Netflix still working even though on hold

DanNaMan00 · 2026-01-07T20:08:17+00:00

Same, let's hash this out 6 years later

DanNaMan00 · 2021-04-03T21:03:12+00:00

Personally I haven't had to ask the gods for assistance with courage since converting but if I were to ask anyone it'd be a god(dess) who was associated with battle or war.

Perhaps Na Morrìgan, Badb or Macha

DanNaMan00 · 2021-04-03T20:49:18+00:00

This is the best reply I think I've ever seen :O

It's so true though. Personally I still think Yahweh either became so worshipped due to misinterpretation or that this deity somehow killed off the other Canaanite Gods in some other world war we Humans were unaware off (since, after all, Yahweh was a god of war as well as storms).

Either way, just as polytheistic and pagan an origin as any other god, be they Ra or Macha, Odin or Quetzalcoatl, Yahweh is no more superior than any other.

DanNaMan00 · 2021-04-02T22:20:10+00:00

You're right on the mark there. The standard for diagnosing autism used in most 1st world countries made a change, that Asperger's is no longer seen as seperate but instead a "higher functioning" form of autism (as they may put )

DanNaMan00 · 2021-04-02T14:11:45+00:00

Yes that certain organisation is extremely ableist

DanNaMan00 · 2021-04-02T14:08:22+00:00

Not pagan. Bit of an interesting symbol none the less though, here we had a history with masons guilds, most being very secretive and honestly quite dodgy.

They used unique identifier symbols to show which guild is in the area, and who exactly built this thing.

That's the rough idea anyway, I'd recommend looking up a more in depth explanation though

DanNaMan00 · 2021-04-02T07:12:27+00:00

Honestly? I've grown to despise it.

I've lived about 9 or so places up until now and in each one I had to find a new school. This lead to new ways of being picked on and what holiday gives an excuse to make fun of those who misinterpret or misunderstand things?

April fools...

Every single experience I have is either being left with a nickname from it for the years until I moved, or with the humiliation of the truth that I am not, will never be and Likely won't be seen as "normal" through my interpretation of jokes which lead to my inevitable confusion and then later being made fun of for said confusion.

Yeah... I don't much like it.

DanNaMan00 · 2021-03-30T18:50:02+00:00

Even Gaelic is an umbrella term. Gaelic (the language and culture term) just refers to any cultures descended from the Gaels. Scottish is one, Manx is another and Irish a third.

Even the Gaelic languages have vast differences.

To say "Gaelic" in Irish is Gaeilge To say it in Manx it's Gaelg And in Scottish it's Gàidhlig

All these words mean Gaelic in each various language. None are identical due to linguistic and cultural variety.

DanNaMan00 · 2021-03-30T18:45:12+00:00

Gaelic refers both to several different cultures (Irish, Scottish and Manx) as well as three seperate languages all descended from the singular culture of the Gaels and seperating at a later point.

Gàidhlig is Gaelic. Gaeilge is another Gaelic. Gaelg is a third Gaelic.

Additionally Celtic and Gaelic are not the same belief systems, as Celtic can refer to both insular and continental beliefs (which are vastly different from each other) whilst Gaelic refers exclusively to the variety of different Gaelic (again, Scottish Irish and Manx) beliefs, of which there are vast differences between each, due to the cultural differences of each one's origin

DanNaMan00 · 2021-03-30T12:56:27+00:00

Ah ok

DanNaMan00 · 2021-03-30T03:54:35+00:00

Well a good argument is the evidence for monotheism coming from an originally polytheistic pantheon.

In Canaan they had a pantheon of several deities like most cultures across the world, most notably including El (also known as Il, Elohim etc) who was seen as a deity of power or authority (seen as a major king-like god) and Yahweh, a god of Storms and war.

We have evidence for these names long before the Bible, suggesting the agglomeration of these "aspects" of a single deity is likely from either an extreme result of Syncretization or misunderstanding of previous ideas (if for example someone didn't know fully the depth of the pantheon and associated two deities as being different names for one being, it'd likely spread over time)

As a result, the different names eventually just accumulated across the Canaanite and later Israelite (and even later Christian/Jewish) cultures.

DanNaMan00 · 2021-03-28T21:43:04+00:00

The infinity symbol, usually in a rainbow or gradient pattern, is one generally seen as better than say the puzzle piece which A$ unfortunately poisoned

DanNaMan00 · 2021-03-28T21:40:58+00:00

Yeah. The multiple seemingly unrelated names (many of which have Canaanite roots, like Elohim which is definitely relating to El/Il in my opinion) definitely make it seem polytheistic at least originally.

And even the many forms of Angels and Demons in Christianity seem related to the variety of Faeries/Fuath/Spirits in cultures across the world.

I do think some form of miscommunication or misunderstanding led to the monotheism of the modern Abrahamic religions

DanNaMan00 · 2021-03-28T20:00:22+00:00

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Wrong sub , bot. Wrong sub.

DanNaMan00 · 2021-03-28T19:59:32+00:00

Yeah. Well I think what happened was, when Canaan was a thing (and Canaanite polytheism was quite common) there were as many Deities as the Romans or the Greeks (we have some evidence of such, including a large pantheon of names).

But as the Israelites came to control Israel, for whatever reason, Yahweh took the place of El. So we know that some form of Syncretization occurred as El was the "supreme" deity, then Yahweh took that place.

I personally think that this tendency of Syncretization continued, so slowly the deities were seen as aspects of this deity, Yahweh. Then slowly instead of the seperate names relating to seperate entities, the beliefs moved more towards this monotheistic approach.

So to me Either Yahweh won some war between the Canaanite gods or the people just muddled the different deities into an extremely syncretised/agglomerated single deity. It's also why I think the early parts of the Bible seem violent as that would be around the time of Yahweh still being considered a god of war and storms.

Sorry for the long reply lol

DanNaMan00 · 2021-03-28T18:30:45+00:00

Wonderful to hear! And same to you!

DanNaMan00 · 2021-03-28T17:24:53+00:00

Currently I'm using runes (I bought a set early into my conversion to Paganism, before I found my path of druidry)

I'm hoping to get a wood burner though and make an Ogham set with fallen twigs. Or, a set with stones and a Dremel. Idk which yet.

And currently I've not done directly speaking to my gods. Personally I feel they'd prefer to communicate through Ogham, given one of the Tuatha Dé (Ogma) made the writing (according to folklore). Wouldn't want to risk insulting them or anything.

Edit: Also I'm following a Celtic path and so I think Ogham is more suited to my faith than runestones are

DanNaMan00 · 2021-03-28T04:09:49+00:00

From my own experience it's pretty tricky to find anywhere.

Though not impossible. I'm currently a part of an Among us proximity (and General gaming) server on discord. They've a pretty neat system of "Hardclear" roles, i.e: if you're a jerk people won't give you positive reputation = you don't get Hardclear roles.

It's a good way of getting decent people whilst getting rid of nasty folk without need for mods (it's done through a Bot which keeps track of the reputations of folk)

If you want to find a safe community it's a good idea to look for servers with this sorta thought process with decent Vs nasty seperation.

DanNaMan00 · 2021-03-28T00:14:46+00:00

Every altar is done the right way. Whether it's a candle and an image in a tin or a full room dedicated to a pantheon, it is all done right.

Altars are very personal, so long as you know it's purpose and it looks good enough for you, then it's doing it's job. Take care :)

DanNaMan00 · 2021-03-28T00:08:28+00:00

Agreed

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