Posted on 12/30/2006 2:34:47 AM PST by JohnHuang2
No, Miss Marple - that's YOBS!
CA....
"Is there a gerbil appreciation day? Just asking..."
We'd have to ask Richard Gere about that.....
[sorry...it was just laying there and I had to go for it].....:))
And a new FR "inside joke" is born......
Let's all sing!
"Mono-poly-pantheistic-animistic-pagan,
is this a view of Santeria held by Carl Sagan?"
Beats me.
It was just something that popped into my [wacky] little head when someone in a biker bar asked me what my "religion" was, many, many moons ago.....:)
What?!? Really? Gee, I didn't know that!
How do you like that! A National Kazoo Day, that's a holiday, yet, and no one told me!
That blows!
CA....
Getcher quantum-fanny over here.
[no special reason...just fer holographic kicks]....:)
Actually, you hum and blow at the same time.
Holographically speaking, I think it's time we celebrated the birthday of the Grand Kolub of Plovonia (who was a guy I went to high school with.)
The only trouble is that the Great Doodah, who is responsible for giving the invocation on the natal occasion is now a Catholic Priest, which MAY (or may not) be a conflict of interest, depending on the tolerance level of his Bishop.
Are you saying it never happened????
What country do YOU think this is?One with the freedom to worship how one wants, celebrate whatever culture one wants, and observe any holiday they want. Silly me.
No, silly me.
I obviously need to adjust my elevation -- that last one went clean over your head.
Let's try again: In my country, the freedom to express one's opinion does NOT apply ONLY to the practitioners of an imaginary "holiday." In MY country, they are not protected from criticism, yet, at the same time, allowed to pump their nonsense into MY children's heads.
In MY country, they can "believe" anything they bloody well choose -- but, they may NOT brainwash MY children with it -- nor may they spout their nonsense, secure in the knowledge that others will be attacked if they challenge it.
So, again, I apologize for having lobbed that one so far over your horizon.
There is more to Conservatism than being of the religious right.
What gives you the right to insult the Christians on this forum? To call their God "mythical"?
What gives anyone the right to insult Kwanzaans (if that's the word), or Wiccans, Animists, those who adhere to Norse mythology, or no mythology?
Thank you for respecting Theravada Buddhists. My understanding is that school does not stress the rituals and rigamarole of later schools. It is the closest to the original teachings of Buddha.
I'm not quite sure how pantheism fits, though. I thought there was no theism in Buddhism. Am I wrong, or is this your own personal adaptation?
I've grown from being raised a Catholic, to being more of a Deist, to more a Pantheist, and now am working on understanding Theravada Buddhism. Thus my answer of being a Theravadan Pantheist -- of the naturalist or cosmic variety of pantheism where we and every sentient being is a portion of a "God" quite different from the Judeo/Christian/Islamic God.
As for the non-Christian Conservatives on this site, most of us have enough decorum to not insult the majority of our members. (I wouldn't want to, anyway. I have no problem with Christianity.)
I don't know why it's so important for you to insult Christianity and Christians. Why do you care so much about what they believe? Why are you so intent on attacking them?
he is right...it is a fake pagan holiday......
he is right...it is a fake pagan holiday......
Show me where I said he was wrong.
Wacky and memorable! And funnier than my attempt at theological songwriting :)
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