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Ruby
25th April 2003, 07:23 PM
Just checked out this sight http://www.strangecosmos.com/view.adp?picture_id=9510

I guess it's for real!:confused:
c4ts
25th April 2003, 07:25 PM
Voodoo's nothing new, it's been a religion for a looooong time.
Ruby
25th April 2003, 07:32 PM
Originally posted by c4ts
Voodoo's nothing new, it's been a religion for a looooong time.

I just did not realize it was an official religion. I wonder where I've been.....
c4ts
25th April 2003, 07:43 PM
Originally posted by Ruby


I just did not realize it was an official religion. I wonder where I've been.....

Officiation is pretty meaningless regarding a religion as old as voodoo. It predates Christainity, I think.
Uther
25th April 2003, 10:01 PM
From the More... (http://www.wikipedia.org>Wikipedia</a>:

Vodun)


-Uther
Mercutio
26th April 2003, 03:52 PM
I have a Voodoo doll...it was given to me as a gift when I started teaching a class on belief in the paranormal; given by a friend who was visiting New Orleans at the time. It completely freaked out my family by moving around the house while we were gone. Turns out the cats loved the thing. I have to keep it on a special shelf now.

I sort of have respect for practitioners of Voodoo. None of this pansy-arse Pascal's wager sort of belief; these people eat, sleep, drink and breathe their religion. So much so that "Voodoo death" is a serious subject among people who study the nervous system; there have been (apparantly) verified cases of death due to the belief in a hex that has been placed upon one.
Nyarlathotep
27th April 2003, 09:52 AM
Originally posted by c4ts


Officiation is pretty meaningless regarding a religion as old as voodoo. It predates Christainity, I think.

Sort of. It was created by slaves by mixing ancient tribal beliefs with the christainity that they were being taught. So it's bot older and newer, depending on how you look at it
Ruby
27th April 2003, 01:39 PM
Originally posted by Mercutio
I have a Voodoo doll...it was given to me as a gift when I started teaching a class on belief in the paranormal; given by a friend who was visiting New Orleans at the time. It completely freaked out my family by moving around the house while we were gone. Turns out the cats loved the thing. I have to keep it on a special shelf now.

I sort of have respect for practitioners of Voodoo. None of this pansy-arse Pascal's wager sort of belief; these people eat, sleep, drink and breathe their religion. So much so that "Voodoo death" is a serious subject among people who study the nervous system; there have been (apparantly) verified cases of death due to the belief in a hex that has been placed upon one.

I am reminded of the movie "The Serpent And The Rainbow".
Upchurch
28th April 2003, 01:57 PM
Originally posted by c4ts


Officiation is pretty meaningless regarding a religion as old as voodoo.
True, but it wouldn't necessarily have to be an old religion, would it? I mean, what office makes the decision that this is religion and that is not? I kind of invision a scene where a new religion hangs a official certificate proudly on their wall and then opens its doors for business.