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For me the gap in movies wasn't so wide - I saw him in 3 Days of the Condor, and then in Sneakers - when it came out. But that gap there was a massive transformation.
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what about LARPing dungeons and dragons. Lets be real, the neopagans aren't burning virgins in wickermen, and their stuff was made up 50 years ago for your standard variety, 150 years ago if they are the super-racist variety.
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Neither can I.
(and I've been a Neopagan over a decade and never LARPed, nor do I have any desire to).
As far as tabletop games, my friends and I played Battletech, which they made a good effort to turn into a cartoon a few years ago.
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Isn't LARPing like dressing up in costume and and pretending to fight dragons and monsters like a young child would?
Kind of like this...
Merrie Melodies - Daffy Duck Wizard - YouTube
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Yep. Whats the difference between your services, a quivering mass of skyclad 50-somethings throwing an awkward orgy in the woods, and LARPing?
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To start,
I'm only 35, I dress in modern, semi formal attire, there are no orgies, and most of the rituals are done indoors quietly in private.
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well expand! I'm a expansive mood. I have no idea what variant of neopagan you are. Do you think you have magick powers, do you pretend to historical contuinity, or are you a racialist?
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The fancy category would be a modern, westernized eclectic witch.
Modern indicates I'm not recreating any ancient tradition, which answers the third question.
Westernized distinguishes me from traditions like Santeria or tribal folk magic.
Eclectic means I don't subscribe to a particular, more dogmatic tradition like Gardnerian Wicca.
Neopagan is easier to remember and faster to type, though.
No I don't think I have magical powers. I tend to be extremely skeptical about things like ESP.
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what do you believe then? For example, as a Catholic, you can assume a rather great deal of my positions and inclinations. I don't expect such a grand framework out of you, merely a outline.
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The really short version:
Hard polytheist (multiple deities with distinct personality).
No omniscience or omnipresence.
Abiogenesis and atheistic evolution.
Afterlife: maybe, maybe not; there's not much focus on it.
Umm...not sure what else unless you have specific questions
Hard polytheist (multiple deities with distinct personality).
No omniscience or omnipresence.
Abiogenesis and atheistic evolution.
Afterlife: maybe, maybe not; there's not much focus on it.
Umm...not sure what else unless you have specific questions
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sure open a thread for it. I'm feelling rather expansive.
I'm not terribly abrasive right now but that will be different in a day or two. I'm sure you've explained your unique brand of nonsense a thousand times before, so if you just link the relevant threads that will do as well.
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The rules forbid me from starting a thread to explain my own faith. You have to ask.
I'm not worried. Show me what you got.
[quote[I'm sure you've explained your unique brand of nonsense a thousand times before, so if you just link the relevant threads that will do as well.[/quote]
I think you can find some of my "nonsense" in the the thread here. There were 2-3 other threads recently that I went into some details but I don't recall which ones. Try using the search feature and specify "awitch" as the user.
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Can you tell the difference between a Hollywood movie set where actors are acting out a wedding, and... well... a real wedding? Or is there no difference to you?
eudaimonia,
Mark
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