Chuck
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Like it was it's just there out in the open, basically. And that made me wonder about the whole thing.
Like it was it's just there out in the open, basically. And that made me wonder about the whole thing.
Yeah. Pretty cool. Yeah. So they were basically stamping with one foot, giving back rubs with their hands. Stamp, stamp, rub, rub. That's what the Christians did to basically win the PR war of the religions and take over, essentially. Yeah.
Yeah. Pretty cool. Yeah. So they were basically stamping with one foot, giving back rubs with their hands. Stamp, stamp, rub, rub. That's what the Christians did to basically win the PR war of the religions and take over, essentially. Yeah.
Yeah. Pretty cool. Yeah. So they were basically stamping with one foot, giving back rubs with their hands. Stamp, stamp, rub, rub. That's what the Christians did to basically win the PR war of the religions and take over, essentially. Yeah.
So, yeah, the Enlightenment was like in a couple of strange ways. It was really fertile ground for like an interest in paganism to come along. For one, the Enlightenment thinkers just essentially as a first step just rejected Christianity and monotheism in particular. And they also were like, I really like the philosophy of these ancient Greeks and ancient Romans. They were polytheistic.
So, yeah, the Enlightenment was like in a couple of strange ways. It was really fertile ground for like an interest in paganism to come along. For one, the Enlightenment thinkers just essentially as a first step just rejected Christianity and monotheism in particular. And they also were like, I really like the philosophy of these ancient Greeks and ancient Romans. They were polytheistic.
So, yeah, the Enlightenment was like in a couple of strange ways. It was really fertile ground for like an interest in paganism to come along. For one, the Enlightenment thinkers just essentially as a first step just rejected Christianity and monotheism in particular. And they also were like, I really like the philosophy of these ancient Greeks and ancient Romans. They were polytheistic.
Maybe I could be too. So it kind of aroused like an intellectual interest in that. But it also it created an interest in paganism in a different way, too, because the Enlightenment created such rational thinking that some people were kind of repelled by it. And they're like, I'm going to go seek answers and purpose in nature instead.
Maybe I could be too. So it kind of aroused like an intellectual interest in that. But it also it created an interest in paganism in a different way, too, because the Enlightenment created such rational thinking that some people were kind of repelled by it. And they're like, I'm going to go seek answers and purpose in nature instead.
Maybe I could be too. So it kind of aroused like an intellectual interest in that. But it also it created an interest in paganism in a different way, too, because the Enlightenment created such rational thinking that some people were kind of repelled by it. And they're like, I'm going to go seek answers and purpose in nature instead.
And that probably more than anything is how the Enlightenment led to an interest in paganism.
And that probably more than anything is how the Enlightenment led to an interest in paganism.
And that probably more than anything is how the Enlightenment led to an interest in paganism.
Yeah. You've never wanted to take your clothes off in the woods? Read some Keats. Right.
Yeah. You've never wanted to take your clothes off in the woods? Read some Keats. Right.
Yeah. You've never wanted to take your clothes off in the woods? Read some Keats. Right.
Yeah, no, I get that. There's mosquitoes and beetles and those worms that crawl up your pee hole.
Yeah, no, I get that. There's mosquitoes and beetles and those worms that crawl up your pee hole.
Yeah, no, I get that. There's mosquitoes and beetles and those worms that crawl up your pee hole.