Handfasting

[razeontherock]

This thread has some funny lines, but the best part is Jane's new sig

 

[Eudaimonist]

Christianity is taken seriously as a religion. Dungeons and Dragons isn't.

Dungeons and Dragons isn't a religion. It isn't even remotely like a religion, and doesn't pretend to be a religion.

Pagans here on this site freely admit that they just choose which ever pantheon and set of rules happens to appeal to them. Therefore they make the religion and acknowledge that they make it up.

That's not what I've seen pagans here say. I've heard quite different reports over the years. First, one pagan explicitly said that whatever pantheon one is associated with, it's all the same divinity anyway. Only a small number of pagans believe in hard polytheism. Most opt for soft polytheism instead. Even the hard polytheists might insist that the many pantheons are really one pantheon expressing itself to different people with different mythologies.

None of the pagans I've seen here have said that they simply make it all up, and many have explained some experience where their god contacted them.

can i choose the pantheon of Gods from dungeons and dragons?


I think i'll be a level 12 cleric of tyr.

I hope you realize that they could have included Hebrew/Christian/Muslim mythology in those Deities and Demigods books. Then you could have had a cleric of Yawheh.

In any case, Tyr is a deity in the Nordic religion, and was believed in as firmly as Jesus Christ is today.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyr


eudaimonia,

Mark

 

[razeontherock]

Why does Tyr stab his hip?

 

[Montalban]

Why does Tyr stab his hip?

because it's there

 

[Eudaimonist]

Why does Tyr stab his hip?

My guess is subtle (or perhaps not so subtle) phallic symbolism.


eudaimonia,

Mark

 

[Jane_the_Bane]

My guess is subtle (or perhaps not so subtle) phallic symbolism.

Good point!

It reminds me of the way nobody ever quite realized that He-Man's sword even featured BALLS until many years later...

 

[Montalban]

I think you'll find it's called a hilt's guard unless you think he has four of them. Five if you count the pommel

 

[Jane_the_Bane]

I think you'll find it's called a hilt's guard unless you think he has four of them. Five if you count the pommel

He's He-Man, so I wouldn't put it past him. And that's one hell of an ineffective hilt guard.

 

[Montalban]

He's He-Man, so I wouldn't put it past him. And that's one hell of an ineffective hilt guard.

The only thing I know about He-man is that Robert Duncan Mcneill (he played Tom Paris, in Star Trek:Voyager) was in the film.*



*-he also had a one-off part in Star Trek: Next Gen

 

[awitch]

The only thing I know about He-man is that Robert Duncan Mcneill (he played Tom Paris, in Star Trek:Voyager) was in the film.

You're not missing anything.

 

[Montalban]

You're not missing anything.

I like Flash Gordon, especially the title track by Queen.

"Flash, I love you but we've only got 4 minutes to save the earth"

 

[JesiJones]

*nods*, what do you want to know?

Is it recognised as legal where you are?

In a matter of speaking, yes. Pagan clergy isn't recognized by the state I live in but all the county clerk cares about is the paper work so you can have that parallel the ceremony and never have it be an issue.

The kicker is that while Pagan clergy is not recognized in and of it self- any institutionalized religious body is.

Generally you have three options as a Pagan here.

• Legality by county clerk
• Unitarian Universalist Clergy
• Universal Life Church

ULC is an institution institutionalized to be an alternative to institutionalism

The only thing I know about He-man is that Robert Duncan Mcneill (he played Tom Paris, in Star Trek:Voyager) was in the film.

I liked Voyager despite nit-picks here and there.

There's a new He-Man movie?

 

[awitch]

In a matter of speaking, yes. Pagan clergy isn't recognized by the state I live in.

Interesting. I found out in NJ, "every minister of every religion" is allowed to solemnize a wedding or civil union. But it's a misdemeanor to solemnize a wedding without authorization and it's a misdemeanor to solemnize a wedding (with or without authorization) if there is no marriage license. (Title 37).

I liked Voyager despite nit-picks here and there.

Star Trek was OK, but I couldn't get into it. Not enough Jedi.

There's a new He-Man movie?

CG Orko?

 

[razeontherock]

He's He-Man, so I wouldn't put it past him.

Leave it to Jane

 

[Eudaimonist]

CG Orko?

It's about time that they included that. "Gildor" in the first He-Man film was a let-down. But that was before cheap CGI.


eudaimonia,

Mark

 

[sidhe]

That's not what I've seen pagans here say. I've heard quite different reports over the years. First, one pagan explicitly said that whatever pantheon one is associated with, it's all the same divinity anyway. Only a small number of pagans believe in hard polytheism. Most opt for soft polytheism instead. Even the hard polytheists might insist that the many pantheons are really one pantheon expressing itself to different people with different mythologies.

None of the pagans I've seen here have said that they simply make it all up, and many have explained some experience where their god contacted them.

I've a feeling he's referring to me and my signature. Though interpreting what I say as "just make it up as you go" would be a horrible missing-of-the-point.

Anyway, on topic: Handfasting is legally binding if performed by recognized clergy. The issue, of course, is that there are few pagan organizations with legally recognized clergy. Thus, in my experience, a lot of pagans go by the courthouse for a quick session with the justice-of-the-peace and a purely civil ceremony, and then have a big public celebration for the handfasting. But, of course, as handfasting isn't a universal tradition, that's not even necessary. Some folks go by the justice of the peace for the legal bit and that's the end-of-story.

 

[Montalban]

I've a feeling he's referring to me and my signature. Though interpreting what I say as "just make it up as you go" would be a horrible missing-of-the-point.

I didn't even recall you. Sorry.

 

[Montalban]

I liked Voyager despite nit-picks here and there.

I thought it was their most 'dark' series.

There's a new He-Man movie?

No. It's an older film.

Masters of the Universe was done in 1987

Robert Duncan McNeill is 47!

 

[Jane_the_Bane]

Robert Duncan McNeill is 47!

Goodness gracious, he looks so OLD!

 

[Montalban]

Goodness gracious, he looks so OLD!

I had the same reaction when I firse saw Robert Redford in Sneakers.