Comments on: Going in the Right Direction Without "the Lord" http://aheathensday.com/2009/08/going-in-the-right-direction-without-the-lord.html The Life and Thoughts of a Modern Day American Heathen Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:11:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Granamyr/Danielle http://aheathensday.com/2009/08/going-in-the-right-direction-without-the-lord.html/comment-page-1#comment-1098 Granamyr/Danielle Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:57:56 +0000 http://uncajoe.org/domains/aheathensday.com/?p=1010#comment-1098 I had this lady at a Barnes and Noble ask me (while I was looking at a book on witchcraft) if I believed in God. (I knew what she meant.) So I said, "Do you mean the Abrahamic god? The Bible god?" And she looked like, "Uh...huh..well yeah." And I said, "Well, I ask because I'm a polytheist and believe in many gods." She just was like, "..." Then she launched into her Ba'hai story. Yup. Like fundies only covered in sugar and uber nice. Still, whatev...it each their own. I had this lady at a Barnes and Noble ask me (while I was looking at a book on witchcraft) if I believed in God. (I knew what she meant.) So I said, "Do you mean the Abrahamic god? The Bible god?" And she looked like, "Uh…huh..well yeah." And I said, "Well, I ask because I'm a polytheist and believe in many gods." She just was like, "…" Then she launched into her Ba'hai story. Yup. Like fundies only covered in sugar and uber nice. Still, whatev…it each their own.

]]> By: Anglo-Stu http://aheathensday.com/2009/08/going-in-the-right-direction-without-the-lord.html/comment-page-1#comment-1096 Anglo-Stu Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:17:00 +0000 http://uncajoe.org/domains/aheathensday.com/?p=1010#comment-1096 Another great post Hrafnkell.<br /><br />I like the way your earthy, pagan common sense whitewashes the 'importance' of what these bozos' spew.<br /><br />May your fingertips continue to dance over your keyboard to uncover their mis-guided beliefs. Another great post Hrafnkell.

I like the way your earthy, pagan common sense whitewashes the 'importance' of what these bozos' spew.

May your fingertips continue to dance over your keyboard to uncover their mis-guided beliefs.

]]> By: Hrafnkell Haraldsson http://aheathensday.com/2009/08/going-in-the-right-direction-without-the-lord.html/comment-page-1#comment-1102 Hrafnkell Haraldsson Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:49:32 +0000 http://uncajoe.org/domains/aheathensday.com/?p=1010#comment-1102 Ulfrun, that's a rather vague objective but one that's in the best Viking spirit! But I don't know if I'd go a-viking in NE Indiana :) Ulfrun, that's a rather vague objective but one that's in the best Viking spirit! But I don't know if I'd go a-viking in NE Indiana :)

]]> By: Ulfrun http://aheathensday.com/2009/08/going-in-the-right-direction-without-the-lord.html/comment-page-1#comment-1086 Ulfrun Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:37:23 +0000 http://uncajoe.org/domains/aheathensday.com/?p=1010#comment-1086 Good point Gran. there's a billboard aout near my home. It'a a plain black background with bold white letters that proclaim "Prepare to meet thy God!" My reaction to it is always, "Which one?"<br /><br />And Hraf, I'm actually out in your neck of the woods right now. I and several friends left Michigan Saturday morning with the intention of going somewhere we'd never been and doing something we'd never done. Good point Gran. there's a billboard aout near my home. It'a a plain black background with bold white letters that proclaim "Prepare to meet thy God!" My reaction to it is always, "Which one?"

And Hraf, I'm actually out in your neck of the woods right now. I and several friends left Michigan Saturday morning with the intention of going somewhere we'd never been and doing something we'd never done.

]]> By: Hrafnkell Haraldsson http://aheathensday.com/2009/08/going-in-the-right-direction-without-the-lord.html/comment-page-1#comment-1087 Hrafnkell Haraldsson Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:57:01 +0000 http://uncajoe.org/domains/aheathensday.com/?p=1010#comment-1087 I like that, Gran. These yokels don't realize that Freyr and Freya mean "Lord" and "Lady" so perhaps when I hear that I should start asking them, "Oh, you worship Freyr too?? Way to go Tony!" I like that, Gran. These yokels don't realize that Freyr and Freya mean "Lord" and "Lady" so perhaps when I hear that I should start asking them, "Oh, you worship Freyr too?? Way to go Tony!"

]]> By: Granamyr/Danielle http://aheathensday.com/2009/08/going-in-the-right-direction-without-the-lord.html/comment-page-1#comment-1090 Granamyr/Danielle Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:02:09 +0000 http://uncajoe.org/domains/aheathensday.com/?p=1010#comment-1090 What I say when someone asks me about "the lord" is: "I'm sorry, could you clarify what lord you're speaking of?" Even though I know what they mean, I think it's important that we ask them to name the deity when talking to us rather than assuming we're all some brand of Abrahamic. It helps us by helping them to come to the realization that it's *rude* to assume we're all Christians and that "lord" and "god" are not words owned by the Abrahamic religion. What I say when someone asks me about "the lord" is: "I'm sorry, could you clarify what lord you're speaking of?" Even though I know what they mean, I think it's important that we ask them to name the deity when talking to us rather than assuming we're all some brand of Abrahamic. It helps us by helping them to come to the realization that it's *rude* to assume we're all Christians and that "lord" and "god" are not words owned by the Abrahamic religion.

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