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filthy
SFN Die Hard

USA
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Posted - 10/23/2005 :  15:51:54  Show Profile Send filthy a Private Message
The search for a greater understanding of differing, cultural beliefs continues. Here is one result produced by the most exacting research ever committed to this esotoric subject:




"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)

"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres


"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude

Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,

and Crypto-Communist!

ronnywhite
SFN Regular

501 Posts

Posted - 10/23/2005 :  20:38:36   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send ronnywhite a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by filthy
... the most exacting research ever committed to this esotoric subject...



At last, some serious minds are attacking this in a rigorous fashion. Reading of the "Highway exits to Satan" made me think of myself when I was a despicable brat. Fascinating. If the map were extended, my biography could be expressed as a diabolical freeway system.

Ron White
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Bunga
Skeptic Friend

Sweden
74 Posts

Posted - 10/24/2005 :  02:37:04   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send Bunga a Private Message
I'm pretty sure thats not real, and wikipedia seems to agree.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landover_Baptist_Church
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Siberia
SFN Addict

Brazil
2322 Posts

Posted - 10/24/2005 :  06:33:54   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Siberia's Homepage  Send Siberia an AOL message  Send Siberia a Yahoo! Message Send Siberia a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by Bunga

I'm pretty sure thats not real, and wikipedia seems to agree.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landover_Baptist_Church


We know it's not real, we post it for sport

"Why are you afraid of something you're not even sure exists?"
- The Kovenant, Via Negativa

"People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs."
-- unknown
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pleco
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USA
2998 Posts

Posted - 10/24/2005 :  06:37:28   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit pleco's Homepage Send pleco a Private Message
I had no idea Def Leopard was part of Wicca. Thanks! LOL

by Filthy
The neo-con methane machine will soon be running at full fart.
Edited by - pleco on 10/24/2005 06:37:51
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filthy
SFN Die Hard

USA
14408 Posts

Posted - 10/24/2005 :  06:50:36   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send filthy a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by Bunga

I'm pretty sure thats not real, and wikipedia seems to agree.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landover_Baptist_Church

Indeed. We are all big fans of Landover, here. Well, maybe not all of us, but most.

Welcome to SFN, Bunga!


"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)

"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres


"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude

Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,

and Crypto-Communist!

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Siberia
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Brazil
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Posted - 10/24/2005 :  06:52:20   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Siberia's Homepage  Send Siberia an AOL message  Send Siberia a Yahoo! Message Send Siberia a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by pleco

I had no idea Def Leopard was part of Wicca. Thanks! LOL


Gardening is positively evil.

"Why are you afraid of something you're not even sure exists?"
- The Kovenant, Via Negativa

"People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs."
-- unknown
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Trish
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USA
2102 Posts

Posted - 10/24/2005 :  07:01:31   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send Trish a Private Message
I didn't know gaming was part of the Ren Fair Subculture. I know gamers that don't go to Ref Fest and I know Ren Fest participants that don't game.

...no one has ever found a 4.5 billion year old stone artifact (at the right geological stratum) with the words "Made by God."
No Sense of Obligation by Matt Young

"Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith. I consider the capacity for it terrifying and vile!"
Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

They (Women Marines) don't have a nickname, and they don't need one. They get their basic training in a Marine atmosphere, at a Marine Post. They inherit the traditions of the Marines. They are Marines.
LtGen Thomas Holcomb, USMC
Commandant of the Marine Corps, 1943
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend

Sweden
9688 Posts

Posted - 10/24/2005 :  07:06:02   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Dr. Mabuse an ICQ Message Send Dr. Mabuse a Private Message
Ah, but there IS a connection between WICCA and Gaming. My brother is evidence of that, being both WICCA and Gamer: Live, Standard indoor RPG, and computer RPG.

Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
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Trish
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USA
2102 Posts

Posted - 10/24/2005 :  19:59:53   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send Trish a Private Message
But, but Mab...aren't you a gamer also? And, and you aren't Wiccan. And, and....(I think ya get the point)

...no one has ever found a 4.5 billion year old stone artifact (at the right geological stratum) with the words "Made by God."
No Sense of Obligation by Matt Young

"Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith. I consider the capacity for it terrifying and vile!"
Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

They (Women Marines) don't have a nickname, and they don't need one. They get their basic training in a Marine atmosphere, at a Marine Post. They inherit the traditions of the Marines. They are Marines.
LtGen Thomas Holcomb, USMC
Commandant of the Marine Corps, 1943
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend

Sweden
9688 Posts

Posted - 10/24/2005 :  20:46:19   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Dr. Mabuse an ICQ Message Send Dr. Mabuse a Private Message
Ah, but the connection is there...
(and how do you know I'm not a closet WICCAN? huh?)

Edit: How do I know that you are not a closet Wiccan?

Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3

"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse

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Edited by - Dr. Mabuse on 10/24/2005 20:47:30
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ronnywhite
SFN Regular

501 Posts

Posted - 10/24/2005 :  20:46:40   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send ronnywhite a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by Bunga

I'm pretty sure thats not real, and wikipedia seems to agree.



Yea, OK, I see what ya'll mean now, but having been Saved, I thought these guys might have been onto something... the Tour of Evil on an infernal network of roads... adding a time dimension to this impresses me as being the fundie-equivalent of a "life cone"... a visual aid to assess the fiendish trajectories of Unholy lives through the Created world. It might be nominated for a Nobel Prize in Christian Fundamentalist Science should this become a newly-created category (maybe if the political dominance of our ultra-conservative right continues???)

Ron White
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Trish
SFN Addict

USA
2102 Posts

Posted - 10/24/2005 :  21:22:49   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send Trish a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse

Ah, but the connection is there...
(and how do you know I'm not a closet WICCAN? huh?)

Edit: How do I know that you are not a closet Wiccan?



Me, Wiccan? Nah, went through that about 15-16 yo. About 3 years after I started gaming, really don't think there was much connection. Wiccan now? Um, no. Not that Wicca doesn't have it's appealing aspects - I'm just such a non-toucy-feely person that any form of spirituality has no real appeal for me. Blame it on having been raised Catholic.

...no one has ever found a 4.5 billion year old stone artifact (at the right geological stratum) with the words "Made by God."
No Sense of Obligation by Matt Young

"Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith. I consider the capacity for it terrifying and vile!"
Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

They (Women Marines) don't have a nickname, and they don't need one. They get their basic training in a Marine atmosphere, at a Marine Post. They inherit the traditions of the Marines. They are Marines.
LtGen Thomas Holcomb, USMC
Commandant of the Marine Corps, 1943
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ronnywhite
SFN Regular

501 Posts

Posted - 10/24/2005 :  22:47:04   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send ronnywhite a Private Message
I thought you folks were just a bunch of atheists, and it turns out you're Wiccans, Catholics, and the whole bit. I'll bet there are hardened-skeptic Pentacostals, Muslims, and Jehova Witnesses around here, too.

To the point, and sorry if offend devout Wiccan skeptics, I think the way it works is Pagans are really basically atheists, except they have this kind of poetic-like naturalist philosophy-thing going. Wiccans are Pagans, except add-in this metaphysical spell-casting stuff (which I understand doesn't work too well.) I've only met one of each in my life, both were women. I get the impression most Pagans and Wiccans are women.

Ron White
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend

Sweden
9688 Posts

Posted - 10/25/2005 :  07:04:24   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Dr. Mabuse an ICQ Message Send Dr. Mabuse a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by ronnywhite

I'll bet there are hardened-skeptic Pentacostals, Muslims, and Jehova Witnesses around here, too.

Hardened-skeptic ex-pentacostal, since about 12-15 years ago.

Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3

"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse

Support American Troops in Iraq:
Send them unarmed civilians for target practice..
Collateralmurder.
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Valiant Dancer
Forum Goalie

USA
4826 Posts

Posted - 10/25/2005 :  07:47:28   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Valiant Dancer's Homepage Send Valiant Dancer a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by Bunga

I'm pretty sure thats not real, and wikipedia seems to agree.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landover_Baptist_Church



Which is why we put it in humor. Landover Baptist is a known parody site.

Cthulhu/Asmodeus when you're tired of voting for the lesser of two evils

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