Re: Manned system failures

Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 01:18:41 GMT
Newsgroups: sci.space.history
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In article <email-address-deleted>, email-address-deleted
says...
> Pat Flannery <email-address-deleted> wrote:
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> >rk wrote:
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> >>Anyways, wrong group for talking about docking with Athena.
> >>
> >You just gave me the perfect excuse to find this little item on the web:
> >http://www.geocities.com/spiritotearth/carolbook.html#oldtime
> >
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> The truly amusing 'carol' on that page is the one sung to 'God Rest Ye
> Merry Gentlemen'... Practitioners of the (largely created from whole
> cloth) modern pagan religions won't even get the irony.
Ahem... I practice one of the Pagan religions of which you speak (Wicca),
and I find irony in that lyric, but probably not the kind you mean.
Basically, the carol reads a lot more like an Atheist's take on
Christmas, not a Pagan's. Most of the Pagans I know have deep respect
for their Christian friends and their beliefs. Hell, most of them
started out some flavor of Christian before making their own personal,
spiritual decisions to choose a different path.
Far be it from me to speak for all Pagans everywhere, but I can say with
cetainty that my spiritual beliefs are not exercises in trying to make
logic and fact (the chorus of the lyric you cite) override questions of
faith. I also don't see where criticizing other religions' beliefs (on a
factual basis or otherwise) enhances my own spiritual experience, so I
personally don't engage in that behavior. Most Pagans I know don't
engage in it, either.
Your mileage may vary.
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