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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Sinners, a Great Vampire Movie |
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Halloween is also Irish.
On this night the veil between this world and the ‘otherworld’ was most thin, and spirits could cross into our world.
The masks and bonfires were used to scare spirits away. In Irish it was called ‘Samhain’ (pronounced ‘sow - in’) |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Sinners, a Great Vampire Movie |
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| Coogler did his research. The earliest European stories on vampires come from Irish mythology of the Abhartach that dates back to 450 AD. Bram Stoker, who is also Irish, based his novel Dracula on this Irish legend of a cruel Irish Chieftain that drank blood kept coming back from the dead. But becau... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Persuasive testimony of tic tac UAPs |
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| ^^^ According to the DoD: The B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is known for its low observability , which includes reduced noise levels. While not completely silent , its design and engine placement help minimize its acoustic signature, making it significantly quieter than other bombers. Like the Stealth i... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Persuasive testimony of tic tac UAPs |
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| Hmm. Then perhaps the Phoenix lights were just a B2 bomber (not a prototype thereof) which happened to be flying around for some undisclosed reason? Or perhaps an experimental aircraft of some other kind (not a B2) that was still secret then? I mean its possible (and in all likelihood) its a black ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Israel Bombs Tehran |
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In that case
Sumer attacked Abraham
Abraham makes treaty with King Abimelech of Gerar
establishes the promised land
Philistines attack Israelites |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is Wicca/Neopaganism ruined? |
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Mona Pereth wrote: My point is that these unfortunate group dynamics should not be confused with the purposes of the groups. And that's true for nonmainstream religious groups as well as for forums like Wrong Planet.
^^^ Fair point. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is Wicca/Neopaganism ruined? |
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| No, that's not an accurate description of Wicca/neo-Paganism at all. Perhaps you just have not personally known any Wiccans/Pagans who were serious about their practice? Perhaps you've known only dabblers? It does happen to be true, in my experience, that Wiccans/Pagans are more likely than the ave... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is Wicca/Neopaganism ruined? |
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| I strongly suspect you're overgeneralizing about these kids. What you've said is likely true of SOME of them, but perhaps others just enjoy the relevant genre of music? Can be summarised as "teenage rebellion", both movements have a look. I've known goths and emos at school and work with ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is Wicca/Neopaganism ruined? |
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| Surely Wrong Planet, for example, did not have the primary purpose of dunking on self-diagnosed people, even when the debates about self-diagnosis were at their height. And that sort of thing is certainly not the main point of what I called a "template." I don't think it's the same thing ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Israel Bombs Tehran |
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^^^ qatar funds HAMAS
HAMAS attacks Israel
everyone blames Israel |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Persuasive testimony of tic tac UAPs |
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Posted: Yesterday, 6:41 pm
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funeralxempire wrote: The B-2 was publicly revealed in 1988, so it wasn't a secret project in 1997.
See my previous post to Mona... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Persuasive testimony of tic tac UAPs |
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Posted: Yesterday, 6:40 pm
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| My partner lived in Phoenix at that time and saw the Phoenix lights. He believes that they were most likely landing lights on an early prototype of the B2 bomber, which indeed has that same V shape and was a secret project at that time, which would explain why various people were told to "keep... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is Wicca/Neopaganism ruined? |
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Posted: Yesterday, 6:16 pm
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| So far, I see nothing wrong with this. As I see it, the primary functions of religion in today's world are to give people a sense of community and to enable people to build or join an alternative extended family. And hence my point, neo-pagans and wiccans are a cosplay club/society like people who ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is Wicca/Neopaganism ruined? |
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Posted: Yesterday, 5:51 pm
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| If Jediism looks like "crap" to you, that may be because you are accustomed to thinking of religion in terms of theological dogma. But I don't see theological dogma as the most essential part of religion. Yes, it at least has a code There is no emotion, there is peace. There is no ignoran... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: AI will surpass all real digital entertainment |
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Posted: Yesterday, 5:47 pm
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pcgoblin wrote: One point he makes is how YouTube (I don't think he says YouTube, but I've seen it there) videos will have A.I. fabricated videos and people believe the story is real.
Yes, that's already happening. People get sucked into fake movie reviews and documentaries. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is Wicca/Neopaganism ruined? |
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Posted: Yesterday, 3:24 am
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| your measure of "authenticity" is being an exact replica or an unadulterated direct lineal descendant of some ancient religion. But most experienced, educated practitioners don't claim this. They are aware that their practices aren't directly handed down from the stone ages, but only draw... |
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