04 Apr 03
Originally posted by bbarrIt is destructive because you are using your influence.
How is citing your source destructive?
People should judge what is right what is wrong.
People should not get under wings.
Just because you have more influence on players on this site dosen't mean anything.
Facts are facts.
We should all think for ourselves.
It is destructive because you said you don't know,but you still posted.
04 Apr 03
Originally posted by belgianfreakI am not sexist.
That was one of the most sexist things I've ever heard. Stop claiming you are fighting for equal rights while you are obviously claiming women as superior.
The 'evidence' that God was once thought of as female could be because when one religeon takes over from another, it often takes on aspects of that religeon at first. This is because the people ...[text shortened]... ng I've found interesting but I have no proof that it is true because I haven't researched it.
It takes along time and alot of water to turn a tanker 180.
04 Apr 03
Originally posted by missleadI'm not sure what you mean by 'using your influence'. I'm not trying force anybody to believe anything. While I fully agree with you that people ought to think for themselves, don't you see the irony in your extolling free thinking? Both your substantial posts in this thread (your original post and the treatise on the Goddess) were plagiarized. LOL.
It is destructive because you are using your influence.
People should judge what is right what is wrong.
People should not get under wings.
Just because you have more influence on players on this site dosen't mean anything.
Facts are facts.
We should all think for ourselves.
It is destructive because you said you don't know,but you still posted.
04 Apr 03
Originally posted by bbarrThis is both poor and cheap.
I'm not sure what you mean by 'using your influence'. I'm not trying force anybody to believe anything. While I fully agree with you that people ought to think for themselves, don't you see the irony in your extolling free thinking? Both your substantial posts in this thread (your original post and the treatise on the Goddess) were plagiarized. LOL.
I expected a better fight from you.
It isn't Plagarism on two counts:
1) I did not sign that post or claim in any way it was original
2) As you demonstrated it is common knowledge.
It is poor that you won't argue the facts.You prefer to attack the credability.
It is cheap because you are on the defensive and you are running out of ideas
Linda(I thought all this up on my little own)
04 Apr 03
Originally posted by missleadyou say people should think for themselves
This thread has been hijacked.
I am not saying women are better.
Let us get back to the issue:
Mother Nature rules.
but when they don't agree with you then they are insulting you
when they talk about an angle you don't like they are hijacking the thread, like you think it is 'your' thread.
And you've just leapt from God (in the Christian sense?) to Mother Nature in the pagan sense.
04 Apr 03
Originally posted by missleadMethinks she doth protest too much. Like you were going to disabuse Omnislash of the notion that you had written that essay had somone not posted something about it. Most of your substantive posts are just cut and pasted from the web. Ah well, I guess it doesn't really matter.
This is both poor and cheap.
I expected a better fight from you.
It isn't Plagarism on two counts:
1) I did not sign that post or claim in any way it was original
2) As you demonstrated it is common knowledge.
It is poor that you won't argue the facts.You prefer to attack the credability.
It is cheap because you are on the defensive and you are running out of ideas
Linda(I thought all this up on my little own)
04 Apr 03
Originally posted by belgianfreakThanks for giving me an opportunity to clear that up.
you say people should think for themselves
but when they don't agree with you then they are insulting you
when they talk about an angle you don't like they are hijacking the thread, like you think it is 'your' thread.
And you've just leapt from God (in the Christian sense?) to Mother Nature in the pagan sense.
I believe we have opinions and we should be allowed to express them.
If our opinons are outlandish then debate is where different views are valuable.
I don't claim I'm right in anything.
I claim only the right to say what I think and if I'm wrong I expect wiser people to correct me.
04 Apr 03
Originally posted by bbarrBennett,should you not be sleeping?!What time is it there?
Methinks she doth protest too much. Like you were going to disabuse Omnislash of the notion that you had written that essay had somone not posted something about it. Most of your substantive posts are just cut and pasted from the web. Ah well, I guess it doesn't really matter.
Johan
(Not used to bbar being here at this hour)
04 Apr 03
Originally posted by missleadI copied and pasted this from the internet:
I don't know that creed,but I will look it up.
I believe in GOD.
I can give you a brief overview of Wicca. (I don't speak for all Wiccans, only myself. There are some differences in the different Traditions.)
We believe that the ultimate godhead is unknowable. This doesn't make for a good working relationship with the deity, however. So, we break it down into a Goddess and a God. Different Wiccans worship different Gods/Goddesses. We can utilize *any* pantheon. Some worship Pan/Diana, some Cernnunos/Aradia, Isis/Osiris, and many others.
We see our Goddess as being Triple Aspected - Maiden, Mother, and Crone, and she is reflected in the phases of the Moon - Waxing, Full and Waning. We see the God as the Lord of Nature, and he is reflected in the seasonal changes. Like Jesus Christ, he dies for the land and the people, and is reborn.
In general, we believe in reincarnation and karma. What you call Heaven, we call the Summerlands. We don't believe that Hell exists (or Satan either.) We believe that there should be balance in all things - when the balance is disturbed, that's when 'evil' occurs. Fire, for example is not 'evil'. It could be considered such when it becomes out of balance, as in a forest fire, or house fire. Controlled fire is a useful tool. Anger is not 'evil', but when unbridled can't help but lead to negative things. When properly expressed and balanced with constructive working to correct that which invoked the anger - it, too, can be a useful tool.
We regard the Earth as our Mother, and try to have respect for Her by not polluting her and try to live in harmony with Her and Her ways.
Women reflect the Goddess, Men reflect the God, so the Wicca have a Priestess and Priest to 'run' the religious services. We call our services circles.
04 Apr 03
Originally posted by Dr. BrainFor that matter, where are ALL of you guys at this time usually? Most of the time, I'm the only one who posts in here at this time. I'm thrilled by the conversations here tonight! (Well, it's night time where I'm at anyway). 🙂
Bennett,should you not be sleeping?!What time is it there?
Johan
(Not used to bbar being here at this hour)