Keane "Pagans are idiots" (atheist, religion)

[Kay]

Originally Posted by MaddLlama

I don't know if Keane actually made the video, or if someone else did with his audio. But, whoever made the video was certainly...well...misinformed.

The youtube video that Brett did his rebuttal to was, though spelling challenged at times, not too bad.

[Kay]

Originally Posted by MaddLlama

I think the major problem is that people have a tendancy to base thier impression of a religion on the most visible group of people. For the Christians, it's the crazy Jerry Falwell type. For Pagans, it's the teeny-bopper, shock-value, wear-thier-religion-on-thier-sleeve and talk to everyone about it types.
Trouble is most of the people who could really give you information about thier religion look normal, and probably wouldn't be interested in participating in an interview like the one Kearne does. Any attempt to define Pagans as a group is an exercise in futility anyhow.

A couple of years ago I was at work. I was dressed in slacks and a v-neck sweater, and had my pentagram on. It's small with an ourobours as the circle. This nice older lady (dressed in a suit) came up to me and said "It's so nice to see someone dressed like you wearing that necklace." It helped me to realize that by dressing "normal" and wearing my pentacle, that I might just be giving paganism a better reputation in my own little part of the world.

[MaddLlama]

Originally Posted by Neosnoia

Heh. I tried to watch that yesterday. Couldn't get past the first minute. I think for Christmas I'll send him an even broader brush to paint with.

Careful, shipping fees for items that big are astronomical. =)