I noticed many years ago that "pagan" had largely replaced "secular
humanist" as the religious right's favorite phrase for "Them." In the 80s,
"secular humanist" was the ubiquitous word for those unnamed evil people who
will destroy everything good and godly about America. Then somewhere along
the
On 12/18/07 7:32 AM, "Steven Jamar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well, I guess the Pagans I know would disagree with this almost as much as
> they disagree about the exact doctrine of Paganism or as Christians disagree
> about various Christian doctrines.
I have noticed that conservative Chris
IF "Paganism" is a religion, then "Monotheism" is also A religion (and
must always be Capitalized.) Similarly with "Henotheism" and "Animism".
Or are we to be told that polytheists who don't follow the twentieth
century Garnerian "revival" paradigm are not "real Pagans", in the same
way t
Mr. Linden writes:
On the other hand, I have had atheists try to explain away the lack-of-evils
in real-world atheist societies by claiming that Communism is "really" a
religion. Does this mean that atheism and secular humanism are?
Wow!! Strange "atheists" in my book. If communism is
On the other hand, I have had atheists try to explain away the
lack-of-evils in real-world atheist societies by claiming that Communism
is "really" a religion. Does this mean that atheism and secular
humanism are?
On Tue, 18 Dec 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Mr. Linden writes:
>
> Ther
Well, I guess the Pagans I know would disagree with this almost as
much as they disagree about the exact doctrine of Paganism or as
Christians disagree about various Christian doctrines.
Pagan does not mean just "not me" or just "not monotheists". The
Roman and Greeks were described by Chr
Mr. Linden writes:
There is no religion of "Paganism". "Pagans" are defined by what they are
NOT. (And as a poster on Magicknet said, "I might as well call myself Not Tom
Mix."
Forgive me, I've been paying only a cursory attention to this
thread, but does the above remark ap
