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 Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 7:48 pm Post subject: Pagan Prayer in the Classroom |
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Pagan Prayer in the Classroom.
Now that we have this new law that gives us local
Clergy the right to come and ask for prayer, I'd like
to tell you how we feel about it by telling you a
little story.
*BY John Hintergerger, /The Seattle Times/, date unknown
"Ahhhhoooo!"
"Shhh! You can't howl in the Board of Education
offices."
"Now hold on! What in the name of God are you people
doing? What are you dressed up in all those old fur
vests?"
"You guessed it! We're here in the name of God. We are
the elders of the United Church of Barbarians,
Orthodox Pagans and Druids, Scientist."
"Ahhhhhhhhoooooo!"
"Pipe down, Beowulf. Beowulf sometimes gets carried
away."
"Oh, I get it. You are here to protest the school
prayer amendment issue."
"No. No. We are all for it. It's time someone put Thor
back into the classroom."
"Thor?"
"Sure, Thor. Also Woden, Frigga, and the Ancient Ones.
You see, we heard that under the terms of the
president's proposed amendment to allow school prayer,
the content of the prayers could be taken from classic
world religions or be written by local clergy. We just
want to make sure that our congregation is
represented."
"That seems reasonable, but it seems you're a rather
minor ..."
"Ahhhhhooooo!"
"Beowulf, knockin' sie off! Sir, we are a nation of
religious minorities. With 51 million members, the
Roman Catholics are the largest single denomination
(there are about a half million evangelical
Christians by comparison), but the United States
doesn't have a dominant religion."
"I see. Well, what form of prayer do you want?"
"It varies. On Monday, we'd appreciate if all of the
children could bow their heads and worship the moon."
"The Moon!"
"Well, that's what it means. Moon day, from Monan Daeg
or Montag. What did you think Monday meant? Moon Day
is kinda special to us. We like to howl a bit."
"Well, I suppose since it's only one day of the ..."
"Now Tuesday is another matter. Tuesdays we think the
children should drink mead and practice sword fights."
"Sword fights!"
"Well, perhaps it would be enough if they just had a
silent moment of bloody thoughts in honor of Tui, the
Teutonic god of war. I mean, if you're going to use
the name of our war god on your calendar, at least pay
him a little appropriate respect."
"Tui likes swords?"
"Loves 'em. Wednesday, of course is our big day. We
really go nuts on Wednesday. Woden is our chief
Teutonic god (and also Olaf the Norselanders -- he
calls him Odin) and Wodnesdaeg is our day of religious
frenzy. If you look up the root words in old German,
you'll find that wodeno means raging or insane, or
carried away by the spirit. We like to do it up right.
Lots of chanting and
howling."
"Ahhhhhhhhoooooo!"
"Shhh, Beowulf. I know it's Wednesday, but lighten up.
Thursday, the school children should make great
groaning noises for a minute or two.
It's the day of Thunder."
"But what about Jesus? And God? And the Virgin Mary?
What about them? We can't have all the kids in America
groaning every Thursday."
"God? What do you think we're talking about? As for
the other two you mentioned, they are relative
newcomers. If you don't want your kids to worship
Thor, the god of thunder, on Thursdays, stop using His
name in vain."
"I suppose you have plans for Friday as well."
"Funny you should ask. Friday is a day for making
love. Now, here's our plan ..."
"Stop! You can't impose your crazy values on the
children of the nation."
"Frigga ..."
"Don't talk to me like that!"
"Friday is Frigga's day. Frigga is the wife of Woden.
It's the day of love, of warmth, of passion. It's
always been. Even the Romans called it Veneris Dies,
Venus's day. And statistically, more Americans make
love on Friday night than on any other night of the
week. Frigg (or Frigga)is very big."
"I don't care!"
"Don't you want your children to know what Friday
means? They'll be saying it all their lives."
"I don't want them to know anything about all this
wierdo rubbish. I just want them to put God back in
the schools, where
He belongs."
"So do we. But whose god? "
"Mine. Ours!"
"Ahhhhhhoooooo!"
"Oh, go ahead, Beowulf. What the heck, it's
Wodensdaeg. Get spiritual. Go crazy."
Thank you for your time.
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Thor was also an Avenger.
So was Capt America. Ironically, The Capt. held christian American values, even though he was friends and allies with the Norse god of thunder.
I wonder what Captain America would say about all this hoopla.
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thats hilarious. wonder if i can get a pack of pagens together and give this a try. |
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Nor should we forget to pay homage to the Spaghetti Monster, who enjoys tributes of parmesan and garlic.
Bliss,
Ben
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| Mystic Power wrote: |
Nor should we forget to pay homage to the Spaghetti Monster, who enjoys tributes of parmesan and garlic.
Bliss,
Ben |
as half italian, I have to agree.
But only if the sauce is prego
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| shaudes wrote: |
thats hilarious. wonder if i can get a pack of pagens together and give this a try. |
Do it! Then let us know how it goes.  Don't forget, a photo can tell a thousand tales.
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| geting the pack together will be the had part. it's like taking a flok of sheep to a wolves den. it's hard when you live in the bible belt |
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| shaudes wrote: |
| geting the pack together will be the had part. it's like taking a flok of sheep to a wolves den. it's hard when you live in the bible belt |
I understand. I'm from a midwestern family whose favorite form of escapism is religion. I think a few of them still think Jorge is the savior.
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