tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post2228113471964238916..comments2024-03-29T03:57:26.974-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Rights for RiversGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-4573632426848251652017-03-16T15:47:10.754-04:002017-03-16T15:47:10.754-04:00Well, in this case, it's the Maori. They'...Well, in this case, it's the Maori. They're mostly Christians, but of course they have a pre-Christian backstory that doubtless continues to set many cultural assumptions. My guess is that this comes from the old pagan pre-Christian culture, in much the way that Northern European versions of Christianity all feature Yule celebrations that look a lot like the heathen Yule in many key respects.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-41632388955793380502017-03-16T15:09:35.564-04:002017-03-16T15:09:35.564-04:00Cult precedes culture. Two links discussing Cult...Cult precedes culture. Two links discussing Cult Preceeds Culture.<br /><br />http://dad29.blogspot.com/2017/03/mcmullin-fails-reading-101-and-maturity.html<br /><br />https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2015/03/of-human-dignity<br /><br />T.S. Eliot liked to argue that “no culture has appeared or developed except together with a religion.”<br />Nor can a culture survive or develop for long without one. <br /><br />"Cult" as in Mohmadism or Christianity is the base that a culture is built on, that is why it proceed it. <br /><br />What kind of "cult" do we have when a river is considered a person but a preborn child is not?<br /><br />-MississippiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com