Anybody know much about them? Wiccans claim they have alot of the same beliefs :rolleyes: but I've read about Wicca, and it's basically a sucker religion like christianity, only, they believe they can cast spells lol. Druids didn't believe in sin, and believed when you killed someone, their soul became your trophie. Wiccans are pussies, and believe the exact opposite, like I said, "wicca" seems to me like christianity with spells. Saying they're anything like druids is a joke. Not that I'm interested in all paganism, because 90% of it, has to do with fairies and elves (wich is no more absurd than most religions, but thats why I dont care about them either). Druids, seem to have most of the same beliefs as me, as far as there being no good and bad, because we're all part of a perfect machine thats going in whatever direction "god" wants it to (if he exists).

So anybody know any more about them than I already do?

Most of what you claim to know is incorrect.

Correcting your ignorance would be a task of such magnitude that I am unwilling to take it on.

From what I know it is a pagan religion, attributing natural occurances to things like gods and spirits. The only redeeming thing I see about them is they have a respect for nature, but they seem to fall into believing into hokey ideas like gods, magic and spirits and what not.

paganism is pretty cool and very interesting. The power struggle between the pagans and early Chistians I think is one of the most exciting and interesting conflicts in history. Got into it from Bernard Cornwell's Arthur Series (very good).

Resto Druids are the best.

If you can get full merc gear with 1300~ healing you can get a team easily to 2k+.

But srsly....

Yes, "srsly". . . .

Wicca is NOTHING like Christianity.
1. Xians have a central authority: Rome for Catholics and so forth. Wicca is decentralized, with thirteen members to a coven and a High Priest or Priestess "in charge." Many Wiccans are solitaries--no coven.
2. Xians tend to be sexually repressed--witness the rabid homo[phobia amongst fundies. Wiccans enjoy dancing aorund bonfires naked--lots of fun as long as you don't get too close.
3. Xians--with some recent exceptions--have zero respect for nature, seeing it as thiers to rape and pillage as they please. Wiccans have a deep and abiding respect for nature.
4. Xians are patriarchal; Wiccans, matriarchal.
5. Xians invented Satan and hell; Wiccans have no comparable myths.

Yes, "srsly". . . .

Wicca is NOTHING like Christianity.
1. Xians have a central authority: Rome for Catholics and so forth. Wicca is decentralized, with thirteen members to a coven and a High Priest or Priestess "in charge." Many Wiccans are solitaries--no coven.
2. Xians tend to be sexually repressed--witness the rabid homo[phobia amongst fundies. Wiccans enjoy dancing aorund bonfires naked--lots of fun as long as you don't get too close.
3. Xians--with some recent exceptions--have zero respect for nature, seeing it as thiers to rape and pillage as they please. Wiccans have a deep and abiding respect for nature.
4. Xians are patriarchal; Wiccans, matriarchal.
5. Xians invented Satan and hell; Wiccans have no comparable myths.

is it really that hard to spell out "Christians"?

and Christians didn't invent Satan and hell. It's not like the ideas of demons and a positive and negative afterlife are new.

and Christians didn't invent Satan and hell. It's not like the ideas of demons and a positive and negative afterlife are new.

I googled "Satan, origin," got 1,820,000 results. Obviously, I didn't take time to check them all--however, all the ones I did check credited the Xians.

Resto Druids are the best.

If you can get full merc gear with 1300~ healing you can get a team easily to 2k+.

But srsly....

YOU STOLE MY SENTENCE!

Resto druids are OP

I googled "Satan, origin," got 1,820,000 results. Obviously, I didn't take time to check them all--however, all the ones I did check credited the Xians.

The Jews had the concept of Satan before Christianity was even thought of.

However, Christianity did place much more emphasis on it, especially in the Middle Ages, when the religion turned into a form of social control.

The Jews had the concept of Satan before Christianity was even thought of.

However, Christianity did place much more emphasis on it, especially in the Middle Ages, when the religion turned into a form of social control.

jews do not believe in hell or "the devil"

jews do not believe in hell or "the devil"

its on wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satan#In_Judaism

wikipedia does not lie.

wikipedia does not lie.

Cool, so Sadhu's really have been chillum smoking potheads for thousands of years.

Neat!

Cool, so Sadhu's really have been chillum smoking potheads for thousands of years.

Neat!

see that part of my quote was a joke. Sorry, forgot to put in :rollseyes:

Yeah. I know. Isn't it great?

umm.... i was raised a jew and belive me when i tell you we are brought up without the concept of going to hell for our sins. thats a Christian concept

true satan is a big part of the old testament but he's just there to test humanity mainly, not to take our souls

Druids control bears, xians control doves.

Druids win.

wtf at my double post. I blame my internetz.

Anybody know much about them?

Well that depends on exactly what you mean by "much". But seeing as they didn't write anything down, we have no record of their oral tradition and there's no link between neo-Druidism and the original Iron Age lot, then I'd say the answer is essentially "no".

Wow, its SotB.

How's that list of priorities going? Responded to that drug-legalization thread, yet?

Wow, its SotB.

What, no fireworks? And where are the dancing hippo's?

That aside, at least drugs don't appear to have rotted your long term memory, or maybe you've focused hard on that one event to the exclusion of everything else. Either way I'm not resurrecting that thread from the crypt (can't even remember the thread name, let alone the forum).

I'm not resurrecting that thread from the crypt

Not surprising, seeing as you never attempted a final response while it was active.

at least drugs don't appear to have rotted your long term memory ... I can't even remember the thread name, let alone the forum.

In appears 'illegal drug use' is not a prerequisite for brain-rot.

Maybe you should lay off the booze for a bit? Or maybe thats just age, slowly wrapping its scraggy, bone-like fingers around your life-force.

Not surprising, seeing as you never attempted a final response while it was active.

Arguing with a stoner about drug prohibition is like trying to convince a member of the Taliban, that maybe actively homosexual Anglican clergymen aren't such a bad idea after all.

I admit, it took me a while to realize this.

In appears 'illegal drug use' is not a prerequisite for brain-rot.

Maybe you should lay off the booze for a bit?

That's true, however my brain has never been any good at storing junk information, irrespective of whether or not it's operating under the influence of the entire contents of a $12 dollar bottle of vodka at the time.

Or maybe thats just age, slowly wrapping its scraggy, bone-like fingers around your life-force.

How old exactly do you think I am, eighty?

How old exactly do you think I am, eighty?

Haha, no, just older then me.

well, if you do become a druid, please don't kill me and take my soul as a trophy. thanks in advance.

the original Iron Age lot
Damn, that makes them sound so badass. I hope we do know something about them because I want to learn now. :(