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From: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: Discussion: talk.religion.pagan
Keywords: to pagan or not to pagan
Message-ID: <1600@crdos1.crd.ge.COM>
Date: 13 Nov 89 20:01:05 GMT
References: <127627@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> <20704@ut-emx.UUCP> <1989Nov10.064622.29499@agate.berkeley.edu>
Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen)
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In article <1989Nov10.064622.29499@agate.berkeley.edu>, gsmith@garnet.berkeley.edu (Gene W. Smith) writes:

|    This whole proposal is idiotic anyway, since talk.religion.newage
|  already exists.

  I believe the difference between newage and pagan has been explained
several times. Perhaps the articles are still on your system. They are
not the same. Paganism would be oldage is anything, since most
polytheistic religions are pre Christian.
-- 
bill davidsen	(davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen)
"The world is filled with fools. They blindly follow their so-called
'reason' in the face of the church and common sense. Any fool can see
that the world is flat!" - anon