The Pagans are Coming! Run Away!

[Stingo]

Michael Novak of National Review Online has decided that the Obama Presidency, after just five days or so, represents a “relapse into paganism.” Stop giggling now. Novak is serious. He’s saving the lines about Obama and Neanderthals until the second week of the Presidency. After that, Micheal Novak will have run the gamut of his wit.

http://allspinzone.com/wp/2009/01/26/the-pagans-are-coming-run-away/

[MichiganVote]

1. So we CAN eat republicans now? Cool!

[Stingo]

3. I suspect

no, I KNOW they suffer from bad taste.

[liberalmuse]

4. Blech! No. Too much gristle and fat.

I'd rather eat a pine tree.

[Faygo Kid]

11. Not when you use the George Foreman Lean Mean Fat Grilling Machine.

It Knocks Out the Fat.

Love them grilled chickenhawks. Yum.

[pansypoo53219]

24. no no.

i bet they are tender like veal.

[snake in the grass]

28. It's been done...

...and apparently it tastes good!



Euell Gibbons 1911 - 1975

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XJMIu18I8Y

[sarge43]

13. Their brains alone cost $10.95 a pound.

"You know how many of those suckers ya have ta kill to get a pound of brains?"

[Stingo]

21. Should charge more

[sarge43]

22. Well you know, recession. n/t

[liberalmuse]

2. Paganism is the first religion...

and probably the best, religionwise. Respecting the earth, nature, and all forms of life. What is wrong with that? Well, for one thing, it goes against the Republican ideology. They hate life, and are here to destroy it.

[Stingo]

5. Read the article.

The paganism reference pertains to Obama wanting to overturn DOMA.

[Merlot]

6. Thanks!

I'm a neo-pagan according to the beliefnet test that tells you what religion you are.

Never heard of it before, but it sounds kinda nice the way you put it.

Were Native Americans considered pagans?

[texastoast]

7. Surely

Any earth religion that is "non-Christian" is pagan.

Edited to change Christina. :7

[Stingo]

9. There is no evidence

Christina was a pagan. But there is no evidence to the contrary, either.

[silverojo]

17. I wish it *were* a return to paganism

Pagans don't engage in holy wars.

Blessed be, fellow pagans! :)

[texastoast]

19. And we have the sustainable answers

And not to mention, pagans just have SO much more fun!

[LiberalEsto]

29. MM, BB to you too!

Pagans usually have holy wars waged against them. My Estonian ancestors and their neighbors the Latvians and Lithuanians were the last pagan holdouts in Europe.

[Prophet 451]

33. Yep

Hi, I work for Beliefnet. In common language, "pagan" means anything that isn't one of the Big 5 (Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism) but in proper usage, religions can be broadly divided into monothestic (single personified god, includes most versions of the Abrahamic faiths); dualistic/pantheistic (multiple personified gods i.e. ancient Greeks, Romans and Egyptians); pagan/neo-pagan (all earth-based faiths, "neo" just refers to a modern revival of or inspiration by those faiths, Wicca is included here) and philosophies (any belief system that doesn't actually worship something). Granted, there are still faiths which can't be categorised (i.e. Shinto) but that covers most things.

Neo-Paganism is either a revival of ancient earth-based faiths (described as "reconstructionism") or new faihs inspired by those practices. Most have a heavy emphasis on living in harmony with the earth and other living creatures (the ancient versions varied wildly in how they felt about other humans). Look it up on Wiki, it's fascinating stuff.

(full disclosure: I am not a pagan, I am a Luciferian Satanist).

[Dragonfli]

8. YAY! I Like Pagans! Iike 'em so much I became one :-) - NT

[juno jones]

10. I can only fucking hope.

Pagans are really nice and don't shove their beliefs down other people's throats, lack large centralized religious institutions, and tend to posess reverence for all life.

They also tend to have a sense of humor about their beliefs which is one of the reasons I consider myself one.

[Lefta Dissenter]

12. uh ohhhh, as seen on the teevee,

The Pagans are coming, the Pagans are coming!!!

[htuttle]

14. I knew those things were part of a plot!!

Though I'd suspected that it had something to do with Beneath the Planet of the Apes.



:shrug:

[Stingo]

15. This is starting to get

creepy.

[southerncrone]

16. I would REJOICE if the Christians would run away whenever I showed up!

I'm sick of their condescending, fairy-tale, holier-than-thou pompousness. No. I do NOT want them to "pray" for me, just go away & leave me alone.

Our country began it's spiral downward when the Religious Right was afforded way too much power than their numbers justified.

Onward Pagans! :evilgrin:

[AnnieBW]

18. The Pagans might even have a ritual at the Jefferson Memorial!

Oh, wait. We did! :D

[eilen]

20. I'm a Heathen, sorta like a Pagan ...

I guess I was born right the first time, no need to be "born again" Plus, my gods are more interesting and fun.

[enuegii]

23. Personally, I consider myself a "Heathern"...

probably a regional thing...

[eridani]

25. Paganism?!?! But I thought he was a Muslin!

Someone seems to be confusing Muslins with Satinists, and we should not cotton to that kind of fabric-ation.

[Stingo]

26. The Muslim accusation didn't work

Now they're using paganism. When this doesn't work they will seek out another epithet.

[awoke_in_2003]

36. "they will seek out another epithet"

Oh, they have one alright- they are just afraid to say it

[prostock69]

27. Paganism is when you worship more than one god

Ancient Judaism was paganism. They worshipped a council of gods with El being the head god. Yahweh, Baal, Elohim were the sons of this god. Do they sound familiar? They should, all three are in the bible. Yahweh ends up being the god that Christians worship today. Most Christians don't know this because they don't bother to study the history of their religion or the religion (Judaism) that gave birth to Christianity. So in essence, Christianity was born from paganism.

[madmom]

30. Something we need to change, I looked up the word pagan in the

Merriam-Webster dictionary it said : heathen. So I looked up heathen and it said : uncivilized. WTF? So now if we don't "believe" we are uncivilized? We who are for peace and social acceptance and helping each other and giving back to nature are the uncivilized ones????:banghead:

[Prophet 451]

34. Slight misunderstanding there

What I hope they were referring to is the original meaning of the words. The words "pagan" and "heathen" weren't originally the name of faiths, they were insults directed at believers in those faiths by (mainly) Christians. Originally, Christianity spread first into the cities and towns and only into the countryside much later so originally, "pagan" and "heathen" meant something akin to "bumpkin" and so became a byword for being uncivilised.

At least, I hope that's what they meant.

[Stingo]

35. Prophet 451?

Man, I think I know of someone with that name on a different board.

[Prophet 451]

37. Doubt it's me

I think (my memory is a little fuzzy) that this is the only forum I use this ID for.

[ZombieHorde]

31. I have a CD called, "Born Again Pagans", I always thought that title was funny.

The band is Coil in case you care.

[spinbaby]

32. Oh good

I like pagans.

[awoke_in_2003]

38. As an atheist...

I must say, pagans are much better to have around (than christians)

[Yavapai]

39. My wife and I are of differing faiths...

She is an atheist, and I am an agnostic!

What shall we teach our children???

[Stingo]

41. Teach them to be pirates

[BridgeTheGap]

40. Don't run away! Pagans throw the best parties!!! n.t

[Fozzledick]

42. Well, Blessed Be!!

:rofl: