Religion
Now.
I've become aware of the increasing amount of ignorance regarding non-Christian faiths. Not just in the States, which I know is under the grip of a religious bigot, but in my home and native land, Canada...
And such things frighten me badly. In a time when we could clone a human being if we wished, a time when mankind is building a space station as an international community, nasty, unpleasant, downright evil deeds are being committed every day. And I don't mean the opposite of an objective 'good', evil, either, but of the kind that stinks of stupidity, reeks of so-called 'righteousness', and burns with the intensity as the flames that murdered thousands of innocents because of Pope Innocent VIII's Bull of 1484. What might this crime be, you ask? Well, if you know me, or if you've been to my site before, this crime is Religious Intolerance.
Obviously, there are some religions that teach tolerance to everybody. However, this never works in practice. I'm certain that if he existed, Jesus was a rather pleasant individual who said that everyone should love thier neighbor and extend that love to everybody else. Unfortunately, Jesus' teachings have been horrificaly perverted and twisted over the 2000-odd years since his death, if he ever lived. And, I have to say it, if he ever comes back, as he promised (a wee bit late, though, isn't he?), then he would probably be absolutely shocked at what's being done in his name and what has been done in his name. And especially if he happened to go to the Southern States and many other places where religion is brought into the courthouses of a nation that is supposed to guarantee freedom of religion. Or if he decided to take a trip to the local library and look up what's been going on since he's been away. I rather imagine that he'd walk in, say 'Hi' to the librarian, and ask where the encyclopedias are. After a few minutes of reading (assuming he knew how), he finds a section on the Burning Times and perhaps a few excerpts of the Malleus Maleficarum and promptly has a heart attack, and is rushed to the hospital, but cannot gain entry because of the mobs of shrieking pro-lifers that bar the gates and want the doctor who gives abortions to women in need to be delivered to their hands so they can kill him because they believe Jesus told them too. Unfortunately, Jesus is in this ambulance thinking that even crucifiction was better than this heart attack. Luckily, he is able to look out the window of the ambulance, and sees some of the signs of protest, and wonders what's going on. The nurse in the vehicle tells him that these people are against abortion and are denying people entrance to the hospital unless they sign their petition asking that abortions be outlawed. The nurse also informs him that these people are those 'wacko Christians' and would be delighted if the country became a theocracy under their rule. However, Jesus is getting much worse and this ambulance still can't get through because of these silly protesters. And then Jesus dies.
Not a pretty story, is it? And Jesus need not go to the library. Suppose he stops at a travelling revival and notices the way that people in the religion that grew around his teachings hate others in the same religion with slightly diffrent beliefs.
And there's intolerance in others as well. I hate to say it, but different Wiccan traditions hate other traditions for the slightest thing. Some hate the Gardnerians (what could be considered the 'true' Wicca, since it is based on the coven of Gerald Gardner, the man who brought Wicca as we know it today to the public eye) because of the emphasis they place on one's level in the coven. Many things about Wicca are kept secret because they are 'Third level secrets'. Inter-tradition fighting is called a 'Witch War'.
On this area of the site I will attempt as best I can to dispel and educate about the more unpopular theologies. I think that the two that are the main targets of a third will suffice for now. I'll try to keep the venom out of my information although for a certain theology that will be extrememly diffucult for me.
I hope that I can destroy some of the misinformation regarding those two much-maligned paths and will point out examples of gross intolerance and bigotry from the followers of the third. And these religions are, in order as above, Wicca, Satanism,. and Christianity, the three about which I am most knowledgeable. If you see any errors in my texts or have a good point that I missed, tell me so I can fix errors and so on.
If you just want to tell me I'm going to Hell, you will recieve a nasty e-mail as well as be immortalised under the Hate Mail section where I will post such gross examples of stupidity and intolerance verbatim, meaning that the errors, bad grammar, atrocious spelling, and inexplicable use of either all lowercase or uppercase will be presented as recieved, as well as my replies, so that anyone may let these people know just what you think of their misinformation.
And, as a special bonus, I will have a Fan Mail section for the few mails I expect to recieve in support of these very pages. Website addresses will be posted if given.