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Re: .com/religion

From:Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...>
Date:Wednesday, September 19, 2001, 21:23
Quoting Adam Walker <dreamertwo@...>:

> Hmmm. I posed as a worshiper of the Great Mother >of the Trelkairni, and got some TRUELY bizzare results . . .
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> I find this list quite confusing. I don't see ANY similarity with the > worship of the Great Mother until number 6 and then only in cosidering > goddesses like Kali who tend to be a bit violent.
Right -- the test takes an arbitrarily chosen set of criteria that differentiate some religions, and then uses that set to force all people into a handful of possible categorizations. It's little more than a game. ============================== Thomas Wier <trwier@...> Alternative: <artabanos@...> "Aspidi men Saiôn tis agalletai, hên para thamnôi entos amômêton kallipon ouk ethelôn; autos d' exephugon thanatou telos: aspis ekeinê erretô; exautês ktêsomai ou kakiô" - Arkhilokhos