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  1. Riverwolf

    The Merits of Oral Tradition

    But that's part of my point: changing over time is not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, it can actually be a good thing.
  2. Riverwolf

    I Still Believe in the Tooth Fairy

    My thoughts are: First: The Tooth Fairy? Oh! That's actually a modern form of the old custom of Tooth Gift. That is, a gift was given to an infant on "the cutting of the first tooth." It's connected also to the God Ing/Freyr, because he was given Alfheim (Elfhome) for his Tooth Gift, also...
  3. Riverwolf

    I'm Confused about Pagans

    It may sound like it at first, but it's actually the wrong question. "Belief" just isn't that important to many Pagans. I will also say that, even though I'm a theist, I very much have doubts about an afterlife, as well. Some other favorites of mine: Damh the Bard, Blackmore's Night, the...
  4. Riverwolf

    dinosaurs never existed. The dinosaur fossils were created by paleontologist scam artists.

    Later. Though I don't think there are any children here. There's a few teenagers, but the majority of us are adults. Though you only keep talking to us because we're the only ones bored enough to even give this thread a second glance. The basic premise is so stupid, and never once...
  5. Riverwolf

    What's the greatest thing your God ever did for you?

    Well, Thunder puts on really good shows every now and then.
  6. Riverwolf

    dinosaurs never existed. The dinosaur fossils were created by paleontologist scam artists.

    Oh, you were under the impression that we were engaged in some kind of contest? 'Cause if so, first of all, that's not how that quote goes. Second of all, even if it were, you're right. If this was a competition, you lost long before you got here. (Incidentally, this is how it should read: 15...
  7. Riverwolf

    Define God

    They are root words. But how they were used in the past isn't that subjective at all; it's based on an actual technique. Oh, it's fine to equate the two for yourself. It's just not meaningful to me. That's all.
  8. Riverwolf

    What's the greatest thing your God ever did for you?

    "My God?" Which one?
  9. Riverwolf

    Lovesong's seven deadly sins of religion.

    No they don't. https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-common-misconceptions-about-the-Amish The key part of this sentence is: "if they decide". All lifestyles, whether Amish, modernized, or hunter-gatherer, put children growing up in them at huge disadvantages if they decide to join any of the...
  10. Riverwolf

    Sources about German religion?

    One thing you can do to figure out which Tribe or Tribes you might be descended from is to look at the history of the city, the region it's in, and the regions immediately surrounding it. You can also compare a map of modern Germany to a rough map of where the old Tribes roughly were said to be...
  11. Riverwolf

    dinosaurs never existed. The dinosaur fossils were created by paleontologist scam artists.

    ...wow, so you actually tried to pass that off as a legitimate dinosaur, buried it in the ground, dug it up, and tried to pass it off to scientists as a legitimate dinosaur find, all in the space of under 24 hours? You haven't the faintest idea of what I'm asking, do you?
  12. Riverwolf

    dinosaurs never existed. The dinosaur fossils were created by paleontologist scam artists.

    No, don't do a video. ACTUALLY do it. Actually make a legit attempt at hoaxing. Try to make a real hoax, and see how long you can go without being found out.
  13. Riverwolf

    dinosaurs never existed. The dinosaur fossils were created by paleontologist scam artists.

    Then do it. In fact, go one further. Put it in the ground, and wait for it to be dug up. See how long it takes for it to be labeled as a hoax.
  14. Riverwolf

    Lovesong's seven deadly sins of religion.

    That can be a sign of a dangerous organization, but it also does depend on what "daily life" means, since it can vary wildly from culture to culture. Many of these taboos are rooted in practices that were once solutions to problems that don't exist anymore. Their presence isn't necessarily a...
  15. Riverwolf

    Lovesong's seven deadly sins of religion.

    Eh, the effect is still the same. At least in how it manifests externally to me.
  16. Riverwolf

    Lovesong's seven deadly sins of religion.

    Indeed. Not so much the free thought one, but I do know of atheists who are just as sex-negative as any puritan, and hate science if nothing else because they're still bitter about Pluto and hate feathered dinosaurs.
  17. Riverwolf

    My Defination of Relgion and Faith

    There's a lot of afterlife scenarios I'm likely to miss out on for not dying a certain way, or not following a certain deity. I miss out either way, so what's it to me? I mean, I'm a Heathen, but because I have no intention of dying in battle, I'm going to be "missing out" on both Valhalla and...
  18. Riverwolf

    My Defination of Relgion and Faith

    I dunno. Define soul, first. Then we can talk about whether it exists or not. It's what we pretty clearly observe, and there's pretty much no reason to go against what our senses can detect unless there are good arguments for doing so on a given topic.
  19. Riverwolf

    My Defination of Relgion and Faith

    Exactly what I gave: the cessation of life. ...well it's a bit more complicated than that, but for our purposes, this will suffice.
  20. Riverwolf

    My Defination of Relgion and Faith

    So... you don't believe that death exists?
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