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WCGreen

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17. I just don't see it they way you do...

Reply to Sivafae (Reply #14)

Mon Dec 24, 2012, 03:29 PM

Dec 2012

So are saying that it's okay for another Pagan culture to come into an area, defeat the indigenous folks and take over their culture is okay if it's Pagan on Pagan but not okay if it is Christian on Pagan.

Pagans were brutal as well. All over Europe before 200AD it was a brutal battlefield of Pagan on Pagan warfare.

In the US, you are free to do what every you want. Which ever way you wish to worship this time of year you can and enjoy the rituals despite what some ass holes say to you or when Fox News rants about their silly War on Christmas. You are guaranteed that freedom by The Constitution.

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All this talk about Co-opting pagan rituals is starting to sound a wee bit over the top.... [View all] WCGreen Dec 2012 OP

Dammit, that's beautiful, Chris! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2012 #1

I think all the talk comes LWolf Dec 2012 #2

When it comes down to it... WCGreen Dec 2012 #3

Very well put. TDale313 Dec 2012 #6

"It's the insistence that it be exclusive to them." 99Forever Dec 2012 #10

It really all goes back to Horus I believe. JaneyVee Dec 2012 #4

I finally watched Religulous last night Kolesar Dec 2012 #5

Yes, we humans are borrowers and thieves and mimics and nothing is new under the sun.... Moonwalk Dec 2012 #7

What you said... nt Bigmack Dec 2012 #9

Cultures develop, rise and decline... WCGreen Dec 2012 #11

Yep! You've got it. It's actually the same as......... socialist_n_TN Dec 2012 #13

Bravo!!!! Well Said! nt Mojorabbit Dec 2012 #28

Religion: humans' first invention and possible seed of humans' extirpation n/t UTUSN Dec 2012 #8

Perfectly said. K/R RZM Dec 2012 #12

Surely we are human. And Borrowing from other religions is something we have done for centuries... Sivafae Dec 2012 #14

I just don't see it they way you do... WCGreen Dec 2012 #17

Wow....okay Marrah_G Dec 2012 #19

oversimplification datasuspect Dec 2012 #15

Sure I do... WCGreen Dec 2012 #21

Whatever it's called, it just makes sense: REP Dec 2012 #16

Well, they did and shed alot of blood doing it Marrah_G Dec 2012 #18

It's not about forgiving Christian behavior. WCGreen Dec 2012 #23

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Dec 2012 #20

One culture absorbing the practices of another = history. nt cecilfirefox Dec 2012 #22

its one thing to adopt and I love that idea. Its another thing to co-opt to kill another roguevalley Dec 2012 #24

The first Human Animal who looked up at the stars probably failed to.... OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #25

Religion is something humans do DonCoquixote Dec 2012 #26

All of which means, keep UG in Christmas!!! Squinch Dec 2012 #27