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Post by Morgan le Fay on Jun 14, 2012 22:36:24 GMT
"Yes, so have I. Some of the ones at Camelot are kind but most others I've met think druids are wicked. But the nuns at Glastonbury were mostly kind, the few times I met them. But the same can be said of druids too. I love my people but there are always some who think they are better than everybody else, even though our laws tell us to treat everyone how we wish to be treated ourselves."
She smiled sweetly at him.
"Christian or pagan, it makes no difference, all humans are flawed, sir. Some are just more flawed than others."
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Post by Sir Galahad on Jun 14, 2012 22:42:17 GMT
Dinadan nodded. "Wise words. It would seem that our faiths share a dislike of Pride. Which raises the question as to why they each claim to be better religions than the other."
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Post by Morgan le Fay on Jun 14, 2012 22:52:28 GMT
"Because everyone wants to believe they are right, so those who disagree with them must be wrong. Because if we are wrong, then we would be what your priests call heretics. If the Christians are wrong, they are heretics. But I think we can both be right," Seren confided. "It's those who believe in nothing that worry me."
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Post by Sir Galahad on Jun 14, 2012 22:58:46 GMT
"Surely everyone must believe in something or someone. Even if it is simply in themselves." Dinadan replied.
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Post by Morgan le Fay on Jun 14, 2012 23:07:56 GMT
"Yes, but believing in yourself can sometimes turn to arrogance and it's not the same as believing in a god. And there has to be something greater than mankind out there. Even if we don't know the true name for it."
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Post by Sir Galahad on Jun 14, 2012 23:38:18 GMT
"And what do you believe that is?" Dinadan asked. "I've never spoken to a practicer of your faith before. The Cornish court is very Catholic."
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Post by Morgan le Fay on Jun 14, 2012 23:42:03 GMT
"I think the gods are all aspects of some greater being we don't have a name for," she explained. "I don't know much about your faith, really. Except that it's ruled by a man called the Pope in some far away land. But my own faith is immediate. It's here in the land around us. The gods speak through the trees and the wind and the earth."
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Post by Sir Galahad on Jun 14, 2012 23:46:38 GMT
"No, the Pope isn't a ruler of the faith, he's merely God's representative here on Earth." Dinadan replied. "That said, I'm no great Catholic, in fact the only reason I am one is because as a child that is what I was taught. If I had grown up in a different region, then perhaps my faith would be different. I did attend your Beltane celebrations out of curiosity, they were, ah, different."
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Post by Morgan le Fay on Jun 15, 2012 0:13:56 GMT
The girl smiled sweetly at him.
"Did you? I don't recall seeing you but there were so many present. Did you take part in the rites, or just watch?"
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Post by Sir Galahad on Jun 15, 2012 0:15:19 GMT
"I watched for a while, then I left." Dinadan told her. "It was not the most fitting ceremony for me to attend as a Christian."
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Post by Morgan le Fay on Jun 15, 2012 0:33:49 GMT
She eyed him curiously and patted her horse's neck as she did so.
"Why not? Christian men lay with women else there would be no Christians at all and you would all have died five hundred years ago. Bedding with a partner is a natural thing."
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Post by Sir Galahad on Jun 15, 2012 0:37:05 GMT
"Yes, but well, your ceremony was rather public." Dinadan pointed out. "Besides, bedding a woman requires a commitment to her on the part of the man, and I'd rather not restrain myself in that way."
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Post by Morgan le Fay on Jun 15, 2012 1:05:37 GMT
"A bedding in the open does honour to the gods," Seren replied.
She was eyeing him with even more curiosity now.
"But you know, in the pagan custom you can bed a person without being married. Or we have a custom called handfasting that is like being married but it's only for a year. If you don't like the person any more, yiou go your separate ways and both are free to pursue others. But if the couple like each other well enough, they can be properly married."
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Post by Sir Galahad on Jun 15, 2012 1:13:14 GMT
"Yes, but I'm not a pagan. I couldn't just abandon my faith because another is more suited to my values." Dinadan replied, although he seemed unsure. "I'd lose all of my friends if I did."
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Post by Morgan le Fay on Jun 15, 2012 1:20:12 GMT
"You wouldn't lose me, if I may call myself your friend," she said softly. "But never mind. I can be your friend if you remain a Christian, too. I just don't understand your Christian ways. Some of the priests I've met, it's like they don't want their people to be happy. But some are better than others, of course."
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