Strange Gods: Neopaganism On Campus.

National Review ^ | 9/5/01 | Peter Wood

[ChiMark]

There are all types of correct behavior by people. You do not need to be a christian to lead a "good" life. But that is not what christianity is about. It is not by works or performance. It always fascinates me that a country that was founded on christian principle, natural rights, produces the greatest bunch of ingrates. It's a 60's thing. What's your bible?

[Don Myers]

"since I was originally brought up as a Southern Baptist, a fundie at that, I suspect I've got a better grasp of yours than you do of mine..."

I think that you have rejected the teachings that you learned. And you are filled with bitterness about religion. I think you have a form of religious framework, but it has no foundation. And it doesn't sustain you. You have only the bitterness left, and you must poke fun at people who hold those teachings. I think that you really want to have faith again, if you have ever had it, but you cannot find it. I think that you may look for satisfaction elsewhere, but you will not find satisfaction where you are looking. YOu will not be happy.

[Bella_Bru]

:-P

Sorry, I'm drinking Bass tonight.

[Bella_Bru]

I'd post a pic of her, but I'm afraid I'd make some folks wet with joy.

[Calvin Locke]

>"1904 by a British libertine named Aleister Crowley

("Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.") Heh. The crazy fellow who crucified frogs."

Didn't someone of Led Zeppelin buy the manse of Crowley?
(back in the '70s)

[Dead Corpse]

Got ya covered.

[Don Myers]

Storm Orphan, what are you doing? Are you playing his straight man tonight?

[Storm Orphan]

Sorry babe. Unlike some South Dakotans, I don't "play" straight. I am straight.

[Pelham]

I'm curious how any modern knows what Wiccans or Druids believed, since they didn't leave any body of writing for posterity. It appears that all we know of the old European religions are what a couple Roman and Greek historians wrote, and much of that was far from flattering.

[Storm Orphan]

Hail Narsvelthep. Narlothopefep. Parmotheolp

Screw it. Hail Dog.

[Don Myers]

"I judged it sick and heartbreaking that so many people I like have been sucked in."

Then you have made your choice. YOu will not have an excuse. Those people whom you like have made their choice. They had the same choice that you did. Those people and I believe that there will be a Judgement Day. And the sheep will be separated from the goats. The sheep will go one way and the goats will go another way. YOu will be separated from those people whom you say you like, and it will be for eternity.