From: Mouse <mouse at rodents-montreal.org>
I'm just tired of her accusing me of Satanism.
I once told someone I was neo-pagan and got asked in response "so,
you're, like, a Satanist?".? I said, "No, I'm not Christian enough to
be a Satanist".? I expected that to produce further confusion, which it
did. :-/
C: Well utter nonsense usually does have that affect. You're point I'll take it is
that Satan/Lucifer is a *product* of the Jewish/Christian scriptures. But conflating
Christianity w/Satanism leaves something to be desired as to valid logic. That's ok
though. The pagans think they have it up on us as a result somehow. I could take the time
to allude to the barbaric practices of most of the early forms of paganism, stuff which
modern pagans take pains to separate themselves from (hence the neo-). It's awful nice
when you can alter your beliefs to suit the times, and dispense with all that nastier
stuff.
?I know a pagan lady. Bat crap crazy she is. She said Thor was one of her favorites
deities (along w/"Squat", who is alleged to be something of a patron saint of
automobile financing. You ask her). So I asked her does she really believe Thor was a real
*god*. She stated to the effect that all those old world gods were
manifestations/representations of "the Divine". So why aren't they all just
manifestations of ol' Beelzebub I ask? What's good for the goose is good for the
gander.