The poor demented soul! She knows nothing of what she speaks! I watched
the latest rant which is actually a rehash of something she said a while
back and I was stunned at how stupid she really is! Well, maybe that's too
harsh, let's just say naive. NO, stupid is the right word.
Gaelyhn
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Fran Wolfe-Johnson <
tygermoonfoxx@ gmail.com > wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 6:11 PM, Carol <
hawkshill13@ yahoo.com<hawkshill13% 40yahoo.com> >
> wrote:
> > Delaware's Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell may have lost
> the Wiccan vote. O'Donnell's decade-old remarks about having "dabbled into
> witchcraft," which resurfaced on Friday, were ill-informed and
> disappointing, some in the pagan community have said.
> >
>
> I guess I'm a little odd, but I think that if I got upset every time
> someone mentioned witchcraft in a context of which I did not approve
> then I would be in a constant state of turmoil. In this case, I would
> guess that 'dabbled into witchcraft' is probably accurate...meaning
> she never was and never will be a pagan or a witch. In the longer
> context the remarks seem to indicate that for a time she, like most
> high school kids, went through an emotional phase in which dark
> clothing, heavy silver jewelry with occult symbols on it, and shock
> value were key.
>
> *shrugs* It's how I ended up seriously involved in this path some
> twenty-odd years ago...it just may not be for all folks.
>
> We would also do well to remember that Satanism IS a legitimate form
> of witchcraft, even if that is not the context in which it was
> equated. Specifically, I know several fine upstanding members of the
> local pagan community who are Setians and at least one individual, a
> dear friend, who follows LaVey's teachings. I myself have to some
> extent adopted some of the Satanic principles simply because they help
> me not to be a doormat.
>
>
> > "Whether she intends to do that or not as a way to try and get herself
> out of this political problem she has created for herself, the fact is
> America really needs to be a place where you can celebrate diversity and
> practice your religion without getting ridiculed or defamed," she said.
> >
>
> I fundamentally disagree with that statement. When the first movies
> --- good, bad, or otherwise --- came out utilizing witchcraft or Wicca
> as a legitimate practice I rejoiced. The backhand references in shows
> like "The Simpsons" and "King of the Hill" amuse me. Why? Because if
> the religion is acknowledged as legitimate or mainstream, it will
> inevitably be subject to jokes and satire.
>
> Misunderstandings are easy to correct if one is not hostile about it.
> Simply give them a straightforward, non-aggressive, simple expression
> of the truth and be careful not to generalize:
>
> "No, Wiccans don't practice animal sacrifice."
> "Sorry, I really can't turn you into a frog."
> "I have a code of ethics I follow which wouldn't allow me to do that...."
>
> Ignorance causes fear and when we respond with hostility we lose a
> chance to educate and correct the ignorance, keeping fear from ever
> being rooted in the first place.
>
>
> > For instance, O'Donnell said in her 1999 remarks that she went on a date
> at a Satanic altar as part of her experience with witchcraft.
>
> She may have. The popularized La Vey variant of Satanic witchcraft
> does involve the use of a female as the altar at times. If, as I
> suspect, these were kids, they may not even have read La Vey and may
> have been constructing their views from popular literature or
> assumptions.
>
>
> > "It's very hard to worship something you do not believe in and Satan is a
> Christian concept," Webb said. "Wiccans don't have Satanic altars."
> >
>
> This is where I often have problems with the pagan community in
> general. We're so anxious to make a good impression that we gloss over
> the things which are less appealing. Satan is not specifically a
> Christian concept; the Christians adapted the idea from much older
> roots dating back to one of the oldest and earliest Mesopotamian
> cultures. Satan --- which if you have actually read the Bible is
> neither horned nor a monster --- has ties to Lucifer, who was at one
> time Diana's consort and was once literally a devil's advocate: an
> angel under the orders of their God to tempt His people in order to
> try their faith and to teach them morality through the decisions they
> made. He's a trickster god, like Loki (also known in various sagas as
> the Lord of Lies, a title he shares with the biblical Satan). Because
> I do not personally work with a pantheon that does not mean the
> pantheon doesn't exist. We need to start thinking of Christianity as
> a pantheon and stop denying the existence of its deities. Far more
> accurate and less provoking to simply say we do not use the pantheon.
>
> --
> "Whenever the pressure of our complex city life thins my blood and
> numbs my brain, I seek relief in the trail; and when I hear the coyote
> wailing to the yellow dawn, my cares fall from me - I am happy."
>
> -- Hamlin Garland
>
> Fran Wolfe-Johnson (WalkerTXKitty)
> FoxHeart Acres, FL
>
>
http://www.myhappyt rails.net >
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