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What do atheists think of pagans and wiccans
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What do atheists think of pagans and wiccans
September 10, 2022 at 1:57 pm
And what do you think would happen if someone tried to hex you by doing one of those rituals?
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RE: What do atheists think of pagans and wiccans
September 10, 2022 at 2:09 pm (This post was last modified: September 10, 2022 at 2:11 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
What do atheists think of wiccans and pagans? Different things. What if someone tried to hex me? I 'd think it was one of the most adorable things an asshole might do....but wiccans and pagans don't do their rituals to hex people...so...? There's a difference between ceremonial or ritual magic and sympathetic or hedge magic.
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RE: What do atheists think of pagans and wiccans
September 10, 2022 at 2:20 pm
(September 10, 2022 at 1:57 pm)Woah0 Wrote: And what do you think would happen if someone tried to hex you by doing one of those rituals?

That he/she is a gullible fool?
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RE: What do atheists think of pagans and wiccans
September 10, 2022 at 2:23 pm
Just another flavor of woo......
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RE: What do atheists think of pagans and wiccans
September 10, 2022 at 2:30 pm
(September 10, 2022 at 2:23 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: Just another flavor of woo......

But without the political power. As such, they are mostly harmless and I don't concern myself about them in the least.

The OP will be relevant when pagans and wiccans are 70% of the population and many of them actively try to influence laws so that the rest of us have to live our lives in accordance with their beliefs.
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RE: What do atheists think of pagans and wiccans
September 10, 2022 at 2:36 pm
I'd think it was cute that anyone tried to hex me, just as I think it's adorable that others think their prayers can affect you.

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RE: What do atheists think of pagans and wiccans
September 10, 2022 at 2:45 pm
I consider pagans and wiccans the same as any other religion... irrelevent
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RE: What do atheists think of pagans and wiccans
September 10, 2022 at 2:57 pm (This post was last modified: September 10, 2022 at 3:05 pm by Angrboda.)
My neighbor, besides being a friend is also a Wiccan. One day, upon observing her wave her hand up and down in front of her door, she caught my puzzled expression and explained that she was casting a ward on her door. I likewise explained that I initially thought that for some reason she was painting the door.
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RE: What do atheists think of pagans and wiccans
September 10, 2022 at 3:06 pm
(September 10, 2022 at 1:57 pm)Woah0 Wrote: And what do you think would happen if someone tried to hex you by doing one of those rituals?

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RE: What do atheists think of pagans and wiccans
September 10, 2022 at 3:17 pm
(September 10, 2022 at 1:57 pm)Woah0 Wrote: And what do you think would happen if someone tried to hex you by doing one of those rituals?

I don't like hex... I would rather work in binary Smile
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