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13 years ago @ The Wild Hunt - The Attack on a Native... · 0 replies · +1 points

Never again will I share a personal opinion about a guy holding a feather.

13 years ago @ The Wild Hunt - The Attack on a Native... · 1 reply · +4 points

Please let me clarify. There are different kinds of authority. I meant the kind that one can feel. I just wasn't feeling it in this guy. That's all I meant.

Sorry if I offended.

13 years ago @ The Wild Hunt - The Attack on a Native... · 1 reply · +9 points

I'm not allowed to have an opinion after 25 years of my own experience with God and teachers of varied traditions? Okay, I'll stop cause you said so.

Hint: You, Zaratha, and people like you are the problem. Indigenous people can be mired in ego like anyone else.

13 years ago @ The Wild Hunt - The Attack on a Native... · 7 replies · +5 points

I'll give the organizers of this rally an 'A' for effort, but...

By no means an authority on this matter, I routinely sweat with a local tribe at their addiction center. I understand the meme that this guy represents, and that stereotypical "Native American" fashion of prayer delivery. Conversely, I've suffered under the likes of angry minority professors who treated their cultural awareness classes as a sort of dungeon for white guys.

Something about this guy made me doubt the depth of his spiritual authority. With the president in attendance, was no REAL medicine man available?

13 years ago @ The Wild Hunt - Going For the "Occult"... · 0 replies · +4 points

Potting soil! He's probably an 'orchid person,' and we know how weird and fanatical they are. He should be behind bars. They're almost as bad as bird people.

13 years ago @ The Wild Hunt - The Cross is (Still) S... · 0 replies · +11 points

Cool. That cross should be on e-bay soon. Add a couple wheels and you've got a great boat trailer.

13 years ago @ The Wild Hunt - Quick Notes: Murph Piz... · 1 reply · +1 points

The article says, "...Some people become politically or socially active, like SuSu does with Coldwater Spring, or some people MYA just keep it in their back yard."

I cannot help but wondering if the use of MAYA here was a typo or Freudian slip, as in, "some people are socially active, while others indulge in illusion in their backyards."

13 years ago @ The Wild Hunt - Counter-Point: Christi... · 0 replies · +2 points

I've struggled with that.

Honestly, I think one has to teach kids to occasionally have faith in improbable things. Life as a grown up comes at you fast, and can seem pretty hopeless at times.

Ambivalence and cynicism come far too easy in Postmodern culture. Research shows that happy people are actually delusional in a positive direction - - and that this skill is learned. The last time I pondered whether or not my 4 year old was too sophisticated for 'belief' I looked over to find him talking to a stuffed duck, for Christ sake.

13 years ago @ The Wild Hunt - Counter-Point: Christi... · 0 replies · +4 points

I agree. People have been bitching about Christmas starting after Halloween for a long time.

Why should I care if people are making money and having fun? Heck, I'm a business owner myself. I'm pretty burnt out on worrying about my carbon footprint. As it is I'm vegetarian and limited myself to two kids. Can't I just enjoy my kids and the pretty lights?

13 years ago @ The Wild Hunt - Counter-Point: Christi... · 2 replies · +11 points

This article reminds me of a joke I once heard - Q: How many vegan feminists does it take to screw in a light bulb? A: That's not funny.

The criticism of American culture is a valid one. However, if the question is why do I, as a pagan, have a tree? Why did I watch Polar Express last night with my 2 and 4 year-old? Why does my son believe in elves and hope that Santa brings him a Transformer and an Iron Man mask?

Um... 'cause if you have kids it's fun.

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