In article <bon3841p7mqmcpmem397q3l3ab77dqsiui@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Tim Merrigan <tppm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:41:38 -0500, Baird Stafford
> <baird@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> >I don't recall whether Conan swore by Crom in the films, but he
> >certainly did in the Robert E. Howard stories. As described, Crom was
> >quite definitely a Pagan deity, albeit fictional.
> And the difference between wor****ping Crom and being an atheist is
> what exactly. Don't ask for his help, because if you need his help
> you aren't worthy of wor****ping him. And BTW the only gods wor****ped
> by anyone in both the books and the movies were pagan.
The difference is the admission by Conan's original tribe that Crom
exists. Atheists in my experience prefer to deny the very existence of
deities.
Blessed be,
Baird
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