tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post6917002657148439268..comments2023-12-25T01:26:27.096-07:00Comments on Radical Goddess Thealogy: SHEEP, CATS, CHRISTIANS & PagansAthanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02037246663178726395noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-81846689615254268872008-10-29T16:40:00.001-06:002008-10-29T16:40:00.001-06:00ACtually, you're right, souris, that some didn't w...ACtually, you're right, souris, that some didn't want to drink. The article I quote in the post says that these people were escorted by guards to "the dying place." Also, some escaped into the jungle.Athanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037246663178726395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-33565105966157187422008-10-29T16:40:00.000-06:002008-10-29T16:40:00.000-06:00ACtually, you're right, souris, that some didn't w...ACtually, you're right, souris, that some didn't want to drink. The article I quote in the post says that these people were escorted by guards to "the dying place." Also, some escaped into the jungle.Athanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037246663178726395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-19580026787893152512008-10-29T15:38:00.000-06:002008-10-29T15:38:00.000-06:00I had always heard that a lot of people *didn't* w...I had always heard that a lot of people *didn't* want to drink, but that he had them surrounded with armed guards?Souris Optiquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04560601043872845480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-83355181941024174342008-10-27T05:37:00.000-06:002008-10-27T05:37:00.000-06:00brian, one thing that gives me some hope re: Pagan...brian, one thing that gives me some hope re: Pagans, here, is that old adage about Pagans and cats. You know the one: "leading Pagans is like herding cats"?Athanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037246663178726395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-5462522964273991202008-10-27T05:27:00.000-06:002008-10-27T05:27:00.000-06:00I totally agree, brian. All of us in the "develop...I totally agree, brian. All of us in the "developed" countries are living in cultures based primarily on authoritarianism stemming directly from our state religions. I suspect that's one of the main reasons we're *able* to live in large "developed" nations run mostly from the top down: our religions condition us to need and accept top-down authority. <BR/><BR/>I'm thinking I'm going to put Athanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037246663178726395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-28392074432807757472008-10-26T03:38:00.000-06:002008-10-26T03:38:00.000-06:00Thanks for the link - fascinating reading. I thin...Thanks for the link - fascinating reading. I think that what is in operation here is the messaianic dream that we have inherited from the desert religions. It is an extension of the desire to surrender authority to some paternal figure who will rescue us from the monsters in the dark of our own deep psyches. Jim Jones filled that space, as did Hitler, Stalin, David Koresh, Charles Manson and Idrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06799921912795975330noreply@blogger.com