[Vision2020] The Persecution of Quakers: Shame On Our PuritanForefathers

[Chasuk]

On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 23:01, deb <debismith at moscow.com> wrote:

> Surprise! For me, Witches are Real!

I'm going to ask you a question, Debi.  I can't help myself; I've
always been curious.  It is intended respectfully, so I hope it comes
across that way.

First, an instant of preamble:  I believe that all religions are human
inventions.  Preamble finished.

Why choose a religion invented so recently that its origins can't even
be cloaked by antiquity?  I often wonder this about Mormonism as well,
invented by Joseph Smith.  The overlap isn't that great: Gerald
Gardner died only about 7 years before Brigham Young (Smith's
successor) was born.

I mean, if you aren't going to choose a faith hoary with age (which
enrobes it in at least a little bit of plausibility), why not be a
humanist, or some flavor of skeptic, or even invent your own?

for example, I'm a confirmed non-theist, but I've always found
Hinduism attractive mythologically.  It is so joyously carnal and
colorful.  If I was going to pick a mythology, that would be my
choice.  Krisha and Ganesha and Hanuman rock.  The Mahabharata is an
amazing document.

So why Wicca?

Chas