Re: Pagan Bumperstinkers
Deborah
searles@summerlands.com
Sun Mar 12 00:21:41 2000
I think it's very interesting how people tend to see what they focus on.  I've noticed rather the opposite trend (or at least similar trends) between the two religions. As a balance to your bumperstinkers I offer the following ones that I've seen over the years.*p*On the Pagan side:*br*The Goddess Is Alive and Magic Is Afoot*br*Magic Happens*br*The Earth is our Mother, Treat Her With Respect*br*Goddess Bless*br*Follow Your Bliss*br*Blessed Be*br*We're Everywhere!*p*On the Christian Side:*br*Every Knee Shall Bow; EVEN YOURS*br*In Case Of Rapture This Car Will Be Unmanned (which shows me a great disregard for fellow travelers on the highway)*br*God Hates Fags*br*Pray Now or Pay Later*br*Repent or Burn*p*Of course you also have the very 'in your face' Pagan stickers such as:*br*Abort The Religious Reich*br*It's Your Hell... YOU Go To It!*br*My Goddess Gave Birth To Your God*br*Doin' My Part To Piss Off The Religious Right*p*As we were discussing in the Pub the other night, I think part of the Pagan 'in your face' mentality is part and parcel of the same type of thought processes and actions that we've seen over the years from other 'minorities', the civil rights movement, the gay rights movement, the women's rights movement... and now the Pagan rights movement.  Being nice is great when you can do it, but sometimes you have to 'kick the closet door open' because that's the only way the people on the other side of the door who are trying desperately to hold it shut will ever let it get open at all.*p*There will come a time when the playing field has been leveled and all religions can stand on even ground and equal rights.  I greatly look forward to that day.  At that point I think you'll see many more of the positive bumperstickers on both sides and very few of the bumperstinkers being displayed by either.*p*It's a pendulum swing.  For many centuries it's been waaaaay too far out of balance to the right.  Now it's swinging back to the left.  It's our job to ensure that it doesn't go too far in the other direction.  A pendulum will continue to loose strength with every swing back and forth, but can cause a lot of pain and damage during that running down process.  I think our job is to stop it at the bottom of the arc and hold it in a place of balance where both sides of this particular issue can have a safe and wonderful place/way to worship.*p*Deborah
Pagan Bumperstinkers
Beirdd
506
Fri Mar  3 19:15:12 2000