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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is Wicca/Neopaganism ruined? |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 25 Jun 2025, 9:20 am
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| Most people naturally gravitate towards other people who share their interests and values. In and of itself, this isn't necessarily snobbery, but just birds of a feather flocking together. Do you resent them for the mere fact that they aren't equally interested in talking to everybody? Or are they ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is Wicca/Neopaganism ruined? |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 24 Jun 2025, 11:29 pm
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| Hmmm no, I was a loner in highschool and the goth/emo groups were equally condescending to me as my other arch enemies. the only difference between them and my occasional bullies is they played dress up. I'm sorry to hear that was your experience. However, it does appear that autistic people who ha... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is Wicca/Neopaganism ruined? |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 24 Jun 2025, 11:14 pm
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| Also, oddball subcultures of all kinds are likely to attract more than their share of autistic and other neurodivergent people. And this might be another reason why these subcultures might have more than their share of people who come across as "abrasive and elitist/exclusive/snobby" -- o... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is Wicca/Neopaganism ruined? |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 24 Jun 2025, 11:00 pm
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| I can't speak for all goths and emos or wiccans/pagans but the people I came across who followed these groups were popular, good looking, fashionable outgoing neurotypicals who enjoyed the attention. Sure a few individuals were not that bad and you could have a conversation but like extreme vegans ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Persuasive testimony of tic tac UAPs |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 24 Jun 2025, 12:50 pm
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cyberdora wrote: Definitely not a spy plane trying to evade detection.
... unless maybe its navigation was somehow malfunctioning? Maybe it was off its intended course, for whatever reason? |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Israel Bombs Tehran |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 24 Jun 2025, 12:46 pm
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cyberdora wrote: ^^^ qatar funds HAMAS
HAMAS attacks Israel
everyone blames Israel
You conveniently left out the actual atrocities that "everyone blames Israel" FOR. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is Wicca/Neopaganism ruined? |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 24 Jun 2025, 9:23 am
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| Can be summarised as "teenage rebellion", both movements have a look. I've known goths and emos at school and work with one currently who still sports the "look and attitude". Its the abrasive and elitist/exclusive/snobby attitude that rubs me the wrong way. More "abrasive ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is Wicca/Neopaganism ruined? |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 24 Jun 2025, 3:01 am
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| I don't think it's the same thing Mona. Of course it isn't. A neurological condition is not the same thing as a religion, which is not the same thing as a high school clique revolving around shared musical taste. However, certain unfortunate kinds of group dynamics are all too often found in groups... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is Wicca/Neopaganism ruined? |
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Posted: 24 Jun 2025, 1:37 am
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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: Persuasive testimony of tic tac UAPs |
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Posted: 23 Jun 2025, 9:42 pm
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| the airforce actually came out with an explanation for the Phoenix lights, the "official" explanation was flares dropped out of planes. Like weather balloons over Roswell, that claim was easy to debunk based on films of the lights. Indeed, this explanation doesn't sound plausible. Dropped... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Persuasive testimony of tic tac UAPs |
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Posted: 23 Jun 2025, 9:36 pm
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| The B-2 was publicly revealed in 1988, so it wasn't a secret project in 1997. 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 w... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is Wicca/Neopaganism ruined? |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 23 Jun 2025, 8:54 pm
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| Yes, it at least has a code There is no emotion, there is peace. There is no ignorance, there is knowledge. There is no passion, there is serenity. There is no chaos, there is harmony. https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Jedi_Code/Legends That's a quote from the mantra. Other parts of the code you quo... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is Wicca/Neopaganism ruined? |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 23 Jun 2025, 10:32 am
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| Since you insist on bringing up Jediism, I decided to look up "Jediism" in Wikipedia. Looks like Jediism began as a joke, then evolved into an actual religion. Adherents don't literally believe in the Star Wars universe, except for the idea of "the Force," which they interpret in... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Persuasive testimony of tic tac UAPs |
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Posted: 23 Jun 2025, 7:33 am
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| History repeats https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Lights Arizona governor makes fun of his own constituents but years later admits he also saw giant triangles but was told to keep quiet. My partner lived in Phoenix at that time and saw the Phoenix lights. He believes that they were most likely ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The Israel genocide debate thread |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 22 Jun 2025, 11:13 pm
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| While there is no accurate enough polling on this question I am pretty confident in claiming there is a worldwide consensus that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians. I disagree with the consensus. In short Israel’s main goal is to ethnically cleanse the Palestinians not to exterm... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is Wicca/Neopaganism ruined? |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 22 Jun 2025, 10:44 pm
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| No, it's not. Maybe some folks are into it as "simply elaborate cosplay," but the movement as a whole is not. there is simply no way to verify that either wiccans or pagans follow unadulterated pre-christian religions. the last vestiges of the old ways died off or were eradicated during t... |
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