Modern pagans honor Zeus in Athens

AFP ^ | 01/22/07 | PARIS AYIOMAMITIS

[AnAmericanMother]

Well, they're claiming to be a revival of the Greek pagans. So I think they ought to really do that, not just play at it. Go ahead and hang garlands around the neck of a white bull and then sacrifice it to Zeus on an altar in front of the temple.

I double-dog dare 'em to try it! < g >

[AnAmericanMother]

My point exactly.

These aren't Greek pagans -- they're the equivalent of a Star Trek convention.

[Ciexyz]

Those who don't are hereby discommunicated....

Never heard of discommunication. Excommunication, maybe. :-)

[apro]

"It won a court battle for state recognition of the ancient Greek religion and is demanding the government register its offices as a place of worship, a move that could allow the group to perform weddings and other rites."

What a bunch of bull. Proof again that AFP has not clue what its talking about. This religion "won" the right to be recognized as a "cultural association", which means its part of Greek culture, and no one has ever denied that ancient Greek religion was not part of the Greek culture, it has not been official religion recognized as a state religion by Greece. Only 3 religions are official recognized by the Greek government and those are Orthodox Christianity, Judaism and Islam. What this means is that these 3 religions are the only officially recognized faiths by the state considered to be "legal persons of public law." Other non state recognized religions, including Ellinais above, are considered "legal persons of private law." which means in practice, the primary distinction is that the Civil Code's provisions pertaining to corporations regulate the establishment of "houses of prayer" for every non state recognized religions, meaning they need proper legal permits to have "Houses of Prayer" just as a private citizen needs the proper legal permits to have a commercial company.

[SunkenCiv]

Note: this topic is from 1/24/2007. Thanks presidio9.