The Jesus Mysteries by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy © 1999. Harmony Books, NY

Chapter 2: The Pagan Mysteries

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I was reading a blog [not a Christian blog] and the bloger asked for ideas of Easter traditions.

She gets this comment. This is some creepy ass shit. "Here kid, beat these walnuts with a rolling pin and imagine you can feel Jesus's bones breaking as the soldiers beat him."

( ew )

Happy Birthday, Jesus
Rob BreszneyFundamentalist Christians send me hate mail. Religious zealots in ten cities have banned one of my books. Along with meditation, yoga, and sex for fun, the Vatican has declared astrology, one of my occupations, to be dangerous to your spiritual health ( Read more... )

My BIL is entering a Lutheran seminary next month, so this amused me...

( you know you're a Lutheran when... )

Saint ValentineSaint Valentine or Saint Valentinus refers to one of at least three martyred saints of ancient Rome. The feast of Saint Valentine was formerly celebrated on February 14 by the Roman Catholic Church until the revised calendar 1969 ( Read more... )

http://scrapbookersbubblebath.com/

*shudders*I don't know why -- hey to each his own. And I like Bible verses, especially Psalms ( Read more... )

An interesting article I got on a mailing list.

The Understanding and Practice of Christian MysticismMysticism is the philosophy and practice of a direct experience of God. In the Christian context it is usually practiced through pursuit of the three disciplines of contemplative prayer (including meditation), fasting (including other forms of ( Read more... )

Some Pat Robertson quotes...

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Article VI, Section 3 of the Constitution: "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States."

"When I said during my presidential bid that I would only bring Christians and Jews ( Read more... )

God Punishing GIs Over Gays
By BETH RUCKER, Associated Press Writer
Sun Aug 28,10:16 AM ET

SMYRNA, Tenn. - Members of a church say God is punishing American soldiers for defending a country that harbors gays, and they brought their anti-gay message to the funerals Saturday of two Tennessee soldiers killed in Iraq.

( disgusting )

And we, the Pagans, are supposed to be the crazy ones involved in human sacrifice.

I don't think so!

( text of article here )