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2/5/2009
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Paganism Practiced By Students
Author: April Kalepp Source: Exponent Online
Title: PAGANISM PRACTICED BY STUDENTS
Pagans of Platteville, a fairly new organization on campus, is a group devoted to clarifying and celebrating Paganism.
“Paganism is very broad, but ideally, it is any religion outside of Abrahamic religions,” Denis Zdanovsky, president of Pagans of Platteville, said.
Christianity is an example of an Abrahamic religion, Zdanovsky said. He pushed for Pagans of Platteville to become an organization on campus.
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| FWIW | Feb 6th. at 8:21:42 am EST
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stalkingwolf (Bullhead City, Arizona) - Email Me
1. The worlds 3 major religions ( Christianity, Judism , and Islam
all consider themselves Abrahamic, decendants of Abrihim or Children of the Book.
2 Yes the Native American Beliefs are Considered Pagan. As
are any beliefs not Judeo-christian in nature.
Hell many of the ultra fundies even consider other sects of
christianity to be pagan.
3. Saying he is Norse is in it self quite Vague. There are to my knowledge at least 2 different Norse religions.
4. When Viking is used as a noun it is usually used in reference
to the small part of the people of Norway, Denmark , and Sweden
that made up the seagoing raiders. Those from other areas
are usually forgotten about, like Germany, Austria, Bavaria, Iceland,
Greenland and France. Yes France. The Normans of RobinHood
fame were decendents of the Norse peoples. Nor-Man = North-man
or Norse-man.
Also forgotten are the other 80% of the Norse population that were
craftsmen, tradesmen, farmers, merchants, teachers, and healers.
sorry for the spelling my brain is out to lunch this morning.
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| Meh... | Feb 5th. at 9:39:12 pm EST
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Fuil Fitheach Sian (Missoula, Montana) - Email Me
This article reeks of one of two things those being either A. a student reporter not really caring enough to take careful notes or B. an interviewee giving vague, generalized or plain uninformed statements. case in point:
"Adam Giacalone, secretary of Pagans of Platteville, said that just like other religions, Paganism has a variety of sectors. Giacalone is specifically a Norse Pagan, commonly known as a Viking.
In paganism, it is thought that everything has a spirit, including the earth, sea and animals, according to allaboutspirituality.org. Paganism started in the Neolithic era, and originated from religions of Greece and Rome. Some commonly known sects of paganism include Celtics, Native Americans, ancient Egyptian, Greco-Roman and Norse."
I've known plenty of people involved with Asatru and none of them called themselves "vikings" (probably because viking is a verb, pertaining to the raids done around certain times of year) .
Also..."Paganism...originated from religions of Greece and Rome"...wha...uh...no.
I was unaware various North American tribal religions and the Boston NBA team constituted Pagan traditions.
I give this one an 'F'.
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| Minor Point | Feb 5th. at 9:28:28 pm EST
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Grumpy Raven (Eagle, Colorado) - Email Me
Responding to Ahr - Onn
Platteville is in Wisconsin, not Washington - not that it makes any difference to your point.
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| Excludes Christianity? | Feb 5th. at 7:16:37 pm EST
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Ahr-Ohn (Bridgeport, Connecticut) - Email Me
“Paganism is very broad, but ideally, it is any religion outside of Abrahamic religions,”
It's Solomon had the real impact; Abram was a fairly standard prophet.
If Worship is the remote acknowledgement of creative authority, then it's the Pagan Practice from which all History descends.
I'm more Vedantist, myself, so'd class with the Druhyus of Gandahar.
This article seems to be out of University of Washington - Plattesville Campus. They're nagging students to work real hard, to find jobs, mostly so they can blame the extra graduates.
When my great grandfather Jones was a missionaire in India, the English were providing university education for the natives, who eagerly prepared for Civil Service Jobs, that never materialized. Ghandi was a result.
How is it, that we're going to provide an education to create jobs? Step One, back to the Cauldrons...
Arawn
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