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3/4/2007
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Of Pagans And Heathens
Author: Anand, Wordspeak Source: The Hindu
Title: OF PAGANS AND HEATHENS
English has an inordinately large number of dislogistic terms for people generally thought to be simple and natural.
As an example of the twists and turns of etymology, particularly the pejorative mantle that certain words took on in a religious sense, the last column traced the life history of `ethnic'. Ethnic was born, as it were, as ethnos (through Greek ta ethne), meaning "a band of people living together, nation, people", then "people of one's own kind", but began to mean a heathen, a barbarous or unenlightened person, and was applied to all people except Christians, Jews, and Muslims until reverting to its ancient, original meaning only over a century ago.
As the etymology of pagan and heathen will show, villain (originally a villager, farm hand) itself is the villain of the piece. Why one religion so disparaged people living upcountry or in rural settings is anyone's guess; the truth is that English has an inordinately large number of dislogistic terms for people generally thought to be simple and natural, namely: country yokel/bumpkin/hick, and for the place they lived: the backwoods, the boondocks, the sticks.
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| Ethnics And Christians? | Mar 4th. at 10:49:24 am EST
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Ahr-Ohn (Bridgeport, Connecticut) - Email Me
"As an example of the twists and turns of etymology, particularly the pejorative mantle that certain words took on in a religious sense, the last column traced the life history of `ethnic'. Ethnic was born, as it were, as ethnos (through Greek ta ethne) , meaning "a band of people living together, nation, people", then "people of one's own kind", but began to mean a heathen, a barbarous or unenlightened person, and was applied to all people except Christians, Jews, and Muslims until reverting to its ancient, original meaning only over a century ago."
Properly, Christians should only preach unto the big beings, or Deacons, of the Ethnics of the World. It's really a bit of nonsense to convert someone to a regard for Jesus, who's only going to worship him, without regards for what he said. It's nice that the kid is remembranced, but he never asked to be worshipped, and worship of him is generally a discharge of obligation, for those who've been helped in his name, usually by those who wanted to avoid Worship themselves. Christianity should actually be a proffession, popular amongst the Paleo-Pagan Clergy, rather than an assault amongst these fellow Gods.
Neo-Paganism, btw, might be defined as the reclamation of traditions that Empire should never have stepped on, in the name of Jesus. Please e-mail if your opinion moves you to, as I'm still working on credibility of precision.
"Which is that paganus was Roman military jargon for "civilian, incompetent soldier". Some early Christian authors, for example, Tertullian and Augustine, called themselves milites Christi "soldiers of Christ". It, therefore, became a practice to refer to those who were not Christians as pagani "civilians". The early Christians in Rome, taking seriously St. Paul's instruction to put on the whole armour of God, adopted the same vocabulary as Roman soldiers and began using paganus for a person who was not a Christian. "
Saint Paul the Euniche, who's cannonized for the miracle of converting belligerence to Christianity? I understand some of those Early Christian Romans had been Roman Soldiers, and used Masonry for the Communion of Hierarchy. The fellow who hadn't yet been initiated in the Mystery of being ordered, and still had to be directed by Force, might have been so denigrated by those who had.
"It's ironic that early Christians, in spite of negative connotations of pagan, could not free themselves of pagan influences and practices. In the early days of the English church, it adopted an existing pagan festival and gave it a Christian interpretation."
Oh, has this guy joined the Roman Army, and gotten with The Program?
I understand the evolution of the Modern City comes from the mystery ritual of The Holy Grail, when it was marketed to some Poor Fellow Soldiers, and "City" is a Christian Word, refering to the throne of an Arch Bishop. Hmmmm, I remember a reference in SimCity-2000, in which Cities might someday learn to fly, which means that every Arch-Cleric would be in global communion, and free to travel... I think I'll want a Flying See, for my next Wyld Hunt.
Arawn
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