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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: Pentagrams
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.085454.4093@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <1992Dec23.035912.6167@sol.ctr.columbia.edu>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 08:54:54 GMT
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- locklin@titan.ucc.umass.edu (Lupo The Butcher=) writes:
- : In article <1992Dec23.013634.25055@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com> billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
- : >: and "righteousness" and other such artificialities. By and large christianity
- : >: IS "wrong" in that it is based on fallacies, lies, historical innacuracies
- : >: & delusions. For more on this see alt.atheist or (occasionally) alt.satanism.
- : >
- : >And you don't think that the pagan faiths are not? If so, then you have a
- : >lot of reading to do.
- :
- : Well!
- : SOMEONE seems to have had a shitty day!
-
- Nope - I just believe that the same criteria should be used to judge
- all - if you are going to judge at all.
-
- : I am well aware of the fast that most modern earth/pagan cults are based on
- : fallacies, lies & historical innacuracies, in fact I posted an article to this
- : effect on alt.satanism not more that 3 weeks ago.
- : The differnce is, I am a member of a "pagan sect" that _realizes_ its history,
- : or lack therof. I assume many (I wish most) pagans are aware that their
- : religions were started in the 1960's as a part of a counterculture fad. Shit,
- : the Church of All Worlds, biggest & most influential pagan sect (according to
- : the encyclopedia of american religions) in this country, is based on a science
- : fiction story! *Thou Art God*
-
- The point was - does this make the pagan faiths "wrong"? If not, then why
- does the same weakness make Christianity "wrong".
-
- : As far as lies & delusions, while this is inherently part of any sect, there
- : is certainly a lesser incidence of this type of thing among the (organized)
- : satanists. (barring the ONA of course)
-
- Delusions maybe. Lies? I don't think that I would state that they are
- "inherently part of any sect".
-
- Bill
-