1.02.2008
WorldNetDaily and The Witches
Here I go again, breaking my unwritten rule to not blog about anything that loony-fringe "news" site WorldNetDaily has to say about Witches. But sometimes they try so hard to get our attention that you can't help but say something in response. To wit, their "special" issue of Whistleblower Magazine focusing solely on Witchcraft and the dangers of the occult.
"The real thing - that is, the stunning phenomenon of more and more American housewives, students, professors, and even soldiers self-identifying as "witches" - is the topic of the January edition of WND's elite monthly Whistleblower magazine ... Wicca is intentionally shrouded in mystery, said David Kupelian, managing editor of WorldNetDaily and Whistleblower. 'But in the news business we prefer sunshine to moonlight, believing it makes a much better disinfectant. This issue of Whistleblower shines a very bright light on New Age, neo-pagan and occult beliefs and practices, and in a way that I believe will generate a lot of 'aha!' experiences in our readers.'"
Only the best clip-art for their hard-hitting expose'.
Yes, Wicca is "intentionally shrouded in mystery", which is why there are hundreds (if not thousands) of books published on the subject that you can find in any mainstream bookstore. Lest anyone start to think this might be a "fair and balanced" view of modern Pagans, the very first article is entitled "The great deception has begun" (where Witches are portrayed as "part of a rebellion against Him and His laws"). They have an "an in-depth and shocking" look at Pagans in the military, and more articles that provide a "mind-boggling" (you can say that again) investigation into this "stunning phenomenon". These "journalists" are answering the tough questions about Witchcraft!
"...can witches be good? Can they really cast spells that somehow call forth the spirits beyond the world of nature to help them accomplish their will - whether good or evil? Is magic real? Why do witches often perform their ceremonies naked?"
So if you miss the days when Wicca was looked at with fear and suspicion, take a trip back to the "golden years" with the lunatic fringe. Where the Cold War still rages, Christianity has a vise-grip on morality, and religious minorities (not to mention sexual and racial minorities) knew to keep their heads down. I salute the "brave" staff of Whistleblower for exposing this shocking religious movement before is spread across the world, gained legal recognition, and entered the mainstream.
ADDENDUM: An angry Wiccan priest writes a letter to WND.
"Wicca is not such as you have presented. Rather, the religion more closely associated with the mountain of perversity, bigotry, hatred, child molestation by ministers and priests, sexual abuse by the same priests and ministers, and numerous other perversities mentioned daily in news sources across the nation is none other than "Christianity" itself!"
They made it their "letter of the week".
Labels: lunatic fringe, New Age, occult, Paganism, Religious Right, Satanic Panic, Wicca, Witchcraft, WorldNetDaily
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According to another less than perfectly reliable source...Wiki...the author of that article "Joseph Farah is an Evangelical Christian American journalist of Lebanese/Syrian ancestry,[1]. He is married to Elizabeth Farah and founder of WorldNetDaily (WND), for which he writes a daily commentary"
In all seriousness, wtf does one expect?
Wow...I thought I had seen it all...
Can anyone find someone who actually reads this tripe? I guess there must be many, but I think I hear most of them laughing at this issue (and leering at the cover)!
D
Didn't somebody once say "all publicity is good publicity"? With a rather luscious cover and such errant words, I suspect that it's more likely to provoke people into looking inside and finding out more, rather than scaremonger.
How wonderful that you have such erudite publications in America; all we have over here in the UK is the Sport newspaper with is designed for people who can't read words longer than three letters. The sport would only be interested in the naked bit and never mind anything as philosophical as whether magic is real.
Hi, Im from Melbourne.
I suppose you understand what World Net is.
It is a propaganda outlet for extreme Calvinism.
Life and body hating psychosis all the way down all wrapped in self righteous religious double-speak.
Calvin, the psychopath and mass murderer who founded the first totalitarian mini-state in Geneva. People were executed for the most trivial of reasons.
Execution is NEVER justified.
It could be said that Calvin's totalitarian state was a precursor for the much bigger totalitarian states of the 20th Century.
Meanwhile one of Worldnet's favourite and most influential books is TOTAL TRUTH.
We the "chosen" elect possess the TOTAL TRUTH and by golly we are going to use whatever means necessary to re- "christianize" Amerika.
Here come the re-"education" and concentration camps.
Be very afraid.
The moon and pentacle design on the cover is copywritten by Paul Borda of Dryad Design jewelry. I hope Paul takes legal action against those nutjobs for unauthorized use of his work.
I recently posted a blog about that web site. Basically, they don't know what they are talking about, and post a lot of dubious facts.
They're the kind of extreme right wing who is still convinced that global warming is a myth.
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According to another less than perfectly reliable source...Wiki...the author of that article "Joseph Farah is an Evangelical Christian American journalist of Lebanese/Syrian ancestry,[1]. He is married to Elizabeth Farah and founder of WorldNetDaily (WND), for which he writes a daily commentary"
In all seriousness, wtf does one expect?
Wow...I thought I had seen it all...
Can anyone find someone who actually reads this tripe? I guess there must be many, but I think I hear most of them laughing at this issue (and leering at the cover)!
D
Didn't somebody once say "all publicity is good publicity"? With a rather luscious cover and such errant words, I suspect that it's more likely to provoke people into looking inside and finding out more, rather than scaremonger.
How wonderful that you have such erudite publications in America; all we have over here in the UK is the Sport newspaper with is designed for people who can't read words longer than three letters. The sport would only be interested in the naked bit and never mind anything as philosophical as whether magic is real.
Hi, Im from Melbourne.
I suppose you understand what World Net is.
It is a propaganda outlet for extreme Calvinism.
Life and body hating psychosis all the way down all wrapped in self righteous religious double-speak.
Calvin, the psychopath and mass murderer who founded the first totalitarian mini-state in Geneva. People were executed for the most trivial of reasons.
Execution is NEVER justified.
It could be said that Calvin's totalitarian state was a precursor for the much bigger totalitarian states of the 20th Century.
Meanwhile one of Worldnet's favourite and most influential books is TOTAL TRUTH.
We the "chosen" elect possess the TOTAL TRUTH and by golly we are going to use whatever means necessary to re- "christianize" Amerika.
Here come the re-"education" and concentration camps.
Be very afraid.
The moon and pentacle design on the cover is copywritten by Paul Borda of Dryad Design jewelry. I hope Paul takes legal action against those nutjobs for unauthorized use of his work.
I recently posted a blog about that web site. Basically, they don't know what they are talking about, and post a lot of dubious facts.
They're the kind of extreme right wing who is still convinced that global warming is a myth.
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