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From: tim@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (Tim Maroney)
Newsgroups: net.religion,net.news.group
Subject: net.religion.pagan -- please, no!
Message-ID: <14@cmu-cs-k.ARPA>
Date: Sat, 3-Nov-84 03:59:44 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov  3 03:59:44 1984
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The proposal was recently put forth that a new subdivision of net.religion
be created, net.religion.pagan.  I have to object.  Wiccans or "neo-pagans"
are only one part of what may be termed the "occult movement"; there are
many of us with similar interests who do not wish to be called "pagans".  It
would be like creating net.religion.presbyterian; the term is simply too
narrow.  I am active on CompuServe's Religion SIG, and recently inveigled
the sysop into renaming a little-used section (similar to a USENET subgroup)
to "New Age".  This kept all of us Thelemites, Wiccans, and such like,
happy.  Because it worked there, I would have no objection to the creation
of a USENET group net.religion.newage.
-- 
Tim Maroney, formerly known as The Censored Hacker
Carnegie-Mellon University Computation Center
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