Witch Willows WanderingsSaint Chuck
July 9th 2007 20:51
Yes, I have decided to come back because I so love to give everyone my opinion on various religions. So I’m sure there are some of you that are happy to see me back, I’m sure there are other (that shall not be mentioned) that had hoped I had crawled away and stayed hidden under a rock. Well, too bad for them.
I decided that blogging gives me the freedom of speech without having to watch my grammar and so forth. I enjoy freelance writing, but I found that my blog here gives me some peace of mind too. Besides, I couldn’t stand sitting by and reading about the idiots that live on this planet without commenting on it.
So with that said, the first person on my new list is one Mr. Charles Colson. He is the founder of Prison Fellowship (a Christian outreach ministry) and a contributing writer for “On Faith” at the Washington Post. I wrote an actual article about something this guy brought up. Now I have to vent about what he has said.
Of course, ‘ol Chuck, in his loving Christian state of mind decided to begin his article by linking Paganism with “new age style nature worship, pantheism, witchcraft, and human sacrifice”. I can deal with the first one about being a nature worshipper…who really cares since a lot of people are “going green” now. Now for those of you not familiar with the term “pantheism” it means you basically think that God and nature is one in the same, so therefore you are seen as having a spiritual relationship with nature. So far Chuck hasn’t hurt my feelings, but let’s continue.
The next one was witchcraft. Um, hey Chuck…news flash ….NOT ALL PAGANS USE WITCHCRAFT. And just in case you have never read any of my other blogs or articles I have written elsewhere, all Pagans are not witches, all witches are not Wiccan, and so forth. It’s kind of like saying that since Chuck is Christian he should follow what the Pope sets forth for Catholics…they’re all “Christian” after all, right?
Anyway, finally Chuck hits the biggest no-no by listing Pagans with human sacrifice. It’s interesting to know that he can list Pagans as being nature worshippers yet they are also involved in human sacrifice. I don’t really get that leap.
So what is good ‘ol Chuck’s beef with Pagans anyway? Well, he doesn’t seem to think that Wiccans and Pagans in general should be allowed to have the service of tax-payer paid chaplains. So really it’s okay if he waltzes into a hospital to offer his “services” and have the citizens of the US pay for it through our tax dollars, but not a Pagan or Wiccan? Hmmm, I think he’s got a case of his crap-don’t-stink-syndrome. The funny thing is that he didn’t stop there. He goes on to say that “The more difficult question is whether I would vote for a pagan for public office.” He actually stated this in the very next paragraph without even so much as taking a breath.
But what was his answer to that question? “On one hand I fully respect the fact that there should be no religious test for public office; on the other hand, I would have great difficulty supporting an explicit Wiccan or pagan for high public office.” He then goes on to talk about our founding fathers and our values of the Judeo-Christian traditions. Blah blah blah….
At any rate, by the time he gets all of this out of his system he resorts to back peddling so he doesn’t come across as a discriminatory. “Not being as familiar with paganism in its various forms, I do not wish to condemn it unfairly. But from what I know of it, I do not think it can provide the “indispensable supports” Washington wrote about.”
And finally when he decides to end his so-called “article” he decides to add in: “So I would not appoint pagan chaplains, nor would I, as a personal decision but influenced greatly by the founders, vote for a pagan.”
Reading drivel like that, as Glen Beck would say, “makes blood shoot from my eyes”. I was raised Christian and was taught to be kind and loving and forgiving of others. Do unto others and so forth. So when I read things like this from a supposed “Christian” I step back and wonder if I was taught wrong my entire life. Where does his Bible say that you should constantly brow beat and bash Pagans or other religions that don’t follow your God? I’m sure someone can pull some sort of Bible verse from the “good book” and throw it at me, but it really wouldn’t matter. It’s hard to believe that Jesus supposedly protected a prostitute from being stoned to death by stating “Let he without sin cast the first stone”, yet we have self-proclaimed Christians like Charles Colson that don’t even think twice about casting stones at other religions.
Well I guess that proves it…Chuck is without sin and should be added to the long list of Saints. Somebody call the Vatican! We have our next candidate for Sainthood. I’m sure he’s performed miracles. Heck if they won’t do it then I’ll nominate him as a cyber saint. Keep your eyes out for the up and coming Cyber Saint Chuck Colson.
Blessed Be
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