Pagan religion

[Steven Jamar]

Well, I guess the Pagans I know would disagree with this almost as  
much as they disagree about the exact doctrine of Paganism or as  
Christians disagree about various Christian doctrines.

Pagan does not mean just "not me" or just "not monotheists".  The  
Roman and Greeks were described by Christians as pagans, -- but they  
surely had religious beliefs and so far as I recall did not call  
themselves pagans.

Pagans are not all atheists.

And I saw no one here asserting a trademark.

As to capitalization -- depends on the usage, doesn't it.

Steve


On Dec 17, 2007, at 11:30 PM, Will Linden wrote:

> 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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