. What with a Constitution based on some seriously pagan principles ("What? Allowing people to worship whatever god they want? That's against the First Commandment!", and "What? A man as master of his own fate?"), and with no appeals to the Christian God in the Constitution, we've done quite well.

[bigLusr]

I'm sorry. How many cannibalistic pagans do you know?

[William Terrell]

Paganism always appeals to those who don't want to be nailed down by the laws of God.

[Modernman]

Yeah, it's almost as bad as real-life pagan cannibalism. Not.

Technically, for Catholics at least, it IS real-life cannibalism.

[Dead Corpse]

Actually, I like Christians. I just get rubbed raw by some of JHVH's cheerleaders that try and tie my religion to Nazi's.

Like a Priest in a whorehouse, it just doesn't belong and it shouldn't be there.

[Tailgunner Joe]

They believe they can consume their life force that way, like vampires. It wouldn't be tolerant or diverse to judge them. The world is shades of grey and all, you know?

[Tailgunner Joe]

Yeah, but pagans do it for real.

[orionblamblam]

> They believe they can consume their life force that way, like vampires.

Yeah, that whole Communion thing IS rather creepy...

[orionblamblam]

Do they? I've never known any to do so. I've known of far more cannibals who believed in the Christian god than who were pagans.

[Tailgunner Joe]

Pagans actually eat human flesh. That's really creepy.

[Petronski]

Actual Catholics engaged in similar practices much more recently.

Documentation please.

[Dead Corpse]

Er... yeah. And we really do fly around on Brooms as well. Careful, or I'll turn you in to a newt.

[Modernman]

Yeah, but pagans do it for real.

I don't know of any modern pagans who engage in cannibalism. When we think of the Classical Pagans, such as the Greeks and Romans, cannibalism and human sacrifice were not part of their rituals (and were outlawed, which is one of the reasons why the Romans were repressed the Druids so fiercely).

One of the things that turned the Romans off when it came to Christians was the idea that the Christians engaged in ritual cannibalism of their god.

[iconoclast]

Technically, for Catholics at least, it IS real-life cannibalism.

A goodly portion of the first century Jews didn't get it either.

Thank God, some did.

[Tailgunner Joe]

Yeah but the difference between Christian cannibals and pagan cannibals is that pagans like to eat human flesh. When you become a Christian, you don't stop sinning, you just stop liking it.

[Petronski]

Of course, I didn't want to put down catholics specifically.

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