...the Tuath group I belong to on Yahoo. I pass it along because I've had this conversation a lot. This is one of the reasons I'm a recon. ::shudder:: Thanks, Breandán.
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The Neo-Pagan and The Reconstructionist

Reconstructionist: You know ancient pagans probably wouldn't have consistently stopped and picked up every piece of little crap they see on the road.

Neo-Pagan: They wouldn't have to.

Reconstructionist: Why not?

Neo-Pagan: There wasn't any litter in ancient times.

Reconstructionist: How do you know that?

Neo-Pagan: In the ancient days when everyone was pagan, no one would litter because they all loved the goddess.

Reconstructionist: Where did you get that idea?

Neo-Pagan: Scott Cunningham said so.

Reconstructionist: How does he know what the ancients did or didn't do all the time?

Neo-Pagan: He has an ancient Wiccan lineage which has told him of the old ways.

Reconstructionist: How can a fifty year old religion have an ancient lineage to a time when it didn't exist?

Neo-Pagan: You're just trying to persecute me because you don't love the goddess.

Reconstructionist: What goddess?

Neo-Pagan: The Goddess!! You heathen.

Reconstructionist: Yes, I am a heathen, but still, there was litter and graffiti in Rome.

Neo-Pagan: We all come from the goddess.

Reconstructionist: What, which goddess do you mean?

Neo-Pagan: And to her we shall return.

Reconstructionist: Which ancient peoples believed that?

Neo-Pagan: All of them.

Reconstructionist: What's your source?

Neo-Pagan: Silver Ravenwolf.

Reconstructionist: Where did she get her degree?

Neo-Pagan: Lord Serphant Stone.

Reconstructionist: Is that a private college? Is it accredited? Who sits on their ancients faculty?

Neo-Pagan: No, you need to love the goddess, stop persecuting me. You're such a Christian.

Reconstructionist: No, I'm a heathen. What sources are listed in Prof. Ravenwolf's bibliography?

Neo-Pagan: Mama Silver learned from spirit.

Reconstructionist: Which spirit? Do you mean her personal genius?

Neo-Pagan: She is a genius when it comes to spells and witch books.

Reconstructionist: What? Who? Witchcraft like Thessaly, or like Aradia, or like Seithcraft?

Neo-Pagan: Like the goddess?

Reconstructionist: Which goddess?

Neo-Pagan: THE GODDESS!

Reconstructionist: What myth does she appear in?

Neo-Pagan: All of them.

Reconstructionist: What is your source?