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Post by Mr. Jon Donnis on Apr 23, 2007 13:06:30 GMT
Just wondering if any Pagans are celebrating St Georges day, if if yes WHY?
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Post by bobdezon on Apr 23, 2007 13:45:05 GMT
Any excuse to don goatskin pants and dance in moonlight Jon.  |
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Post by antmania on Apr 23, 2007 19:24:26 GMT
Don't know why anyone would celebrate someone who came from the middle East and slayed a Dragon. Thats only a tad more believable than Derek Accorah you know!
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Post by dustybin on Apr 23, 2007 20:46:25 GMT
Don't know why anyone would celebrate someone who came from the middle East and slayed a Dragon. Thats only a tad more believable than Derek Accorah you know! Derek slays dragons... He made the mother-in-law crease up... I am ashamed of myself for that joke.  |
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Post by hellyp on Apr 23, 2007 20:57:14 GMT
So you should be.
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Post by Mr. Jon Donnis on Apr 24, 2007 9:53:20 GMT
Don't know why anyone would celebrate someone who came from the middle East and slayed a Dragon. Thats only a tad more believable than Derek Accorah you know! Thats what i been saying! But he did do a good thing! He converted a load of Pagan horse shaggers to christianity! YAY!! Now we just need to get the Christians to convert to Athiesm and we will nearly be there |
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Post by hellyp on Apr 24, 2007 10:10:51 GMT
Via the United Reform Church, of course. Baby steps, Jon, baby steps.  |
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Post by eminel on Apr 24, 2007 13:35:17 GMT
St. George is, in todays vernacular, a slag - he put's it around a bit. Here's a list of everything St. George is Patron of;
Amersfoort, Netherlands; Aragon; agricultural workers; archers; armourers; Beirut, Lebanon; Boy Scouts; butchers; Canada; Cappadocia; Catalonia; cavalry; chivalry; Constantinople; Crusaders; England (by Pope Benedict XIV); equestrians; farmers; Ferrara, Italy; field hands; field workers; Genoa, Italy; Georgia; Germany; Gozo; Greece; Haldern, Germany; Heide, Germany; herpes; horsemen; horses; husbandmen; Istanbul; knights; lepers; leprosy; diocese of Limburg, Germany; Lithuania; Malta; Modica, Sicily; Moscow, Russia; Order of the Garter; Palestine; Palestinian Christians; plague; Portugal; Ptuj, Slovenia; riders; saddle makers; saddlers; sheep; shepherds; skin diseases; skin rashes; soldiers; syphilis; Teutonic Knights; Venice
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Post by Mr. Jon Donnis on Apr 24, 2007 15:27:28 GMT
horses there Iknew that the pagans had something to do with it
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Post by hellyp on Apr 24, 2007 15:44:59 GMT
Mmm, I wanna be the patron saint of skin diseases.
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Post by dustybin on Apr 24, 2007 16:27:08 GMT
Patron Saint of Syphilis?.....surely that's a C*** up... Ashamed of that joke to...not doing very well am i?.. |
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Post by hyppydylan on May 1, 2007 9:05:26 GMT
Missed this thread earlier as I've not been in. Anyway, there was a big discussion about this at the time and the consensus was that although Pagans wouldn't celebrate a Christian festival such as a Saints Day, they would celebrate a National Day in the usual way involving lots of alcohol and food ( I believe the horse shagging was optional ) You will be heartened to know that a great many Pagans are total atheists too as I am also. Must be off now, I see a likely Shetland Pony  |
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Post by Mr. Jon Donnis on May 1, 2007 9:10:59 GMT
So what do you believe in then as a pagan? And do you embrace your religions history of human sacrifice?  |
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Post by hyppydylan on May 1, 2007 9:36:54 GMT
"And do you embrace your religions history of human sacrifice? " You offering? ;D My beliefs are major league up the wall but a few of the ones that can be put into words are: I believe we all have an innate sense of each other as a natural part of our evolution. (Yes we did evolve, although, judging by my sons socks we could've been made of clay) I believe the natural magnetic field of the Earth and the Solar winds buffeting it effects the way we behave and the environment we live in. I believe that all life has a porpose and should be preserved as best as possible ( except wasps and Mother in Laws ) The rest of it will make me sound like a real raving loony so I ain't telling lol Seriously though, the rest of it is too nebulous to put into words, it's just there. Now, where did I put that pony? |
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Post by Mr. Jon Donnis on May 1, 2007 9:38:20 GMT
Go on tell us cant be worse than scientology
So what happens when we die?
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Post by hyppydylan on May 1, 2007 9:44:58 GMT
Well, we rot in the ground or we get cremated, generally.
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Post by Mr. Jon Donnis on May 1, 2007 10:00:15 GMT
what about our souls
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Post by hyppydylan on May 1, 2007 11:24:21 GMT
snarf snarf...you said ar soles
I do belive in a soul / spirit that ought to sod off elsewhere but I don't know where as I don't believe in a heaven or hell.
Dunno, into a cosmic conscienceness? Another step in the evolutionary journey?
I do know the buggers sometimes hang around and freak you out occasionally but not in the MH sense.
( I know, I used MH and sense in the same sentence. Bugger twice now )
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Post by BlackRaven on May 1, 2007 15:51:51 GMT
Another Pagan here.
I don't believe in god/goddess/gods. I believe in nature, natural selection, and evolvement. For me, death is the same as before you were born. Just nothingness. No conscious thought or life.
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Post by bobdezon on May 1, 2007 20:44:29 GMT
Just nothingness. No conscious thought or life. I know people who are alive, like that. |
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