Re: Witchcraft, Lycanthropy, Drugs & Disease (Review)
Jenny
jennyg@compuserve.com
Fri Oct 16 09:48:39 1998
: Allah is not in the Torah.  I have a few copies, and he is *br*: not named anywhere in those pages.  He is mentioned, often, *br*: in another book I have, called the Koran.*p*Allah's in my Torah -- at least as much as God is.  Allah ("the god") is a translation/vernacular term for the deity of the Old Testament.  The Koran retells several Jewish legends about the Patriarchs and Allah says repeatedly that He is the god of Isaac, Abraham, Noah, Jonah, etc.  So while Muslims, like Christians, no longer call Him YHWH or Elohim, He's definitely the Guy from the Torah.*p*: Can I ask, then, what catagorization do you give to Budhist, *br*: Shinto, Hindu, Crow, Shawnee, Aztec, Apache, and the others. *br*:  Not Hebrew in origin, must be pagan.  A religion stands on *br*: it's own, not among others as a catagory of people.  IMO.*p*I consider Buddhism and Shintoism to be Eastern religions.  Crow, Shawnee, and Apache are Native American religions.  Aztec I'm a little unsure of -- I'm not sure how much it and the other Meso-American faiths share with their northern neighbors.  *p*Most of the broader categories I use reflect the history and geography of various regions.  Religions that co-exist side by side almost invariably borrow ideas and theories from each other.  Therefore over time, they come to share many concepts.*p**I* would not call these people Pagan, because for me "Pagan" is a blanket term for peoples whose religions are drawn from indigenous European faiths.  However I admit that I hear a lot of people call Hindus "Pagan".  I wouldn't;  they do.*p*I think this is one of those areas where we'll simply have to agree to disagree! <s>*p*Jenny
Re: Witchcraft, Lycanthropy, Drugs & Disease (Review)
Infiniti
78
Wed Oct 14 20:45:17 1998