[Vision2020] Wiccans and Courtney's BLog

[Donovan Arnold]

Dale didn't write the article, he simple posted it. So attacking him for any inadequacies the Associated Press wrote is misplaced anger.
   
  Best,
   
  Donovan

keely emerinemix <kjajmix1 at msn.com> wrote:
      P  {  margin:0px;  padding:0px  }  body  {  FONT-SIZE: 10pt;  FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma  }    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)
> > 
> > 
> 
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