Originally Posted by DavidBOC

Originally Posted by Cuddles

Originally Posted by IndianaDel

I wish to register a strongly worded protest to the MOD.
There is not a single mention of Bombay Methodist!

I agree old shap, there'sh not a menshun of Bombay Shapphire either, hic!

I know about altar wine, just never heard of altar gin before.

I don't drink it but my alter ego does.

It is a spiritual tonic...

At least when added to Schweppes it is...

Originally Posted by Invictus_88

I know probably more than my fair share of Pagans, two druids amongst them, and I can't help suspecting that even accounting for pisstake answers there are probably more genuine serving Pagans than would admit to it.

Simply not worth the flak, apparently. A Pagan friend, now out of the army, got a bit of bother from a CO over it, and others he knew whilst in preferred to keep schtum about their Paganism.

Ha, and to whoever it was a couple of pages back who asked how Pagans square their faith with their military service - Mithraism!

"Mithraism was emphatically a soldier religion: Mithra, its hero, was especially a divinity of fidelity, manliness, and bravery[...]"

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10402a.htm

IIRC, Mithrasim was the religion of choice for the Roman Legions...although Mithra did'nt do them much good against the Picts(9th Legion)Germanic tribes(3 Legions slaughtered in the Tuteberg Forest)Sparticus(another 3 Legions massacred)or Hannibal, or gave them the Mother of All Shoeings...

Originally Posted by RearWords

Well at least the different religions on the list co-exist with their beliefs in the Army. How about someone who is into Buddhism who wants to be in the Army? Definitely a contradictory statement.

Not really, he/she could be a medic quite easily.

As for the "Pagan" religions, some of them belonged to fairly successful warrior civilizations, the Romans and Vikings to name just two. In fact one can draw a historic link to conversion to Christianity weakening previously dominant groups.

Also of note is the fact that multitheism is a common feature of Pagan religions and, as such Pagans tend to be far more tolerant of other peoples beliefs than do the "religions of the book".

Originally Posted by Blokeonabike

...Also of note is the fact that multitheism is a common feature of Pagan religions and, as such Pagans tend to be far more tolerant of other peoples beliefs than do the "religions of the book".

Good for the Pagans. In that case I suppose these Pagans must be a LOT more tolerant of other people's beliefs and non-beliefs than are those of the Dawkins persuasion.

I knew a REME lad attached to 1PARA who was either Pagan or Druid or some other type of weird religion like that. He shared his wife with another man as they were both married to her as was the norm for that religion.
I think im right in thining that it is the custom for Woman to marry more than one man in the Pagan or druid religions?
Eitherway, he shared his pad with his wife and this other bloke. All three dossed in the same bed. Blokes always used to try and wind him up when out on excercise about his wife getting a seeing too back at home from her other "husband" while he was away but he would never bite and it all seemed normal to him.

I saw them all out in town once, dressed up as if they were extras from a Lord of the Rings film.

Feckin weirdo's.

Maybe he just liked sloppy seconds.

Originally Posted by sunami

Maybe he just liked sloppy seconds.

Mate, he said he was a PARA already... :P

Originally Posted by Private_Pepper

I knew a REME lad attached to 1PARA who was either Pagan or Druid or some other type of weird religion like that. He shared his wife with another man as they were both married to her as was the norm for that religion.
I think im right in thining that it is the custom for Woman to marry more than one man in the Pagan or druid religions?
Eitherway, he shared his pad with his wife and this other bloke. All three dossed in the same bed. Blokes always used to try and wind him up when out on excercise about his wife getting a seeing too back at home from her other "husband" while he was away but he would never bite and it all seemed normal to him.

I saw them all out in town once, dressed up as if they were extras from a Lord of the Rings film.

Feckin weirdo's.

Polygamy is not the norm but does happen, there is (as far as I am aware) no Pagan path that specifies that polygamy is compulsory.

Originally Posted by Cuddles

Originally Posted by sunami

Maybe he just liked sloppy seconds.

Mate, he said he was a PARA already... :P

Nah, he was REME picking up Para habits.