Over the ages, the word became a derogatory term for any non-Christian/non-Jewish person (one of the German translations is 'nichtjuden'.) Some atheists now use it as a badge of honor, but the word is rarely used to refer to Paganism.
Some thoughts on Punish a Muslim Day as we approach Zombie Jesus Day.
- (mmoffitt)
- (36)
- March 30, 2018, 10:05:22 AM EDT
There's a serious misconception in that statement.
- (Andrew Grygus)
- (35)
- March 30, 2018, 11:13:23 AM EDT
I said "on their way to Hof".
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- (34)
- March 30, 2018, 01:06:33 PM EDT
Whatever the hell "Hof" is.
-NT
- (Andrew Grygus)
- (33)
- March 30, 2018, 08:05:23 PM EDT
The Heathen Hof.
- (mmoffitt)
- (32)
- April 2, 2018, 08:18:53 AM EDT
OK, that's specific to Heathenism . . .
- (Andrew Grygus)
- (31)
- April 2, 2018, 11:19:21 AM EDT
I don't think any of it is harmless. It's tribal.
- (mmoffitt)
- (29)
- April 2, 2018, 12:43:33 PM EDT
Just so.
- (Ashton)
- April 2, 2018, 02:55:41 PM EDT
Tribalism? Not at all.
- (Andrew Grygus)
- (27)
- April 2, 2018, 11:28:46 PM EDT
Communists have no use for religion.
- (mmoffitt)
- (26)
- April 3, 2018, 08:43:07 AM EDT
Communism is a religion
- (Andrew Grygus)
- (25)
- April 3, 2018, 11:34:32 AM EDT
Nonsense. It was/is a movement.
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- (24)
- April 3, 2018, 11:38:44 AM EDT
Sure, just like Christianity, Islam and other movements.
- (Andrew Grygus)
- (23)
- April 3, 2018, 12:42:27 PM EDT
The fact that you, as a capitalist, have anything to say about it is immaterial. ;0)
- (mmoffitt)
- (22)
- April 3, 2018, 01:32:34 PM EDT
Once again, you don't know what you're talking about.
- (Andrew Grygus)
- (21)
- April 3, 2018, 11:29:32 PM EDT
We didn't "compose" Lenin, Marx, Trotsky, Bukharin, Che, Fidel or anyone else.
- (mmoffitt)
- (20)
- April 4, 2018, 08:02:43 AM EDT
Which means you can't adjust them . . .
- (Andrew Grygus)
- (19)
- April 4, 2018, 12:57:08 PM EDT
The point is they *were around*. Which means they weren't (and aren't) imaginary.
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- (18)
- April 4, 2018, 02:22:06 PM EDT
Pretty sure there's been some historical enhancement.
- (malraux)
- (3)
- April 4, 2018, 03:13:21 PM EDT
Most of that enhancement has been flushed out at this point.
- (mmoffitt)
- (2)
- April 5, 2018, 09:03:42 AM EDT
The useful idiots are the ones who keep religions going...
-NT
- (malraux)
- (1)
- April 5, 2018, 02:19:31 PM EDT
When someone has promised you a 'Certainty' of (..never say "die")
- (Ashton)
- April 5, 2018, 09:51:38 PM EDT
Neither are the concepts we call "deities" imaginary.
- (Andrew Grygus)
- (13)
- April 6, 2018, 02:23:03 AM EDT
I don't now and never will believe in spirits.
- (mmoffitt)
- (12)
- April 6, 2018, 10:08:45 AM EDT
Ah, but we Pagans are just as much into single malts . . .
- (Andrew Grygus)
- (10)
- April 6, 2018, 11:57:43 AM EDT
I had caviar when I was a kid. I didn't like it.
- (mmoffitt)
- (9)
- April 6, 2018, 01:17:01 PM EDT
Ah, but speaking of Bourgeois Decadence . . .
- (Andrew Grygus)
- (2)
- April 6, 2018, 01:46:27 PM EDT
Have you been to Scotland? Decadent it ain't. ;0)
- (mmoffitt)
- (1)
- April 6, 2018, 02:05:50 PM EDT
Well, there are different kinds of decadent.
- (Andrew Grygus)
- April 6, 2018, 07:11:43 PM EDT
Caviar comes in different types
- (crazy)
- (4)
- April 6, 2018, 05:16:05 PM EDT
We always used fish eggs for bait...
- (Another Scott)
- April 6, 2018, 09:03:24 PM EDT
There's a new book out on brain nutrition . . .
- (Andrew Grygus)
- (1)
- April 6, 2018, 09:41:23 PM EDT
spring fed bottled water, right from a tap in brooklyn
- (boxley)
- April 6, 2018, 11:18:02 PM EDT
Dup - several hours later
-NT
- (Andrew Grygus)
- April 6, 2018, 11:57:10 PM EDT
salmon caviar is my favorite
- (boxley)
- April 6, 2018, 09:17:11 PM EDT
Though I've read several articles on the subject . . .
- (Andrew Grygus)
- April 7, 2018, 12:02:48 AM EDT
Except in Europe
- (scoenye)
- April 3, 2018, 07:04:51 PM EDT