[Vision2020] Wiccans and Courtney's BLog

[keely emerinemix]

Thanks, Debi, for clearing this up.  I took a look and it didn't appear to be anything I recognize from my knowledge of Wicca, and I kinda wondered if instead it resembled something called "bearing false witness."keely> To: vision2020 at moscow.com> From: debismith at moscow.com> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:41:56 +0000> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Wiccans and Courtney's BLog> > A friend sent me to look at Dale Courtney's take on the Wiccan Pentacle > being allowed on cemetery markers for military veterans. As usual, > Courtney got it wrong. What he shows in the graphic is a phoney Satanist > ritual object, obtained in headshops by Gother-Than-Thou adolescents > trying to shock their parents. I'm sure he did a lot of web-surfing to > find this silly piece of trash.> > The Wiccan Pentacle does not appear attched to a plastic skull, nor does > it appear point down. It has nothing to do with devil worship (Wiccans > don't even believe in the concept of the devil), fanged skulls, backwards > prayers, and the rest of the crap Dale watches on late night cable tv. He > should stop scaring himself. And Little Chris Whitmer best hope cemetery > vandaliism is at an all time low, or the authorities will know where to > look for a culprit...> > Courtney seems to be an irresponsible hate-monger, and not much of a > Christian. Juxtaposing this laughable and trashy bit of kitsch with an > article about religious tolerence finally being awarded to a truly > persecuted religious minority is amazing. It surely does not speak well > of his own perceived victimization due to his religious beliefs, nor his > wish to have redress. > > That image, of course, has nothing to do with the practice of Wicca, but > fact has never loomed large on Courtney's horizon. Doesn't really matter, > as those who take his BLog seriously already had their psuedo minds made > up, and are willing to believe anything ugly about anyone not them. > Everyone with a mind still open is just laughing at him...> > Debi R-S> > > > > From:           	"Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>> > To:             	<london at moscow.com>, "Debi Robinson-Smith" > > <debismith at moscow.com>,> >        	"Don and Rose Huskey" <donaldrose at cpcinternet.com>,> >        	"Joan Opyr" <joanopyr at moscow.com>,> >        	"Keely Emerinemix" <kjajmix1 at msn.com>,> >        	"Lois Blackburn" <lblackburn at turbonet.com>,> >        	"Nick Gier" <nickgier at adelphia.net>, "Nick Gier" > > <ngier at uidaho.edu>,> >        	"Saundra Lund" <sslund at roadrunner.com>> > Subject:        	Wiccans and Courtney's BLog> > Date sent:      	Tue, 24 Apr 2007 05:44:57 -0700> > > > As I do regularly, I visited Courtney's Brainless Log (BLog) to see if> > there was anything of interest.> > > > Attached is a PDF file of the "Wiccans Get Grave Marker Symbol"> > article posted to the BLog.  Pay particular attention to the graphic> > and CDWitmer's comments at the end.> > > > This, apparently, is considered acceptable Christian behavior> > originating from the sandbox boys.> > > > Yet, if we question anything that originates from Anselm House, we are> > accused of religious persecution??????????????????????????> > > > Thoughts?> > > > Tom Hansen> > Moscow, Idaho> > > > "I'll just speak for our church, in Christ Church.  If I found out> > that a member of our church or a church officer was lying to> > non-believers in the community, as a way to get by or protect themself> > or protect his reputation, yes, he'd be disciplined."> > > > - Doug Wilson (January 31, 2007)> > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------> This message was sent by First Step Internet.>            http://www.fsr.com/> > > =======================================================>  List services made available by First Step Internet, >  serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.   >                http://www.fsr.net                       >           mailto:Vision2020 at moscow.com> =======================================================
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