Re: OT: [Let_It_Be_Forever_Islam] THE WORLD OF THE JINN

--- Joe <joe@...> wrote:

> > Fairly accurate in my world view but not all
> > would agree (e.g. one does
> > encounter the occassional individual who
> > professes a non-broken lineage of
> > Pagan adherance from antiquity). I did for a
> > time use "NeoPagan" in order to
> > carry the idea that my practice is something
> > "revived", but eventually
> > dropped this as for too many NeoPagan =
> > NewAge.
>
> For many, merely Pagan = New Age.
Or worse. [Part of the problem is that there is
no longer a social network or even cultural
acceptance of these paths. There's also no
standard of practice or authority, and the fact
remains that many people are "cross-overs" - they
do the new age crystal thing ánd also get into
Wicca or other Pagan paths. So it's very easy to
lump everyone together.]

This is a good instance where capitalisation of a
nonspecific entity can be a handy thing.
Noncapitalised "pagan" could easily be any of the
meanings ascribed to the word; while capitalised
"Pagan" could be the devotee of a specific set of
nonjudeochristian religions, usually reconstruced
from ancient forms.

Similar is my use of décapitalised "christian",
any devotee of the Way taught by Jesus without
being associated with the Christian religious
system.

I'm not sure I'd buy into capitalising "Gay" (any
more than "Straight"), though, neither
racio-ethnic terms. Those are kind of like
capitalising "green eyed".

Padraic.


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