www.witchvox.com This is just too ridiculous to comment on but an excerpt reads ... and I quote:
"The majority of those who fool around with Dungeons and Dragons, toy with Ouija boards, listen to heavy metal rock, or read books like the Harry Potter series that are filled with themes with witchcraft and sorcery, will never fall into any permanent spiritual deceptions. Yet, I can guarantee that Harry Potter will be an entry point into the demonic /New Age world for thousands of young Catholics. Many Christians scoffed at the potential dangers posed by Dungeons and Dragons, yet research has validated those warnings.
George Gallup reports that 44% of teen-agers say they know a person who actually tried to commit suicide. When teens were asked what they thought caused teens to think about suicide, drugs and alcohol headed the list, but 17% of teens survey said “playing with Dungeons and Dragons” was a contributor (The Spiritual Life of Young Americans: Approaching the Year 2000,With commentary and Analysis by George H. Gallup, Jr). Any Christian youth worker that thinks Dungeons and Dragons is harmless to teens is simply unfit in regards to the spiritual discernment necessary for leading teens."
Umm... D & D making kids take drugs and commit suicide? So if you want to ask kids why they try and commit suicide wouldn't you ask the kids who have tried it NOT the kids who haven't? What I want to know is what drugs these people are taking... or maybe what ones they have missed a dose for. Oh and note that the term 'New Age' (they are afraid to even use the word pagan) and Demonic are used as one in the same...
Here is the site of I reference:
http://www.familylifecenter.net/article.asp?artId=150...And a site that has all sorts of warped stuff like the evils of Harry Potter ...lol
http://www.lifesite.net/features/harrypotter/Let's not forget the chief Exorcists view on the kid's novel about boy wizards...
....."magic is always a turn to the devil"
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2002/jan/020102.html#2Uh guys... Ya know the devil is a Christian deity...why would pagans worship something they do not even believe in?
Let me boil it all down for some of those who may scoff or point a finger at people like myself.
#1 I do NOT believe in the devil. He is the sole (or should I say 'soul'? lol) property of those who follow Christianity, even Satanic worshipers acknowledge him as a 'fallen angel' of the Christian 'God'. (No insult by association meant to those who follow either path).
#2 My spiritual path is based on nature. This is the usual source of most pagan spiritual paths. The word 'pagan' was actually a slur made by Roman soldiers for farmers. Those people who lived by the earth and based their lives on the seasonal changes of nature.
#3 If people must depend on their attacks against others, trying to prove themselves right by proving others wrong to feel like they are on the right path there must be some sort of fear, insecurity or instability in the foundation of logic for their own belief systems.
#4 I do not want to convert anyone to my belief system. I have never seen or heard of a pagan individual or group going door to door and asking if the homeowner has found 'the goddess'... So who is trying to convert whom here?
#5 Harry Potter is a work of fiction. D&D is a board game (man who even plays that any more?) Get real people! Aren't there more serious problems in the world that need our attention?
#6 Pagans hold NO secret agendas! If you want to judge others then start with yourselves. If you want to talk about pagans then maybe meet a few. Don't base your opinions on what other paranoid people tell you or what you read on the web pages of rebellious youths that are uninformed. I am sure we are in your neighborhood, at your work place, take care of your medical needs, in your school systems and hold political offices in your community, town, county and state. We just do not need to ram it down your throat. Our path is about OURSELVES ...not YOU.
Freedom of Religion and Spirituality means Any and All paths. Not Just Yours!
