Re: Conciliatory moves over Easter

On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, yl-ruil wrote:

>Raymond Brown wrote:
>As for "true and original" festivals, well. Wiccans celebrate both our four
>Germanic high festivals and the four Celtic fire festivals, and generally,
>we don't complain. Whatever we call it and whenever we do it, Christians,
>Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists or Pagans, we are all united in our desire
>to celebrate and worship the divine, in whatever form we find it.
[Except for those as _don't_ find it at all!] This was part of
our pastor's sermon on Holy Thursday; and I at least thought it
was a good one to hear!

>Sorry for any offense, it was entirely unintentional.
This is the big hitch about talking religion in public. It is often
too close to the heart and all to trot out in front of everyone else's
sensibilities. Even what one of us thinks is an innocuous statement,
maybe not even a statement of belief; a nother can all too easily take
great and personal offence at.  All the same, I dearly love to hear
about everyone's believes, so don't stop talking shop on my account!

Padraic.

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>Dan
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