You Might be a Pagan Redneck if....

Garnet FalconDance · 02-13-2002, 10:19 AM

(Sorry guys...couldn't resist! [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] I know a few people like this, too! *That's* the scary part!)

*If you smoke Salem cigarettes for the histroical significance....
*If you worship the gods of cheap beer and NASCAR...
*If you've ever done a candle spell for your local high school football team...
*If you've ever harvested ritual herbs with a weedwacker...
*If your God statue looks a little to much like Elvis...
*If your Goddess picture says "Miss September" at the bottom...
*If your Wand of Power is a cattle prod...
*If your altar cloth is a Confederate flag...
*If your altar cloth says Holiday Inn or Howard Johnson's...
*If your altar has a spit cup...
*If your annointing oil smells like "old Spice"...
*If your circle dance includes the words "dosey-do"...
*If your coven's secret names for the god and goddess are "Cooter" and "Sweet Cheeks"...
*If your familiar can point quail...
*If chewing tobacco is considered a sacred herb...
*If you have ever refilled your chalice from a keg...
*If your favorite Great Rite partner is your first, second and third cousin...
*If your third degree mystery is, "wrasslin's fake"...

DragonMage · 02-13-2002, 12:13 PM

*snicker* [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/biglaugh.gif[/img]

I'm glad I don't identify with any of these.

Arvon · 02-13-2002, 12:33 PM

Thank god someone else is doing this...*LOL*

Tarox · 02-13-2002, 12:36 PM

Im guessing these are tongue in cheek stereotypes but

What is a Pagan?
Something to do with religion I assume which explains why I never heard of it,
Seem to recall it vaguely from history lessons or some crap that was pointless and boring and I paid no attention [img]smile.gif[/img]

Garnet FalconDance · 02-13-2002, 12:47 PM

Tarox ::friendly glower::, remember the thread a couple weeks back on religion, one on paganism and assorted others? I know you were there.....

A pagan is one who does not belong to any of the mainstream religions (think Christianity, Judaism, or Buddhism) and is typified by a reverence for nature among other aspects. Ex. druidism, stregheria, asatru, wicca, heathenism, many many others.....

*PLEASE* refrain from using possibly inflamatory language here as this is meant to be funny and to make such assertions (religion being equated with "history lessons or some crap that was pointless and boring...") may be viewed as hurtful by some.

[ 02-13-2002: Message edited by: Garnet FalconDance ]

02-13-2002, 12:59 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Tarox:
Seem to recall it vaguely from history lessons or some crap that was pointless and boring and I paid no attention [img]smile.gif[/img]

Keep thinking that history and other forms of knowledge are crap...Illlaugh when you grow up and can't get a job and blame it on "rich people keeping you down". [img]graemlins/evillaughter2.gif[/img]

Larry_OHF · 02-13-2002, 01:00 PM

ROFL!!! hehe...This is my favorite one!!!

Quote:

If your familiar can point quail...

I live in the Southern U.S., and even though I do not apply to any of the above, "(My social group in school were not the ones that wore boots to class), I actually know people that do!

NobleNick · 02-13-2002, 02:50 PM

For your information,

The earliest (and most correct) use of the word "pagan" was to denote a person who was not a Christian. ("Pagan" comes from the Latin "Paginus" which means "civilian," i.e., NOT a "soldier of Christ.")

The most common (correct) use of the word, today, is as a noun, to denote a person who is not a Christian, Jew or Moslem; or as an adjective that describes something that is devoid of Christian, Jewish, or Moslem significance.

Thus, walking your dog could strictly be construed to be a "pagan" activity, even if done by a Christian, since it is devoid of religious significance. However, the term is often reserved to denote activities that overtly deny the existence of a God, as He is generally accepted by the Christians, Jews and Moslems. (By the way, all three groups believe in the same God; they just have differences of opinion in what He did and why, after, say, about 400 B.C.)

In recent years some have (incorrectly) come to see it as synonymous with witchcraft.

So, you can freely bash the term "pagan" without fear of bashing a religion; because pagan simply means "not Christian, Jewish or Moslem," and implies no specific religion outside of these three.

Oh, Garnet, I almost busted a rib over some of your material.

Blade · 02-13-2002, 03:01 PM

LOL thats a good one, and Noble Nick are you a bottemless pit of knowledge or something??

[img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] Glad to know someone elce besides me loves history

Pangur Ban · 02-14-2002, 03:24 AM

ROFLOL, Garnet ... !!

( climbs back on chair, soothes familiar annoyed at being woken from sound sleep ... )

I just *gotta* show this to a few of my friends ...

Pang [img]graemlins/cat3.gif[/img]

[ 02-14-2002: Message edited by: Pangur Ban ]

02-13-2002, 10:19 AM	#1
Garnet FalconDance Mephistopheles Join Date: August 30, 2001 Location: deep within the sylvan splendor.... Age: 60 Posts: 1,443	(Sorry guys...couldn't resist! [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] I know a few people like this, too! That's* the scary part!) If you smoke Salem cigarettes for the histroical significance.... If you worship the gods of cheap beer and NASCAR... If you've ever done a candle spell for your local high school football team... If you've ever harvested ritual herbs with a weedwacker... If your God statue looks a little to much like Elvis... If your Goddess picture says "Miss September" at the bottom... If your Wand of Power is a cattle prod... If your altar cloth is a Confederate flag... If your altar cloth says Holiday Inn or Howard Johnson's... If your altar has a spit cup... If your annointing oil smells like "old Spice"... If your circle dance includes the words "dosey-do"... If your coven's secret names for the god and goddess are "Cooter" and "Sweet Cheeks"... If your familiar can point quail... If chewing tobacco is considered a sacred herb... If you have ever refilled your chalice from a keg... If your favorite Great Rite partner is your first, second and third cousin... *If your third degree mystery is, "wrasslin's fake"... __________________ "Nature tells every secret once." Ralph Waldo Emerson

02-13-2002, 12:13 PM	#2
DragonMage 20th Level Warrior Join Date: September 6, 2001 Location: The lighter side of life, a.k.a. Newnan, Georgia Age: 55 Posts: 2,767	snicker [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/biglaugh.gif[/img] I'm glad I don't identify with any of these. __________________ [img]\"http://home.earthlink.net/~moraine_sedai/_uimages/dragonmage.gif\" alt=\" - \" /> [img]\"ubb/noncgi/smiles/hero2.gif\" alt=\" - \" /> <br />Alureth...Dragon friend of Lady Breanna<br /><br />Co-Owner/Operator of the Evil Petting Zoo and devout member of the HADB clan.<br />Commander of the Dragon Fleet, IW Peacekeeping Force<br />Mother Hen of IW and Mage extraordinaire.<br /><br />Utterly in love with my soul mate, Hiram.

02-13-2002, 12:33 PM	#3
Arvon Unicorn Join Date: October 4, 2001 Location: Kingdom of the West,..P.o. Cynagus Posts: 4,212	Thank god someone else is doing this...LOL __________________ 53.7% of all statistics are made up

02-13-2002, 12:36 PM	#4
Tarox Manshoon Join Date: November 2, 2001 Location: Nottingham, UK Posts: 171	Im guessing these are tongue in cheek stereotypes but What is a Pagan? Something to do with religion I assume which explains why I never heard of it, Seem to recall it vaguely from history lessons or some crap that was pointless and boring and I paid no attention [img]smile.gif[/img] __________________ <IMG SRC=\"http://tarox.homestead.com/files/TaroxE.jpg\">

02-13-2002, 12:47 PM	#5
Garnet FalconDance Mephistopheles Join Date: August 30, 2001 Location: deep within the sylvan splendor.... Age: 60 Posts: 1,443	Tarox ::friendly glower::, remember the thread a couple weeks back on religion, one on paganism and assorted others? I know you were there..... A pagan is one who does not belong to any of the mainstream religions (think Christianity, Judaism, or Buddhism) and is typified by a reverence for nature among other aspects. Ex. druidism, stregheria, asatru, wicca, heathenism, many many others..... PLEASE refrain from using possibly inflamatory language here as this is meant to be funny and to make such assertions (religion being equated with "history lessons or some crap that was pointless and boring...") may be viewed as hurtful by some. [ 02-13-2002: Message edited by: Garnet FalconDance ] __________________ "Nature tells every secret once." Ralph Waldo Emerson

02-13-2002, 12:59 PM	#6
MagiK Guest Posts: n/a	quote: Originally posted by Tarox: Seem to recall it vaguely from history lessons or some crap that was pointless and boring and I paid no attention [img]smile.gif[/img] Keep thinking that history and other forms of knowledge are crap...Illlaugh when you grow up and can't get a job and blame it on "rich people keeping you down". [img]graemlins/evillaughter2.gif[/img]

02-13-2002, 02:50 PM	#8
NobleNick Quintesson Join Date: February 5, 2002 Location: Huntsville, AL, USA Age: 63 Posts: 1,045	For your information, The earliest (and most correct) use of the word "pagan" was to denote a person who was not a Christian. ("Pagan" comes from the Latin "Paginus" which means "civilian," i.e., NOT a "soldier of Christ.") The most common (correct) use of the word, today, is as a noun, to denote a person who is not a Christian, Jew or Moslem; or as an adjective that describes something that is devoid of Christian, Jewish, or Moslem significance. Thus, walking your dog could strictly be construed to be a "pagan" activity, even if done by a Christian, since it is devoid of religious significance. However, the term is often reserved to denote activities that overtly deny the existence of a God, as He is generally accepted by the Christians, Jews and Moslems. (By the way, all three groups believe in the same God; they just have differences of opinion in what He did and why, after, say, about 400 B.C.) In recent years some have (incorrectly) come to see it as synonymous with witchcraft. So, you can freely bash the term "pagan" without fear of bashing a religion; because pagan simply means "not Christian, Jewish or Moslem," and implies no specific religion outside of these three. Oh, Garnet, I almost busted a rib over some of your material.

02-13-2002, 03:01 PM	#9
Blade Emerald Dragon Join Date: March 12, 2001 Location: spokane wa usa Age: 40 Posts: 926	LOL thats a good one, and Noble Nick are you a bottemless pit of knowledge or something?? [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] Glad to know someone elce besides me loves history __________________ <br /><br />All blades cut, be they made from metal or wood, but the sharpest and deadliest blade is the one of knowledge, and that is the least used.<br />An Archmage of the HADB

02-14-2002, 03:24 AM	#10
Pangur Ban Avatar Join Date: June 3, 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 64 Posts: 569	ROFLOL, Garnet ... !! ( climbs back on chair, soothes familiar annoyed at being woken from sound sleep ... ) I just gotta show this to a few of my friends ... Pang [img]graemlins/cat3.gif[/img] [ 02-14-2002: Message edited by: Pangur Ban ] __________________ Not enough time to care ....

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