Controversy

[perzephone]

I have found one of the easiest ways to rile up a bunch of Pagans is to mention human sacrifice. People seem to be upset by the whole concept. I got accused of being a Jesuit spy on one of the tribes I'm in. It was a slow thread about an Isaac Bonewits interview. I didn't even watch the video, I just chimed in about how yes, Paganism today is different than it was a thousand years ago, or even ten thousand years ago. There is a lot of denial in some Pagan circles - people only see their history from a victim's p.o.v., they never want to see themselves throwing Christians to the lions or killing dried up kings or smoking Picts over open fires to make them prophesize. Yes, the Inquisition was colossal in its thoroughness of destruction, but we kill our own Gods, rip them to pieces with our bare hands & teeth. We plow them into our fields... I also brought up the notion of what if that is what most of our Gods really want? What if they don't want candles and good intentions - they want blood and the fat of the finest haunch? That really started a furor. How dare I insinuate that any Pagan deity or spirit or ancestor was a blood-thirsty carnivore! (And this was coming from a modern Celtic Pagan who considered the Greek histories flawed and the Greeks & Romans barbarians, heh). Granted, humans create their Gods, and decide how to worship them - but what if a deity/spirit/ancestor put the idea in their head... "Hey, you, caveman. Bring me a sheep. No, no, wait. Bring me that kid over there. No, not that one - the one with two legs..." After reading through 40 some odd posts, all stemming from my contribution, I was like, "Panic, fear, disorder - my work here is done."

(I also think it's hilarious that there are perfectly sane Pagans out there who think people have been around for hundreds of millions of years. I mean, yeah, they've found upright 'hominid' remains that are about 6 million years old, but Australopithecus is like, 4 mill & the Neanderthals are about 1 mill yrs. Get with the program - it's bad enough they don't know Wicca isn't a million years old... but who am I to judge. I'm trying to be less judgmental and more compassionate, but sometimes it's hard not to laugh.)

All sexual taboos aside, I think that really is the final frontier for teh internets - human sacrifice and cannibalism. At least for Pagans.

Comments

[spyral-weaver73.livejournal.com]

can I get a leg off that pyre?? I's hungry! LOL

Its really funny to me ..like we have 'evolved' past superstition, religious fervor and mass hysteria ;p People are so kooky..I think if they just embraced the animal instincts instead of working so hard to depress them, we'd be happier overall. Im sure we could find ways to express that primal self w/o masking it under the many 'civilized' ways of brutality.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Just wanted to say a big thank you.
*hugses*
You know why. :)

Aww...

[perzephone.livejournal.com]

You're welcome!