by Vivamus 13 Replies latest jw friends
Well, I noticed both Egyptian and Greek symbols, and also some Chinese characters. There is supposedly a booklet about the meaning of it all, I will look for it in the Library... I used the word Pagan - cuz I should have spotted and viewed them as such as a JW. Well, maybe I use Pagan too easily anyway but you get my drift....
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Blue Bubblegum Girl
Now Viv, you know you shouldn't be at those wicked universities! Haven't you read your Watchtower?
BTW Mrs Ozzie loved the card! Mooi!!
Cheers, Ozzie
And isn't it interesting that you weren't demon possessed working in such a place??? I suspect had you noticed them whilst still in the organization you might have had yourself convinced otherwise. Its so funny what our minds can do, isn't it?
As for pagan, here's the original definition:
\Pa"gan\ (p[=a]"gan), n. [L. paganus a countryman, peasant, villager, a pagan, fr. paganus of or pertaining tothe country, rustic, also, pagan, fr. pagus a district, canton, the country, perh. orig., a district with fixedboundaries: cf. pangere to fasten. Cf. {Painim}, {Peasant}, and {Pact}, also {Heathen}.]
The term pagan was given to those who lived in outlying areas and wereOne who worships false gods; an idolater; a heathen; one whois neither a Christian, a Mohammedan, nor a Jew.
not forced into conversion as readily as town or city dwellers. Soon
Christians used this term in a derogatory way and a second definition
added:
I'm a pagan and proud of it, the term definately does not offend me.
Gretchen
The JWs definitely use it as a catch all insult though. I remember trying to explain to one girl in eighth grade that birthdays were pagan. The term just confused everyone at the time. My mother keeps insisting on calling even the smallest things pagan, like the large bowl of christmas smarties I consumed the other day..
