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Whose God? My Pagan Gods? (Starhawk)
« on: February 10, 2008, 04:18:01 PM »

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icymist  (1000+ posts)       Fri Jan-25-08 03:49 PM
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Whose God? My Pagan Gods? (Starhawk)
 It’s all very well to propose amending the Constitution to be in line with ‘God’s standards’—the question is always, which God? What set of standards? And who gets to decide?

I’m a Pagan. We have many Gods, with widely varying sets of standards. Are we going to amend the Constitution in favor of Hera, Goddess of marriage, or Aphrodite, Goddess of unbridled love? Do we mandate the wild, ecstatic worship of the goat-god Pan, or the more sedate contemplation of Sophia, Goddess of wisdom?

Read the full article  http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/starhawk/2008/01/whose_god_whose_standards.html
 
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skater314159  (638 posts)       Wed Feb-06-08 10:34 PM
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3. Great article...
 ... and I have often wondered this myself. A coupla years ago, when Texas was in the midst of it's "(dude symbol) + (dudette symbol) = MARRIAGE" craze, there were people everywhere (in Houston at least!) spouting off to anyone who would listen about how "God" wanted marriage to be only between a man and a woman.

I asked several of such individuals what god in particular they were talking about, as my God, Zeus is bi-sexual. This usually just caused them to cease speaking totally, turn a nice shade of purple, puce, or beet red, and begin moving their mouth like a goldfish. I know that was probably mean, but it got them to shut up long enough so I could get away from them!

Thanks for the great article!


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Re: Whose God? My Pagan Gods? (Starhawk)
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2008, 04:23:39 PM »
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I’m a Pagan. We have many Gods, with widely varying sets of standards. Are we going to amend the Constitution in favor of Hera, Goddess of marriage, or Aphrodite, Goddess of unbridled love? Do we mandate the wild, ecstatic worship of the goat-god Pan, or the more sedate contemplation of Sophia, Goddess of wisdom?

I have a better question:  why does the federal government have to sanction your buggery?
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Re: Whose God? My Pagan Gods? (Starhawk)
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2008, 04:26:47 PM »
Zeus was bi-sexual?  You learn something new everyday.....
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Re: Whose God? My Pagan Gods? (Starhawk)
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2008, 04:46:11 PM »
That is soooo much BS.  Skater314159 you are complete idiot.  Hey, tell me where you would like to meet up in Houston and I'll drop by.  You can ask me the same question and I'll tell ya which God.  The different shades of color I might change to will depend on how hard I'm laughing at your ass and if you don't like that maybe I could change your shades of color.

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Re: Whose God? My Pagan Gods? (Starhawk)
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2008, 04:49:18 PM »
It's seems as if skater314159 isn't aware that Mt. Olympus has been traversed countless times since the Golden Age of Greece...
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Re: Whose God? My Pagan Gods? (Starhawk)
« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2008, 05:01:59 PM »
Quote from: BEG on February 10, 2008, 04:26:47 PM
Zeus was bi-sexual?  You learn something new everyday.....

I think it's one of those "He was if you wanted him to be" kinda deals.

I have nothing against Pagans, they are generally a pretty okay bunch if much too touchy-feely for me and baiscially somewhat silly.  I do have to agree that religion and the Constitution belong in separate boxes, but I believe it's a distortion and misuse of the latter to try to use it as a hammer to drive away all public expressions of faith in whatever the flavor of the day is.
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Re: Whose God? My Pagan Gods? (Starhawk)
« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2008, 06:58:07 PM »
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skater314159  (638 posts)       Wed Feb-06-08 10:34 PM
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3. Great article...
 ... and I have often wondered this myself. A coupla years ago, when Texas was in the midst of it's "(dude symbol) + (dudette symbol) = MARRIAGE" craze, there were people everywhere (in Houston at least!) spouting off to anyone who would listen about how "God" wanted marriage to be only between a man and a woman.

I asked several of such individuals what god in particular they were talking about, as my God, Zeus is bi-sexual. This usually just caused them to cease speaking totally, turn a nice shade of purple, puce, or beet red, and begin moving their mouth like a goldfish. I know that was probably mean, but it got them to shut up long enough so I could get away from them!

Thanks for the great article!


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Why would a question like that be considered "mean"? Affected, definitely. Perhaps even a little pathetic in its hackneyed attempt to shock. But mean? Nah. The DUmmy gives himself too much credit.

I'm also a bit perplexed as to why that would be such a difficult question for a Christian to answer, one that would leave their faces in multicolored hues and their mouths agape. My reflexive answer would be, "The only God, Jehova", or something similar, and my face would retain the same pasty white color of years of working under fluorescent lights that it normally is.

Bounciness aside, DUmmies sure do have an over-inflated opinion of their ability to stun us Neanderthals into silence.

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Re: Whose God? My Pagan Gods? (Starhawk)
« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2008, 07:18:39 PM »
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I asked several of such individuals what god in particular they were talking about, as my God, Zeus is bi-sexual. This usually just caused them to cease speaking totally, turn a nice shade of purple, puce, or beet red, and begin moving their mouth like a goldfish. I know that was probably mean, but it got them to shut up long enough so I could get away from them!

Why in the name of Zeus would something that stoopid cause a normal person to chnage colors and be rendered speechless?  I'd tell the idiot to go get 200 million other Zeus worshippers and we'd talk about it.
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