sarah bennett wrote:

> -L. wrote:
> > Ranee Mueller wrote:
> >
> >>In article >,
> >> GQ > wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Unfortuately that seems to be the case for a goodly portion of them
> >>>but there are true Pagans that people would not even know because they
> >>>just live their lives without belittling others and without bothering
> >>>others.
> >>
> >> Interestingly enough, it is some of these self proclaimed pagans who
> >>have been so combattive and insulting in this (and other) threads.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Ranee
> >
> >
> > Oh go **** yourself, Ranee. You wave your religion around on your
> > forehead as if it's something to be proud of and then turn around and
> > act self-righteous and ****ly like the rest of them. Get off your
> > freaking high horse. Or bteer yet, go read the Bible and learn the
> > meaning of "humility" and "turning the other cheek". You're the most
> > "un-Christian" "self-proclaimed" Christian (ad nauseum) I have ever
> > encountered.
> >
> > -L.
> >
>
> Ok, there is definitely something in the water.


Honey that's not water, that's *mud*...

--
Best
Greg lol...

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:

> In article .com>,
> "Gregory Morrow" > wrote:
>
> > The Pagans I've encountered are just about the stupidest persons I've
> > ever known...they fall into the "New Age" category and IMNSHO that
> > should re - named the "Moron" category...
> >
> > --
> > Best
> > Greg "I think it's time to get re - birthed..."
>
> <snork> I know what you mean...
>
> I am pagan myself, but, like any "fad" religion, we get our share of
> nutcases as well.


I apologize if I offended, it's the clueless "faddists" that have made
major pests of themselves in my life as of late...


> Oddly enough, I've met more quack x-tians than I have quack pagans tho'.


They even have teevee channels devoted to them I hear ;---p

--
Best
Greg

zxcvbob wrote:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
>
> > In article .com>,
> > "Gregory Morrow" > wrote:
> >
> >
> >>The Pagans I've encountered are just about the stupidest persons I've
> >>ever known...they fall into the "New Age" category and IMNSHO that
> >>should re - named the "Moron" category...
> >>
> >>--
> >>Best
> >>Greg "I think it's time to get re - birthed..."
> >
> >
> > <snork> I know what you mean...
> >
> > I am pagan myself, but, like any "fad" religion, we get our share of
> > nutcases as well.
> >
> > Oddly enough, I've met more quack x-tians than I have quack pagans tho'.
> >
> > ;-)
> >
> > Cheers!
>
>
> I'm reading several days worth of this thread at once.
>
> You do know that Landover Baptist Church is a parody made up of
> stereotype characters, don't you? Betty Bowers is not a real person,
> even if she is "better than you".


Utter nonsense....I used to date Betty once...but then I turned queer
because I watched that perverted Jar - Jar Binks...


--
Best
Greg

Greg wrote:

>> Just how heavy-handed does humor have to BE around here?
>
> Don't look now, but your "humor" just sank the Bismarck...


Oh look, Greg's introducing bitchiness into this thread too.

Bob

Bob Terwilliger wrote:

> Greg wrote:
>
> >> Just how heavy-handed does humor have to BE around here?
> >
> > Don't look now, but your "humor" just sank the Bismarck...
>
>
> Oh look, Greg's introducing bitchiness into this thread too.


Naw, that's called "light humor", bOOb...

--
Best
Greg

Greg Moron wrote:

>>> Interestingly enough, it is some of these self proclaimed pagans who
>>> have been so combattive and insulting in this (and other) threads.
>>
>> You mean Jill, right? Go ahead, it's okay to say what you really mean:
>> You mean Jill. I can understand Jill's frustration at the way the
>> conversation has turned against her, when all she did was express her
>> disbelief. She also expressed her distaste for some sandwiches (that
>> *I* thought sounded mighty good). Suddenly she's in everybody's
>> gunsights.
>>
>>
>> <highschool>
>> I hate her. She's SUCH a bitch! Let's CRUCIFY her!
>> </highschool>
>>
>>
>> <Sheldon>
>> She has a nice rack but she's probably a WOP.
>> </Sheldon>
>
>
> SILENCIO, bOOb...!!!

I think we're on the same side here, sticking up for Jill, Moron. Maybe
Santa will bring you a shiny new clue for Xmas this year.

Bob

zxcvbob wrote:
> -L. wrote:
>
> So, can you tell me why you hold Ranee to such higher standards than you
> obviously do yourself?
>
> Best regards,
> Bob

I'm not the one parading around pretending to be a "Christian".
-L.

bOOb TWERPwilliger SQUAWKS::

> Greg Moron wrote:
>
> >>> Interestingly enough, it is some of these self proclaimed pagans who
> >>> have been so combattive and insulting in this (and other) threads.
> >>
> >> You mean Jill, right? Go ahead, it's okay to say what you really mean:
> >> You mean Jill. I can understand Jill's frustration at the way the
> >> conversation has turned against her, when all she did was express her
> >> disbelief. She also expressed her distaste for some sandwiches (that
> >> *I* thought sounded mighty good). Suddenly she's in everybody's
> >> gunsights.
> >>
> >>
> >> <highschool>
> >> I hate her. She's SUCH a bitch! Let's CRUCIFY her!
> >> </highschool>
> >>
> >>
> >> <Sheldon>
> >> She has a nice rack but she's probably a WOP.
> >> </Sheldon>
> >
> >
> > SILENCIO, bOOb...!!!
>
> I think we're on the same side here, sticking up for Jill, Moron. Maybe
> Santa will bring you a shiny new clue for Xmas this year.


And when I get it I'll magickally convert it into a toy and shove into
yer cage so's you'll have something to peck at...

--
Best
Greg

Greg Moron wrote:

>> I think we're on the same side here, sticking up for Jill, Moron. Maybe
>> Santa will bring you a shiny new clue for Xmas this year.
>
> And when I get it I'll magickally convert it into a toy and shove into
> yer cage so's you'll have something to peck at...

No, no, Moronchik, you need to KEEP that clue, because you're currently
devoid of anything which bears even a remote resemblance to it. When the
orderly who wipes the drool from your chin comes around, maybe you can ask
her to explain its value and how to use it.

Being unmarried and fairly well-to-do, I've already got all the toys I want.

Bob

On 18 Dec 2005 16:55:40 -0800, "aem" > rummaged
among random neurons and opined:

>Go get a novel called "Lamb" by Christopher Moore. It's about the
>missing years between Jesus's childhood and his return. Really, really
>funny. -aem

OMG, I became a huge Christopher Moore fan with this book about
"Jesus' childhood pal, Biff." Read everything he has printed, some
better than others, but all amusing. With the possible exception of
"Blood Sucking Fiends." And for sheer entertainment, watch the DVD of
"Dogma." Absolutely hilarious.

OB: SoCal people - do not ever, ever go to a pub in San Clemente
called Molly Bloom's. Gawdawful.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"

In article .com>,
"Gregory Morrow" > wrote:

> A truly "spiritual" person should be so secure in their beliefs that
> they should not have to inflict their beliefs on others or be yammering
> on about it. No different than being an ex -smoker, a vegan, a
> Republican, or an ex - alky, if you are secure there is no need to be
> constantly bringng the subject up and berating others...

That'd be me then.
Please stop stereotyping pagans.
It's not fair.

>
> In the long run Pagans and their ilk are harmless bOObs - at least they
> aren't dangerous motherf*cking Muslims....

My boobs are anything but harmless thank you. ;-)

Cheers!

>
> --
> Best
> Greg
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

In article .com>,
"Gregory Morrow" > wrote:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
>
> > In article .com>,
> > "Gregory Morrow" > wrote:
> >
> > > The Pagans I've encountered are just about the stupidest persons I've
> > > ever known...they fall into the "New Age" category and IMNSHO that
> > > should re - named the "Moron" category...
> > >
> > > --
> > > Best
> > > Greg "I think it's time to get re - birthed..."
> >
> > <snork> I know what you mean...
> >
> > I am pagan myself, but, like any "fad" religion, we get our share of
> > nutcases as well.
>
>
> I apologize if I offended, it's the clueless "faddists" that have made
> major pests of themselves in my life as of late...

Thank you. ;-)

>
>
> > Oddly enough, I've met more quack x-tians than I have quack pagans tho'.
>
>
> They even have teevee channels devoted to them I hear ;---p

I don't watch Television anymore...

Cheers!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

GQ wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 09:35:52 -0800, Ranee Mueller
> > wrote:
>
>
>>In article >,
>>"jmcquown" > wrote:
>>
>>
>>>But of course no
>>>one can prove canonically, biblically or secularly that JESUS ever actually
>>>existed, either.
>>
> I think this is actually not true. Thenplease showing us all the
> actual proof beyond any shadow of any doubt that he did live. I
> personally believe he did exist but please show us the absolute proof.
>


Do you have absolute proof that George Washington existed? Do you have
any doubt that he did exist?

OK, here's an easy one for you; please show us absolute proof that *you*
exist. ;-)

Best regards,
Bob

Jill wrote:

> No one, religious or secular, can actually prove Jesus Christ was a living
> breathing person. He "rose from the dead" so of course there is no grave.
> The shroud of Turin was proven with modern testing to be a hoax. Oh, and
> Elvis is dead.

Do you also believe that Socrates never existed?

Bob

Sheldon Candycane sez:

> Your rheteric is much too reminescent of CHRISTmasy... who do you think
> you're fooling with that sneak in the back door claptrap. It's the
> friggin' DISHONESTY of it all that's offensive, and you're simply
> adding more disingenuous fuel to the yule log. You need a new script
> that doesn't reek like a Hallmark card. Perhaps if yoose self
> rightious religeous fanatics actually practiced Peace all year instead
> of just talking about it (lip service) with your honkytonk carnival
> ritualistic kewpie doll displays and commercializing it to death for
> one day. Yoose religious nuts talk a good Peace but each and every one
> of yoose is a violent scourge on this planet. Religion is the
> antithesis of Peace. Only when all religion is erradicated can there
> be Peace. Religion is no less violent a concept than the rape of small
> children, in fact that's what catholicism is based in, with that
> friggin' jesus ******* the worst child molester the planet has ever
> seen. Wtf do yoose think that santa garbage is all about.. hey kid,
> c'mere and sit on my lap, want a toy you gotta do good... right! And
> then uncle Spitzmaus gets his little niece to sit in his lap and play
> with his toy... and he does tickle-tickle back... hehehe, hohoho
>
> You know you wanna do her. (Ya think???)
>
> Sheldon Candycane


Sheldon, darlin', don't get your undies in a bunch. I'm an ex-hippy who
espouses no religion whatsoever, save perhaps science. That said, I
experience lapses of reason in which I'm guileless enough to wish for peace
on earth; then reality kicks in and I lose the Rebecca of Sunnybrook
Farm/Shirley Temple persona as quickly as I donned it. Allow me to dream
once in awhile . . .

Oh, and please get my gender right; I'm not a man, baby.

Auntie Spitz
--
"Home, James, and don't spare the horse!"

Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> Jill wrote:
>
>> No one, religious or secular, can actually prove Jesus Christ was a
>> living breathing person. He "rose from the dead" so of course there
>> is no grave. The shroud of Turin was proven with modern testing to
>> be a hoax. Oh, and Elvis is dead.
>
> Do you also believe that Socrates never existed?
>
> Bob

Socrates isn't at the center of a religious cult.
Your reference is without reason or substance.

Ken.



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Ken replied:

>>> No one, religious or secular, can actually prove Jesus Christ was a
>>> living breathing person. He "rose from the dead" so of course there
>>> is no grave. The shroud of Turin was proven with modern testing to
>>> be a hoax. Oh, and Elvis is dead.
>>
>> Do you also believe that Socrates never existed?
>>
>> Bob
>
> Socrates isn't at the center of a religious cult.
> Your reference is without reason or substance.

Hey, this back-and-forth discussion is a good example of the dialectical
method favored by my lord and savior Socrates! :-)

Bob

Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> Ken replied:
>
>>>> No one, religious or secular, can actually prove Jesus Christ was a
>>>> living breathing person. He "rose from the dead" so of course
>>>> there is no grave. The shroud of Turin was proven with modern
>>>> testing to be a hoax. Oh, and Elvis is dead.
>>>
>>> Do you also believe that Socrates never existed?
>>>
>>> Bob
>>
>> Socrates isn't at the center of a religious cult.
>> Your reference is without reason or substance.
>
> Hey, this back-and-forth discussion is a good example of the
> dialectical method favored by my lord and savior Socrates! :-)
>
> Bob

Allright Bob!

Ken.



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> In article >,
> "jmcquown" > wrote:
>
> > But of course no
> > one can prove canonically, biblically or secularly that JESUS ever actually
> > existed, either.
>
>

I think this is an odd statement. Does "biblically" mean "by using the
Bible as a source" (which is how I read the sentence)? I apologize if I
have mis-read it. The Bible is the source that "proves" the existence of
Jesus. The Bible can be traced back to its origins from the scrolls that
were translated. The parts of the Bible, known as the Old Testament and
translated under the rule of King James, focus on the genealogy of Jesus
from Mary back to Adam and Eve in an unbroken line and outline the events
of his birth.

Why would you want to dispute this account? Even the Jews acknowledge the
existence of the birth of a boy child named Jesus.


If you don't attach any importance or significance to some historical
figure named Jesus (or Buddha, Mohammad, or Amaterasu Omikami, or for that
matter, Tom, Dick, or Harry), that is fine. But, then what does it
matter and why is it important that it be "proved"? Would proof give some
significance to Jesus for you?

Perhaps you didn't mean Jesus, but instead meant Christ? Or perhaps,
God? If the existence of Christ or God could be proven, would that,
somehow, make a difference in the amount of significance or importance
you would assess either of them? Would you want
to validate or embrace or believe in either, or feel compelled to do so,
or feel justified in doing so?

I'm not trying to be argumentative. I'm just curious.

Elaine, too

GQ wrote:
> Oh my. I do think we could have disagreed a bit more nicely. LOL

LOL...Oh, just wait. Ranee will run back to Rich and ask him how to
respond, LOL...
-L.

"Gregory Morrow" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> The *Pagans I've encountered* are just about the stupidest persons I've
> ever known...they fall into the "New Age" category and IMNSHO that
> should re - named the "Moron" category...

Greg, dOoOd, you like, SOOOOO need to *get out more*. ',;~}~






Shaun aRe

"GQ" > wrote in message
...

> I
> personally believe he did exist but please show us the absolute proof.

I too believe he existed, and I believe he was A Very Good Man, darn GENIUS
in fact, much along the lines of many historical figures of great wisdom,
insight, charisma and compassion. Meybe even with seemingly 'supernatural
(AKA - 'natural but uncommon') abilities. It's the folk came after him and
wrote about him/interpreted his words/added their onw stuff that I do now
trust a whit.







Shaun aRe

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Bob Myers" > wrote:
>
> > "Gregory Morrow" > wrote in message
> > oups.com...
> > >
> > > kevnbro wrote:
> > >
> > > > >The Pagans I've encountered are just about the stupidest persons
I've
> > ever known...they fall into the "New Age" category and IMNSHO that
should
> > re - named the "Moron" category...
> > > >
> > > > Yet another fine example of "believe what I believe or you're a
> > > > moron/evil/unpatriotic/going to hell/immoral/unethical/a liberal/a
> > > > terrorst etc. etc. etc. etc. insert self-rightious accusation here".
> > >
> > >
> > > Yet you cannot refute the veracity of what I said - go ahead, TRY...
> >
> > Without knowing those specific "pagans" you have encountered,
> > it's obviously impossible to refute the statement. However, as
> > given here, with the apparent implication that - based on whoever
> > or whatever it is you've "encountered" - all pagans are proven to
> > be "stupid," is itself pretty nonsensical.
> >
> > Bob M.
> >
> >
>
> I used to attend a pagan retreat/festival twice per year. The membership
> grew from 50 to 1,200 over a period of about 15 years.
>
> When the membership got to be that high, the idiot to true ratio got to
> be about 50/50. In the beginning, it was not so bad.
>
> <sigh>
>
> I think the fact that those events are clothing optional might have had
> something to do with it. As the word got around, more attendees were
> just looking for an excuse to party naked. :-P

Who the flying **** thorough a rolling doughnut needs an *EXCUSE* FFS?!?!?
Heheheheh, whoooOOOOOO!!!!!



Shaun aRe

"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
...
> Tony P. wrote:
>
> > I suppose I'm not really pagan but do know what it was about. The light,
> > plain and simple. And early Christians (Circa 500 A.D.) had to associate
> > him with the light.
> >
> > Funny how light pretty much opened up the world of physics.
>
> I haven't been reading this thread at all, but when I saw how much
bandwidth
> was going into this thread, I thought I'd check it out. I see it lacks one
> crucial element: "Doctor" Chung. Somebody want to cross-post to one of
> Chung's groups? I'm sure his input would be priceless.

ITYF you mistyped 'worthless' - HTH.




Shaun aRe ',;~}~

"Spitzmaus" > wrote in message
. ..
> <snip/snipe>
>
> <snip/snipe>
>
> <snip/snipe ad nauseum>
>
>
> Uh, peace on earth, goodwill towards men. (Ya think???)

What, but SCREW OVER women, children and animals?!? *******!






Shaun aRe

"Spitzmaus" > wrote in message
. ..


> Oh, and please get my gender right; I'm not a man, baby.

OBVIOUSLY and TOO RIGHT! What man could even inhale a maus let alone SPITZ
one out?!?


>',;~}~





Shaun aRe just waiting for someone to attack, then someone to defend,
satanism now, heheheh....

"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
...


> Being unmarried and fairly well-to-do, I've already got all the toys I
want.

Trousers with a hole in the pocket?!?!?







Shaun aRe

"-L." > wrote in message
ups.com...
>
> zxcvbob wrote:
> > -L. wrote:
> >
> > So, can you tell me why you hold Ranee to such higher standards than you
> > obviously do yourself?
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Bob
>
> I'm not the one parading around pretending to be a "Christian".

Me either - I'm an utter **** but still manage not to be most of the time. I
think that shows I'm a person who keeps improving themselves. Wot's this
thread about anyway?!?!?!?





Shaun aRe

"sarah bennett" > wrote in message
. net...
> -L. wrote:
> > Ranee Mueller wrote:
> >
> >>In article >,
> >> GQ > wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Unfortuately that seems to be the case for a goodly portion of them
> >>>but there are true Pagans that people would not even know because they
> >>>just live their lives without belittling others and without bothering
> >>>others.
> >>
> >> Interestingly enough, it is some of these self proclaimed pagans who
> >>have been so combattive and insulting in this (and other) threads.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Ranee
> >
> >
> > Oh go **** yourself, Ranee. You wave your religion around on your
> > forehead as if it's something to be proud of and then turn around and
> > act self-righteous and ****ly like the rest of them. Get off your
> > freaking high horse. Or bteer yet, go read the Bible and learn the
> > meaning of "humility" and "turning the other cheek". You're the most
> > "un-Christian" "self-proclaimed" Christian (ad nauseum) I have ever
> > encountered.
> >
> > -L.
> >
>
> Ok, there is definitely something in the water.

ITYF that was Budweiser.




Shaun aRe

GQ wrote:

> LOLOLOLOL
<snip>
> LOLOLOL

Okay, I know that "LOL" stands for "Laughing Out Loud." What does
"LOLOLOLOL" stand for?

Bob

"Gregory Morrow" > wrote in message
oups.com...
>
> GQ wrote:
>
> > On 17 Dec 2005 09:03:28 -0800, "Gregory Morrow"
> > > wrote:
> >
> > >The Pagans I've encountered are just about the stupidest persons I've
> > >ever known...they fall into the "New Age" category and IMNSHO that
> > >should re - named the "Moron" category...
> >
> > Unfortuately that seems to be the case for a goodly portion of them
> > but there are true Pagans that people would not even know because they
> > just live their lives without belittling others and without bothering
> > others.
>
>
> All too true. Virtually every pagan I've encountered has to make a big
> deal out of their beliefs, how "enlightened" they are and such. Not to
> mention all the claptrapped baggage that they carry around, e.g. "re -
> birthing", healing crystals, "past lives", how "everything that has
> existed since the beginning of time exists in me", how their souls all
> emanated from Alpha Centauri or wherever...I mean why not just smoke a
> joint and eat a big box of Ding - Dongs and mellow out, it's a LOT more
> productive use of yer time.
>
> Come to think they are no different than the hysterical adherents of
> most of other belief systems...they just stick out more I guess for
> their sheer ridiculousness.
>
> A truly "spiritual" person should be so secure in their beliefs that
> they should not have to inflict their beliefs on others or be yammering
> on about it. No different than being an ex -smoker, a vegan, a
> Republican, or an ex - alky, if you are secure there is no need to be
> constantly bringng the subject up and berating others...
>
> In the long run Pagans and their ilk are harmless bOObs - at least they
> aren't dangerous motherf*cking Muslims....

You seem to be mistaking 'pagans' with those who have merely hijacked,
assumed the title, much as so many have done the same with the title
'Christian' and yet cannot hold to the very core basics of that religion's
teachings. IOW, those you refer to, are *in no way pagans*.



Shaun aRe - No more that I'm a fish.

Shaun quipped:

>> Being unmarried and fairly well-to-do, I've already got all the
>> toys I want.
>
> Trousers with a hole in the pocket?!?!?

That thing is NOT A TOY! Somebody's eye could get put out!

Bob

GQ wrote:
> On 19 Dec 2005 23:10:33 -0800, "-L." > wrote:
>
>
>>GQ wrote:
>>
>>>Oh my. I do think we could have disagreed a bit more nicely. LOL
>>
>>LOL...Oh, just wait. Ranee will run back to Rich and ask him how to
>>respond, LOL...
>>-L.
>
>
> LOLOLOLOL She has been quite the testy one replying to my posts.
> Apparently she thinks that if anyone questions anything or says
> anything different from her view that it means that we are after her
> religion. She doesn't even know the true history of her own religion
> but she replies testy the way she does. LOLOLOL
>
> GQ


The problem is, you haven't questioned anything, you have only mocked
and ridiculed. And you're the ones that brought up the topic in the
first place.

(Well, Greg got a little bitchy about pagans, but he gets bitchy about
everything)

Best regards,
Bob

In article ews.net>,
"Shaun aRe" > wrote:

> > I think the fact that those events are clothing optional might have had
> > something to do with it. As the word got around, more attendees were
> > just looking for an excuse to party naked. :-P
>
> Who the flying **** thorough a rolling doughnut needs an *EXCUSE* FFS?!?!?
> Heheheheh, whoooOOOOOO!!!!!
>
>
>
> Shaun aRe

<lol>
One good reason to work on that new Privacy fence I'm building, and get
it done by summer....... ;-)

Cheers!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

In article ews.net>,
"Shaun aRe" > wrote:

> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>
> > Being unmarried and fairly well-to-do, I've already got all the toys I
> want.
>
> Trousers with a hole in the pocket?!?!?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Shaun aRe
>
>

<snicker>

Well done...... ;-)
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

In article ews.net>,
"Shaun aRe" > wrote:

> "Gregory Morrow" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> >
> > GQ wrote:
> >
> > > On 17 Dec 2005 09:03:28 -0800, "Gregory Morrow"
> > > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >The Pagans I've encountered are just about the stupidest persons I've
> > > >ever known...they fall into the "New Age" category and IMNSHO that
> > > >should re - named the "Moron" category...
> > >
> > > Unfortuately that seems to be the case for a goodly portion of them
> > > but there are true Pagans that people would not even know because they
> > > just live their lives without belittling others and without bothering
> > > others.
> >
> >
> > All too true. Virtually every pagan I've encountered has to make a big
> > deal out of their beliefs, how "enlightened" they are and such. Not to
> > mention all the claptrapped baggage that they carry around, e.g. "re -
> > birthing", healing crystals, "past lives", how "everything that has
> > existed since the beginning of time exists in me", how their souls all
> > emanated from Alpha Centauri or wherever...I mean why not just smoke a
> > joint and eat a big box of Ding - Dongs and mellow out, it's a LOT more
> > productive use of yer time.
> >
> > Come to think they are no different than the hysterical adherents of
> > most of other belief systems...they just stick out more I guess for
> > their sheer ridiculousness.
> >
> > A truly "spiritual" person should be so secure in their beliefs that
> > they should not have to inflict their beliefs on others or be yammering
> > on about it. No different than being an ex -smoker, a vegan, a
> > Republican, or an ex - alky, if you are secure there is no need to be
> > constantly bringng the subject up and berating others...
> >
> > In the long run Pagans and their ilk are harmless bOObs - at least they
> > aren't dangerous motherf*cking Muslims....
>
> You seem to be mistaking 'pagans' with those who have merely hijacked,
> assumed the title, much as so many have done the same with the title
> 'Christian' and yet cannot hold to the very core basics of that religion's
> teachings. IOW, those you refer to, are *in no way pagans*.
>
>
>
> Shaun aRe - No more that I'm a fish.
>
>

Too damn true.

One of the FIRST things I was taught by my HPS was that it's against the
rules to proselatize. (or however the hell you spell that) Those who are
looking must be taught, but otherwise, keep yer trap shut!

No recruiting. It's against what few rules there are. ;-)
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

Bob Terwilliger wrote:

> Greg wrote:
>
>
>>>Just how heavy-handed does humor have to BE around here?
>>
>>Don't look now, but your "humor" just sank the Bismarck...
>
>
>
> Oh look, Greg's introducing bitchiness into this thread too.
>
> Bob
>
>


It wouldn't be Christmas without it...

(Thanks Greg)

Best regards,
Bob

zxcvbob wrote:

> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>
> > Greg wrote:
> >
> >
> >>>Just how heavy-handed does humor have to BE around here?
> >>
> >>Don't look now, but your "humor" just sank the Bismarck...
> >
> >
> >
> > Oh look, Greg's introducing bitchiness into this thread too.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> >
>
>
> It wouldn't be Christmas without it...
>
> (Thanks Greg)


Heehee...gotta keep the troops entertained ;---p

--
Best
Greg

Spitzmaus wrote:

> Sheldon Candycane sez:
>
> > Your rheteric is much too reminescent of CHRISTmasy... who do you think
> > you're fooling with that sneak in the back door claptrap. It's the
> > friggin' DISHONESTY of it all that's offensive, and you're simply
> > adding more disingenuous fuel to the yule log. You need a new script
> > that doesn't reek like a Hallmark card. Perhaps if yoose self
> > rightious religeous fanatics actually practiced Peace all year instead
> > of just talking about it (lip service) with your honkytonk carnival
> > ritualistic kewpie doll displays and commercializing it to death for
> > one day. Yoose religious nuts talk a good Peace but each and every one
> > of yoose is a violent scourge on this planet. Religion is the
> > antithesis of Peace. Only when all religion is erradicated can there
> > be Peace. Religion is no less violent a concept than the rape of small
> > children, in fact that's what catholicism is based in, with that
> > friggin' jesus ******* the worst child molester the planet has ever
> > seen. Wtf do yoose think that santa garbage is all about.. hey kid,
> > c'mere and sit on my lap, want a toy you gotta do good... right! And
> > then uncle Spitzmaus gets his little niece to sit in his lap and play
> > with his toy... and he does tickle-tickle back... hehehe, hohoho
> >
> > You know you wanna do her. (Ya think???)
> >
> > Sheldon Candycane
>
>
> Sheldon, darlin', don't get your undies in a bunch. I'm an ex-hippy who
> espouses no religion whatsoever, save perhaps science. That said, I
> experience lapses of reason in which I'm guileless enough to wish for peace
> on earth; then reality kicks in and I lose the Rebecca of Sunnybrook
> Farm/Shirley Temple persona as quickly as I donned it. Allow me to dream
> once in awhile . . .


> Oh, and please get my gender right; I'm not a man, baby.


Uh - oh, if you aren't careful you'll find Sheldon sneeking a peek up
yer pantaloons...

--
Best
Greg

In article >,
"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote:

> You mean Jill, right? Go ahead, it's okay to say what you really mean: You
> mean Jill. I can understand Jill's frustration at the way the conversation
> has turned against her, when all she did was express her disbelief. She
> also expressed her distaste for some sandwiches (that *I* thought sounded
> mighty good). Suddenly she's in everybody's gunsights.

Actually, I didn't specifically mean her. She can be included,
though, I suppose.

Regards,
Ranee

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