Chuck
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I thought so, too. I like bumpkin because it's like it's an insult, but it's just so round and happy that it's hard to be angered by it if somebody calls you a bumpkin.
I thought so, too. I like bumpkin because it's like it's an insult, but it's just so round and happy that it's hard to be angered by it if somebody calls you a bumpkin.
Right. They don't care what you think of them.
Right. They don't care what you think of them.
Right. They don't care what you think of them.
Yeah, and we'll talk about where it came from, but there's a lot of, well, just incorrect facts on the internet that basically says this tradition has continued uninterrupted in secret. It had to be driven into secret by the rise of Christianity, and that just does not seem to be true.
Yeah, and we'll talk about where it came from, but there's a lot of, well, just incorrect facts on the internet that basically says this tradition has continued uninterrupted in secret. It had to be driven into secret by the rise of Christianity, and that just does not seem to be true.
Yeah, and we'll talk about where it came from, but there's a lot of, well, just incorrect facts on the internet that basically says this tradition has continued uninterrupted in secret. It had to be driven into secret by the rise of Christianity, and that just does not seem to be true.
Yeah, a good example of this is real quick is there's no absolute good and evil. That's one of those Abrahamic religious ideas. And paganism does not believe in that. So, for example, if you are crossing a raging river, that river might kill you and drown you. But it's not like the river is evil and wants to do that. It just can't happen. So there's a risk, but it can also be a neutral thing.
Yeah, a good example of this is real quick is there's no absolute good and evil. That's one of those Abrahamic religious ideas. And paganism does not believe in that. So, for example, if you are crossing a raging river, that river might kill you and drown you. But it's not like the river is evil and wants to do that. It just can't happen. So there's a risk, but it can also be a neutral thing.
Yeah, a good example of this is real quick is there's no absolute good and evil. That's one of those Abrahamic religious ideas. And paganism does not believe in that. So, for example, if you are crossing a raging river, that river might kill you and drown you. But it's not like the river is evil and wants to do that. It just can't happen. So there's a risk, but it can also be a neutral thing.
You can increase your chances of successfully crossing that river by maybe praying to it, the spirit or the god of that river, or maybe offering a sacrifice. But it's not – there's no evil rivers in any of the pagan religions.
You can increase your chances of successfully crossing that river by maybe praying to it, the spirit or the god of that river, or maybe offering a sacrifice. But it's not – there's no evil rivers in any of the pagan religions.
You can increase your chances of successfully crossing that river by maybe praying to it, the spirit or the god of that river, or maybe offering a sacrifice. But it's not – there's no evil rivers in any of the pagan religions.
Yeah, I guess maybe, but I think even then it's not necessarily absolutely evil.
Yeah, I guess maybe, but I think even then it's not necessarily absolutely evil.
Yeah, I guess maybe, but I think even then it's not necessarily absolutely evil.
Yeah, I think the singing and dancing is subsequent to taking the drugs.
Yeah, I think the singing and dancing is subsequent to taking the drugs.
Yeah, I think the singing and dancing is subsequent to taking the drugs.