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2010-10-03 Britain

Druidry recognised as religion in Britain

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Posted by Fred 2010-10-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11125 views ] Top

#1 As long as the world is going-to-hell-in-a hand-basket, why not grease the wheels some more.

Maybe we should start a religion too.
The Rantburg Order of the Scribes or some nonsense like that.
We could all stop paying taxes and have to post here, in monks robes, all day.
why not?
every other entity is now called a religion.

Posted by Mike Hunt 2010-10-03 02:39|| 2010-10-03 02:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Eh, I really don't give a squat what someone wants to claim as their religion. It really isn't important that they choose the same as I do nor do I experience it as "invalidating" of my own religious choices. I wouldn't care if they worshiped snails. More power to them.

Posted by crosspatch 2010-10-03 02:42|| 2010-10-03 02:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Methinks Fred wannted an excuse to run the archdruid pic ;) .

Who knows - some time in the future we might see all adherents of the Mohammedan cult forcibly converted to Druidry.

Given the shambolic self-defence of the druids when challenged by the Romans, my take is that they were something akin to the Hindu sadhus. Influential and revered, and relatively good fun to be around, but one notch above a four hour old kitten in a fight.

Posted by Bulldog 2010-10-03 03:38|| 2010-10-03 03:38|| Front Page Top

#4 Except for that whole "human sacrifice" thing. Interesting, I suppose, for the eccentricity noted both by the Romans and the archaeologists, that they used three different means at the same time to insure death. Typically strangulation, concussion and throat slicing.

And yes, I can imagine Archdruid Williams doing that, to some hooker in a dark alley.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-10-03 09:30|| 2010-10-03 09:30|| Front Page Top

#5 "Except for that whole "human sacrifice" thing."

Ah, so they're just like today's Islamics, 'moose? Just used knives and rocks instead of bombs.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-10-03 10:23|| 2010-10-03 10:23|| Front Page Top

#6 ...but one notch above a four hour old kitten in a fight. Posted by: Bulldog 2010-10-03 03:38

Beautiful word play, Bulldog!!!

Posted by WolfDog 2010-10-03 11:14|| 2010-10-03 11:14|| Front Page Top

#7 Barbara Skolaut: Actually, somewhat creepier. Voluntary human sacrifice seems more peaceful on the surface than murder of captives and all, but it reduces humans to animals. If a captive is to be murdered, and they resist, they still die a human being.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-10-03 12:46|| 2010-10-03 12:46|| Front Page Top

#8 OK, so the dirt worshipers are now officially recognized. No sweatright? Just wait till someone gets charged with a hate crime for calling them pagans or the like.

Posted by DepotGuy 2010-10-03 12:58|| 2010-10-03 12:58|| Front Page Top

#9 You left out that Roman sources cite one of their sacrificial ceremonies involved the severing of the spinal cord of humans to divine from the spasms of the victime some interpretation of their dieties wishes, before they finished the victim off by slow strangulation. As for Bulldog's comments,
I offer this excellent article about the Roman Invasion of Angelesey to eradicate the Druids.

http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/ancient/anglesey/default.aspx

Posted by NoMoreBS 2010-10-03 13:30|| 2010-10-03 13:30|| Front Page Top

#10 And the Archbishop of Canterbury can step right in as both a leader of the Church of England, and the leader of the Druids.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2010-10-03 14:03|| 2010-10-03 14:03|| Front Page Top

#11 I can't fault the Brits on this one. Human sacrifice for convenience (now gov't financed) already an accepted "mainstream" practice here. What could be the harm with linking the activity with an appropriate people-group label?

Posted by Besoeker 2010-10-03 15:23|| 2010-10-03 15:23|| Front Page Top

#12 SSSOOOOOOOO IOW, NICHOLAS CAGE SHOULD NOT TRAVEL TO BRITAIN, iff He hopes to escape the sacrificial Tower + sexy slinky Babes that put 'im there.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-10-03 22:24|| 2010-10-03 22:24|| Front Page Top

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