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To: Buggman

> 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.


125 posted on 12/16/2004 1:45:38 PM PST by orionblamblam
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To: orionblamblam
I'll get back to you on Iceland after I've done some reading; however, given what I already know about the Norse in general (stripping away the Hollywood sensationalism), I won't be surprised if you've given an overly sunny report on the society there. Tell me, were they not joining their eastern brothers in raiding Europe's coasts?

Regarding our country, I don't think you can legitimately take a group that was half made up of ordained pastors and documents which clearly speak of the one God, and twist that into a pagan triumph. We have to share some of our credit with the deists perhaps, but not with the wiccans.

142 posted on 12/16/2004 1:56:06 PM PST by Buggman (Your failure to be informed does not make me a kook.)
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