tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866031668205120292.post8501468279754475369..comments2016-06-13T23:56:40.813-07:00Comments on Heathens and Pagans for the Horses: That Pagans Ate Horses Thing... Again!Lysippe Archerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00118560281657781470noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866031668205120292.post-35682349280402164582013-05-14T08:24:30.981-07:002013-05-14T08:24:30.981-07:00Hi, thank you for your input. I agree, I think tha...Hi, thank you for your input. I agree, I think that there are those of all religions who use their religion for their own means what ever they may be and with no regard for others and often harming others, rather than truly consider what their Deity would really want. Saighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08330045789400336110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866031668205120292.post-82394617840870121122013-05-14T01:51:41.238-07:002013-05-14T01:51:41.238-07:00I'm Catholic, but I would like to say that I l...I'm Catholic, but I would like to say that I like Animists and Pagans a lot. Celtic culture and Shinto are among my favorites to study, and I find your teachings about communing with nature to be very wise. It is a big reason why I am a Franciscan.<br /><br />I disgusts me when people try to revive an ancient rite for the sake of having 'cred', without even considering why it was done in the past, or how it relates to the current state of their religion. No wonder I am a gay rights activist. People who look to the Bible to justify their treatment of the LGBT community don't look hard enough. Jesus wouldn't approve of homophobia, and I'm sure Epona wouldn't want this despicable hippocide.Viethrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10745824507328768707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866031668205120292.post-1513406768236604972013-02-28T18:17:12.834-08:002013-02-28T18:17:12.834-08:00Me too. It's one reason this blog doesn't ...Me too. It's one reason this blog doesn't get updated often, it makes me so sick. But as long as it's happening I have to say something when I can get the strength. And when THIS particular issue comes up, and it has too often, I feel I have to address it...but it took several days to get myself to do it. I hope someday it becomes a none issue. Saighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08330045789400336110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866031668205120292.post-14009152634662472822013-02-28T18:14:24.142-08:002013-02-28T18:14:24.142-08:00I agree. And I raise chickens for food... and some...I agree. And I raise chickens for food... and some I couldn't eat. There are differences. As noted above, we'd not be here without horses, they were a lifeline. Even if sometimes that meant we needed to eat them, we owe them our survival so we should be repaying that. Saighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08330045789400336110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866031668205120292.post-78992982085221158792013-02-28T18:12:47.838-08:002013-02-28T18:12:47.838-08:00Yes, other than the Steppe cultures where huge her...Yes, other than the Steppe cultures where huge herds could be maintained on the landscape the horses evolved as they are lived, a horse were precious. And in those cultures, which do eat horses, it never seems to be a random or thoughtless act, there is such an interdependence. If I were better able to really explore the issue, because it does just make me physically ill to do so, I would wonder if maybe some of the sites were they determine that there was ritual feasting were not actually indicative of crisis periods. Both dogs and horses are animals people have been so dependent on that eating them is often an indication of a dieing settlement....from there it's cannibalism and then the last person just has nothing. And, after all, there might be great religious trappings around this..."please, we need help!" messages to the Gods. Much is speculative. Saighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08330045789400336110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866031668205120292.post-7815143205614017392013-02-28T17:12:30.650-08:002013-02-28T17:12:30.650-08:00Even considering eating horse meat makes me sick. ...Even considering eating horse meat makes me sick. Blasphemy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866031668205120292.post-26719032405624608302013-02-28T15:59:21.512-08:002013-02-28T15:59:21.512-08:00My response was that we have a different pact with...My response was that we have a different pact with horses, dogs and cats than other animals. They do a different job for us than be food. If I raise a sheep to be a pet then yes that sheep now has a different pact as well. I'm glad that I no longer live in a world harsh enough that I might one day feel it necessary to eat any animal who is my companion. I would no sooner eat my sister or mother! Keechyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13508060247369251383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866031668205120292.post-39372405500297331492013-02-28T15:53:17.697-08:002013-02-28T15:53:17.697-08:00Maybe it's just me, but that paragraph near th...Maybe it's just me, but that paragraph near the end of the article made me think that the whole assertation was wildly speculative anyway. <br /><br />Honestly, since horses are work animals, I can't imagine anyone slaughtering them for food unless they were dirt poor and had nothing else, or the meaning of the sacrifice was to give up something of exceptional value. And in that case for a farming family I can see how a horse might be the "sacrificial lamb." But that has Zero to do with modern pagans. There are Very few instances where a horse would actually be a pagan's most prized possession. Aside from emotional and in that case I doubt that person would entertain using the horse as a sacrifice.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13186671318020741935noreply@blogger.com