The Impaler's Wall

[Will Linden]

At 06:28 PM 12/16/07 -0800, you wrote:

   There is no religion of "Paganism". "Pagans" are defined by what they 
are NOT. (And as a poster on Magicknet said, "I might as well call myself 
Not Tom Mix."

   If you object to that, you can start by getting atheists to stop using 
"pagan" and "heathen". I am sure they will be cooperative as soon as you 
tell them they are violating your trademark.





>BTW, since Paganism is a religious group, like Christianity, its self-
>identified members should be called Pagans, not "pagans".
>Jean
>On Dec 16, 2007, at Sun, Dec 16,  12:48 PM, Will Linden wrote:
>
> >   Since people are worrying about "the right" having the nerve to
> > extol
> > their own religion(s), I note that I got no reactions to this one
> > back in
> > January, so i post it again::
> >
> >
> >   Net.gossip is now giving its attention to Sharkey "the Impaler"
> > announcing that he is running for governor of Minnesota as the
> > "Vampyre's
> > Witches and Pagans Party". (Any pagans present go yell at him, not
> > me...
> > http://johnathonforgovernor.us), with a platform which calls for
> > the public
> > impalement of "convicted terrorists".
> >
> >     I found on reading his agenda that he proposes to
> >
> >
> > "erect the "Wall of Religious
> > Beliefs" in the Capital. This wall will have everything
> > from the Wiccan Rede to the 10 Commandments."
> >
> >   So, is this project considered sufficiently nondiscriminatory? Or
> > would
> > it be assailed as an establishment of "religion", as opposed to
> > irreligion?
> > Or does the aim of extolling religious freedom constitute an
> > overriding
> > secular purpose?
> >
> >
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