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No here we see another example of a poor attempt at lousy humor.
I wasn’t trying to be funny. If I was, I would have succeeded. I’m a very funny person. That’s nice. But oddly enough it really has very little to do with the history of Christians burning witches. As you point out, you have to be a Christian to be a heretic, and for the most part witch burning pitted Chrstians against Christians.
That’s a given, and I will never deny that most of the "witches" burned during the Burning Times were xian, however you must remember that the Inquisition called the poor people who they condemned witches, forever giving Pagans a bad name. You can’t deny that. Just as McCarthy condemned many people, but probably few if any were real Communists.
Agreed. Not really the point, though…. P.S. IIRC, Denmark wasn’t big on the Witch Burning thing, but I will have to check my sources. Germany was pretty big at Witch Burning, England did other nasty things to Witches but were much less brutal than in Scotland. France was also pretty big on the Witch Burning, but oddly enough not Spain, who was more interested in Jews and Moslems who had converted over to Christianity in order to escape eviction, retaining their Jewish/Moslem traditions.
Interesting…… Could you let me know about that? Most of my knowlege about the Burning Times lies in England and Germany, so I’d be interested in learning more… Moon — "Because I know that the sunrise is an optical illusion. My teacher told me so." E.K. Hornbeck in "Inherit the Wind"
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Well, you just don’t know, what you’re missing — here in Denmark witch-burning is the greatest party all year!
<snippity And here we see another example of xian hypocracy at work!!! Being a Pagan myself, I can tell you that witches are just ordinary people who happen to not follow xianity, Judaism, Islam or any of the other religions of the world… Instead they are part of a long tradition that goes back thousands of years. Paganism in its various forms (and there are MANY) is the oldest religion in the world, predating written historical records by several millenia. However, back to the point at hand. This is another case where it’s ok for xians to hate anyone who’s not a xian and it’s condoned, but if a witch were to even think something bad about a xian it’s consideres heresy. (Incedentially, BTW, one must first be a xian to be considered a heretic, so it’s a moot point that many xians dont’ seem to get). Moon — "Because I know that the sunrise is an optical illusion. My teacher told me so." E.K. Hornbeck in "Inherit the Wind"
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Well, you just don’t know, what you’re missing — here in Denmark witch-burning is the greatest party all year! And here we see another example of xian hypocracy at work!!!
No here we see another example of a poor attempt at lousy humor. Being a Pagan myself, I can tell you that witches are just ordinary people who happen to not follow xianity, Judaism, Islam or any of the other religions of the world…
That’s nice. But oddly enough it really has very little to do with the history of Christians burning witches. As you point out, you have to be a Christian to be a heretic, and for the most part witch burning pitted Chrstians against Christians. Just as McCarthy condemned many people, but probably few if any were real Communists. P.S. IIRC, Denmark wasn’t big on the Witch Burning thing, but I will have to check my sources. Germany was pretty big at Witch Burning, England did other nasty things to Witches but were much less brutal than in Scotland. France was also pretty big on the Witch Burning, but oddly enough not Spain, who was more interested in Jews and Moslems who had converted over to Christianity in order to escape eviction, retaining their Jewish/Moslem traditions. — Peace & Good! Christopher Beattie SFO KOC, SPEBSQSA, et.al. Before you buy.
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[snip] P.S. IIRC, Denmark wasn’t big on the Witch Burning thing, but I will have to check my sources. Germany was pretty big at Witch Burning, England did other nasty things to Witches but were much less brutal than in Scotland. France was also pretty big on the Witch Burning, but oddly enough not Spain, who was more interested in Jews and Moslems who had converted over to Christianity in order to escape eviction, retaining their Jewish/Moslem traditions.
A rather sad and poignant tale of a French witch trial can be found here: http://www.city-of-dis.co.uk/cdis/anne-01.html — "Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You." – Attrib: Pauline Reage. ……. HELL? <http://www.city-of-dis.co.uk/entry/hell.html — Inexpensive video to mpeg-1 conversion? See: <http://www.video2cd.co.uk — The alt.atheism twitlist. See: <http://www.twitlist.co.uk
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Thank you all, Well, you just don’t know, what you’re missing — here in Denmark witch-burning is the greatest party all year! The highlight is of course, when the crooked-nosed, evil-eyed, 3-rotten-tooth’ed witch disappears in the flames to remind us all of the birth and glory of Christianity. At the same time we drink a lot of beer and enjoy the smell of the birds and bees and small animals, that are fried along with the bitch, er … witch. Yours in Christ, o.c. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – In which countries besides my own — Denmark — is it still a tradition to burn witch-dolls at stakes on June 23 in order to celebrate the birth of St. John? Isn’t that most countries in Europe (and also US and most countries Eurpeans invaded)? What a "great" legacy. Amos In Texas, we certainly don’t. Are you sure? You’re not walking in christian circles, are ya? Anyway, the original question from Denmark was who *do*, not who *don’t*… Amos
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – In which countries besides my own — Denmark — is it still a tradition to burn witch-dolls at stakes on June 23 in order to celebrate the birth of St. John? Regards, o.c. Gees, I was raised Cathlic and went to a cathlic graide school and have never heard about such a tradition.
No, it seems to be an almost entirely Danish idea of having a good time. In Germany they burn witch-dolls too, though, but they do it on the Sunday after Mardi Gras (thanks, Carl!). Just wonder how the Catholic’s would like it, if a whole country burned their pope — or their god, for that matter — on Christmas Eve for fun, eh? Regards, o.c. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Elf-Kin www7.50megs.com/elfkin
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – In which countries besides my own — Denmark — is it still a tradition to burn witch-dolls at stakes on June 23 in order to celebrate the birth of St. John? Regards, o.c. Gees, I was raised Cathlic and went to a cathlic graide school and have never heard about such a tradition. No, it seems to be an almost entirely Danish idea of having a good time. In Germany they burn witch-dolls too, though, but they do it on the Sunday after Mardi Gras (thanks, Carl!). Just wonder how the Catholic’s would like it, if a whole country burned their pope — or their god, for that matter — on Christmas Eve for fun, eh?
Obviously you’ve never been to Belfast, Northern Ireland! Jellyfis. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Regards, o.c. Elf-Kin www7.50megs.com/elfkin
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – In which countries besides my own — Denmark — is it still a tradition to burn witch-dolls at stakes on June 23 in order to celebrate the birth of St. John? Regards, o.c. Gees, I was raised Cathlic and went to a cathlic graide school and have never heard about such a tradition. No, it seems to be an almost entirely Danish idea of having a good time. In Germany they burn witch-dolls too, though, but they do it on the Sunday after Mardi Gras (thanks, Carl!). Just wonder how the Catholic’s would like it, if a whole country burned their pope — or their god, for that matter — on Christmas Eve for fun, eh? Obviously you’ve never been to Belfast, Northern Ireland! Jellyfis.
But they hardly burn the pope or the god for *fun*, do they? Hate have always made Christians do weird things, but when (almost) all families here in Denmark burn their witches, it’s *not* done out of hate, but for *fun*. That somehow makes it worse, don’t you think? o.c. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Regards, o.c. Elf-Kin www7.50megs.com/elfkin
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****Just wonder how the Catholic’s would like it, if a whole country burned their pope — or their god, for that matter — on Christmas Eve for fun, eh?**** There is a country that does that…England…November…Guy Fawkes ight. It is not uncommon to find both Guy and the Pope being burned in effigy. !!O*_The MarchHare "My underwear is made of solid rubber!" –Dr Miguelito Quioxte Loveless http://community.webtv.net/marchhare32/Story (My Wild Wild West Fan Fiction) http://community.webtv.net/marchhare32/MAGICPANTSTheWild (The Wild Wild West, The SERIES, Droolie Visitors Center….updated semi-regularly)
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