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  1. PortageGirl

    Inventions To Thank Pagans For

    Quote: ROFL I'm pretty sure Ol' Al has often rued the day he made that clumsy fox paw (yes, I know how to really spell faux pas). It was something that if you or I said it, we could easily have clarified with better phrasing, but since that soundbite won't ever be allowed to die, he's stuck...
  2. PortageGirl

    Inventions To Thank Pagans For

    Quote: Maybe Champagne was invented by monks, but I've made sparkling Mead which is only possible to make if it has the right yeast and is bottled at just the right moment in time, presumably this is true of sparkling cider too... so since it can happen through good planning, OR by accident...
  3. PortageGirl

    Inventions To Thank Pagans For

    Quote: really? how so? (no I'm not trying to be a smart alek, I'm trying to figure out the logic here )
  4. PortageGirl

    Inventions To Thank Pagans For

    Sorry to go backwards on you BFeathered, I just wanted to post this link as an interesting and thoughtful look at Darwin. It's a discussion between Krista Tippett and James Moore who co-wrote a biographical book on Darwin about his life and the times in which he lived. It's not word for word...
  5. PortageGirl

    Inventions To Thank Pagans For

    I have WHAT in my yard? : Really wanna get a group of people going?? Tell 'em Charles Darwin never said "survival of the fittest!" He didn't! Correct, and neither did he say that humans 'descended from monkeys'. That's another favorite!
  6. PortageGirl

    Inventions To Thank Pagans For

    That IS sad deb1, whatever the origin or what was once done, it's the intent of the celebrant now that is important. If you celebrate because you are christian, it's a christian holiday no matter what IMO
  7. PortageGirl

    Inventions To Thank Pagans For

    I have WHAT in my yard? : Debi is correct about some Catholic priests trying to incorporate some local beliefs into their traditions at mass and other events. IMHO catholocism is the most pagan of the modern versions of christianity. Lots of mysticism and ritual..... Errrr, I have to...
  8. PortageGirl

    Inventions To Thank Pagans For

    Quote: Pagan = Not a Roman when Christianity took over Rome in the original usage. From what I have read, the Romans appear to have been patriarchal before the coming of Christianity. By the way, there is controversy as to whether matriachal socieites even existed in Europe or the Middle...
  9. PortageGirl

    Inventions To Thank Pagans For

    Quote: LOL, it IS a broad term! Some define it as anything that isn't 'their' religion, others say all non-Abrahamic religions, which is to say anything other than Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and some say the ‘old’ polytheistic or pre-Christian religion. Really, all the Abrahamic...
  10. PortageGirl

    Inventions To Thank Pagans For

    ”I swear by Apollo, the healer, Asclepius, Hygieia, and Panacea, and I take to witness all the gods, all the goddesses, to keep according to my ability and my judgment, the following Oath and agreement:” The Hippocratic Oath, though no one really knows who actually wrote it, is at the very...
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