Blessed Samhain to all

“And to you too Ped, that reminds me that litter cleanup on the highway on the way to the lab is sponsored by the "Our Lady of the Woods" Wiccan church. I wonder what they're up to tonight.”

“Thanks :) Blessings to ya! :)”

“Evil pagans! You shall feal the fires of hell! Oh wait, I don't believe in hell anymore. Carry on with your wiccan badass selves. :)”

“Thanks y'all! Blessed Be. :)

FrankeNigal, if you don't believe in hell anymore you're halfway to coming out of the broom closet. Do your parents know yet? ;)”

“HEATHEN, n.
A benighted creature who has the folly to worship something that he can see and feel. According to Professor Howison, of the California State University, Hebrews are heathens.

"The Hebrews are heathens!" says Howison. He's A Christian philosopher.
I'm scurril agnostical chap, if you please,
Addicted too much to the crime
Of religious discussion in my rhyme.

Though Hebrew and Howison cannot agree
On a modus vivendi -- not they! --
Yet Heaven has had the designing of me,
And I haven't been reared in a way
To joy in the thick of the fray.

For this of my creed is the soul and the gist,
And the truth of it I aver:
Who differs from me in his faith is an 'ist,
And 'ite, an 'ie, or an 'er --
And I'm down upon him or her!

Let Howison urge with perfunctory chin
Toleration -- that's all very well,
But a roast is "nuts" to his nostril thin,
And he's running -- I know by the smell --
A secret and personal Hell!
Bissell Gip”