As a pagan, going to church is really only an excersise in entertainment. Happily the Catholic church has designed, with excellent success, its ritualistic mass around the needs of the pagan in hopes of conversion to christianity. I appreciate the burning of insense, the flicking of water upon me, the cadance of the priest's voice as he speaks to his god, the robes, the oils, the fountain containing the holy waters designed to "wash away the original sins" from the occasional squirming infant, symbols......all quite impressive................
HOWEVER:
Nothing really replaces nude dancing to the solid beat of a bass drum around a roaring bonfire on a beach under a full moon followed by an org...........well, better stop before any 8 year olds get the "wrong idea!" :twisted:
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