Donate to Remove ads

Got a credit card? use our Credit Card & Finance Calculators

Thanks to johnstevens77,Bhoddhisatva,scotia,Anonymous,Cornytiv34, for Donating to support the site

Pagans demand return of church buildings

Religion and Philosophy
Forum rules
we are introducing this on a trial basis and that respect for other's views is important e.g. phrases like "your imaginary friend" or "you will go to hell" are not appropriate
GJHarney
Lemon Slice
Posts: 452
Joined: November 26th, 2016, 11:06 am
Been thanked: 23 times

Pagans demand return of church buildings

#77362

Postby GJHarney » August 27th, 2017, 11:16 am

Pagans demand return of church buildings 'stolen' 1,300 years ago - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/27/pagans-demand-return-church-buildings-stolen-1300-years-ago/

Nice bit of self-publicity by the Odinists, although the historian at the end of the article is correct to state that the British latecomer pagans in the form of Vikings and Saxons themselves 'stole' Romano-British Christian sites. A more interesting argument would have been from the original Cletic-British pagans (Druids etc.) if any still existed (I don't count the reinvented ones who go to Stonehenge twice a year) or the pre-Christian Romano-British with their strong affinities to gods like Mithras (very popular in the army).

At least the Christians never managed to take over the sacred temples to Silenus, Dionysus, Sucellus, Aegir etc. so no compensation is due. In fact I think I might go to one later for a traditional bit of Sunday worship over a pint or two :)

stewamax
Lemon Quarter
Posts: 2417
Joined: November 7th, 2016, 2:40 pm
Has thanked: 83 times
Been thanked: 781 times

Re: Pagans demand return of church buildings

#78578

Postby stewamax » September 2nd, 2017, 10:32 am

They will have to take their place in the queue: the C of E will need to hand their property back to the Church of Rome first.
Then perhaps we divide the country into areas worshipped by the different tribes - or their kings. Quite what we allocate to areas that were pantheistic pagan rather than panentheistic pagan i don't know: the church glebe fields perhaps but not the church itself?


Return to “The Meaning of Life”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 5 guests