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Pagans celebrate Winter Solstice at Stonehenge on the wrong day...
Monsters & Critics ^
| Dec 22, 2006
| UPI
Posted on 12/22/2006 9:27:14 AM PST by DogByte6RER
Religion News
Solstice rite held early at Stonehenge
Dec 22, 2006
LONDON, England (UPI) -- Around 60 people turned up to celebrate the Winter Solstice at Stonehenge Thursday - on the wrong day. After negotiating with site managers, the crowd performed traditional solstice activities and left peacefully.
One reveller, who wished to remain anonymous, said: 'We formed a ring and held hands, and touched the stones. The man with the green cloak was there. But there were an awful lot of red faces,' she said.
The Pagan Winter Solstice celebration is one of the oldest winter celebrations in the world. Because the Summer Solstice occurs on June 21, they assume the Winter Solstice occurs Dec. 21, but it actually occurs Friday at 0022 GMT. Another crowd is expected at Stonehenge Friday morning.
Stonehenge is currently competing against other iconic structures from the Statue of Liberty to the Great Wall of China, in a global poll for the New Seven Wonders of the World. The poll is organized by the Swiss-based New7Wonders and the winners will be announced in July 2007.
Last year, permission was refused for a new visitor centre at Stonehenge but English Heritage plans to appeal the decision. It also said the much-needed improvements were now subject to a government review as a result of cost increases.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: archaeoastronomy; duh; fakeholiday; godsgravesglyphs; goingtohell; kwaanza; megaliths; pagan; religion; solstice; stonehenge; unsaved; weird; wiccans; wintersolstice
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"Around 60 people turned up to celebrate the Winter Solstice at Stonehenge Thursday - on the wrong day."
Hah! The pagan gods will be angry. Prepare to burn in torment, you dopey heretics!
To: DogByte6RER
I'm a hankering to give those dopey pagans a good spankering!
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posted on
12/22/2006 9:28:56 AM PST
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: DogByte6RER
There's alot of things about this group that might suggest they're not rocket scientists.
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posted on
12/22/2006 9:31:22 AM PST
by
Spok
(He who bites the hands that feeds him will lick the boot that kicks him.)
To: DogByte6RER
""Around 60 people turned up to celebrate the Winter Solstice at Stonehenge Thursday - on the wrong day."
Flash! Christians re-schedule Christ's birthday to coincide with pagan Winter Solstice celebrations.
To: DogByte6RER
'We formed a ring and held hands, and touched the stones. The man with the green cloak was there. But there were an awful lot of red faces'
Was the man with the green cloak the one whose stones got touched?
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posted on
12/22/2006 9:34:07 AM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(A liberal is a suicide bomber without the guts)
To: DogByte6RER
Well, consider that their time could have been spent in much more socially harmful activities than forming a circle and touching stones. Insofar as it kept them busy [and thus away from doing mischief and causing anarchy and destruction], their celebration is to be welcomed.
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posted on
12/22/2006 9:34:11 AM PST
by
GSlob
To: DogByte6RER
Great. They've screwed up and now the sun god will not be convinced to come back this year. When temeratures are still below freezing in July they'll be crying for some global warming.
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posted on
12/22/2006 9:34:22 AM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Baker's Iraq Surrender Group - warming up the last helicopter out of Baghdad.)
To: DogByte6RER
Duuuude... where's my car?!
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posted on
12/22/2006 9:35:41 AM PST
by
johnny7
("We took a hell of a beating." -'Vinegar Joe' Stilwell)
To: TheKidster
Now this is funny.....:-)
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posted on
12/22/2006 9:36:10 AM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Voted Free Republic's Most Eligible Bachelor: 2006. Love them Diebold machines.)
To: KarlInOhio
Hehe...this IS a funny thread!
So much material, so little time!
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posted on
12/22/2006 9:41:23 AM PST
by
rlmorel
(Islamofacism: It is all fun and games until someone puts an eye out. Or chops off a head.)
To: KarlInOhio
Not this crap again.
I'm surrounded by idiots
To: DogByte6RER
What would a motorcycle gang be doing at Stonehenge anyway?
To: DogByte6RER
--I thought the stones walked to the nearest water one day of the year and crushed anybody who saw them--couldn't they have worked around that?
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posted on
12/22/2006 9:43:31 AM PST
by
rellimpank
(-don't believe anything the MSM states about firearms or explosives--NRA Benefactor)
To: DogByte6RER
They may have missed the solstice thingy, but their main objective was realized--gettin' high on some gnarly buds, drinkin' a few brewskis, and jammin' to some kewl tunes.
Oh, yeah--and feelin' up the chick with the purple hair and lip rings...
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posted on
12/22/2006 9:48:55 AM PST
by
randog
(What the...?!)
To: DogByte6RER
This anecdote demonstrates just how superficial the "faith" of these self-styled pagans really is.
No self-respecting pagan of old would have overlooked the correct dates of a solstice or equinox, for any reason.
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posted on
12/22/2006 9:49:17 AM PST
by
Loyalist
(Social justice isn't; social studies aren't; social work doesn't.)
To: Lancey Howard
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posted on
12/22/2006 9:50:13 AM PST
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: DogByte6RER
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posted on
12/22/2006 9:50:56 AM PST
by
big'ol_freeper
(It looks like one of those days when one nuke is just not enough-- Lt. Col. Mitchell, SG-1)
To: randog
"...gettin' high on some gnarly buds, drinkin' a few brewskis, and jammin' to some kewl tunes. Oh, yeah--and feelin' up the chick with the purple hair and lip rings..."
Yes! I am so there!
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posted on
12/22/2006 9:54:50 AM PST
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: big'ol_freeper
To: reagan_fanatic
More importantly, is the Man In The Green Cloak related to the Man In Rhe Yellow Hat? And are either them related to Red Ridinghood?
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posted on
12/22/2006 9:57:51 AM PST
by
discostu
(we're two of a kind, silence and I)
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