Dionysus is the Ancient Greek god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre

  • PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    I mean considering the possibility that Christianity crimped at least some of its practices from the cult of Dionysus, might accidentally be exactly correct

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      2 months ago

      “Hey, wanna come to my religious meeting on Friday?”

      “Uhh, sorry I-”

      “We’re all getting drunk and there will probably be an orgy and some of the kind of drugs that cause religious ecstacy that guy up-thread referenced.”

      “…You know what? I’ll make time.”

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    2 months ago

    Homophobic is just religious in this case. Meaning that “the boys” include all the women too.

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    Good chuckle. My so was telling me all the nonsense they saw on Facebook after the opening ceremony. Their world view is about as big as their demigod Donny’s fingers.