The Old Ways return

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besilarius

January 18, 2018, 07:31:32 AM
https://theoutline.com/post/2843/hellenism-legalized-greece?zd=3

Probably understandable because the ancient times are considered a golden age.  Of course, these folks forget that most everyone lived in a situation where everyone was just this side of disaster.  Life could be brutish and short.
Now if the Italians embrace Mithras, the Roman soldier god of duty and fidelity, then a real sea change would be underway.
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January 18, 2018, 08:44:44 AM
interesting...

I remember an article in the Stars & Stripes newspaper back in Germany in the 80s about US soldiers who were "proud pagans" and were fighting against the Army's characterization of them as "atheist" just b/c they believed in Hellenistic gods.
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