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=> oh great! yet ANOTHER religion....

oh great! yet ANOTHER religion....
Posted by pancho (Moderator) - Sunday, October 3 2010, 13:00:18 (UTC)
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...like we didnīt eneough people giving us headaches by their descriptions of what exists on the toher side of the universe. But this report is cute and revealing too...


October 2nd, 2010
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Britain recognizes Druidry as religion for first time, gives it charitable status
CNN's Phil Gast filed this report:

Britain recognized Druidry, an ancient belief that worships deities that take different forms in nature, as a religion for the first time and gave it charitable status on Saturday.

"There is a sufficient belief in a supreme being or entity to constitute a religion for the purposes of charity law," declared the Charity Commission for England and Wales in response to the Druid Network's application.

The decision will give the neo-pagan religion, known for its cloaked worshippers at Stonehenge (above, in 1999) and other sites, tax advantages and is expected to lead to broader acceptance


....nothing about belief systems, except nature worship, which is fine and long overdue....but the emphasis is more on the tax-advantage to be had AND how this might lead to "broader acceptance"...if thatīs true, and it well could be, we have a window into the past when human behavior was most likely pretty much what it is today. Which is that when it comes to paying taxes people will do almost anything to avoid it. Maybe this shows us how all those Christians really were converted to Islam, and pretty clever of the Arabs too who, as skilled and long-time merchants, understood the human itch to get a bargain, to save shekels...maybe thatīs why all those Christians left their "dear god": because they would save on taxes if they did.

The more things change the more the stay the same.



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