"I HAVE SWORN UPON THE ALTAR OF GOD ETERNAL HOSTILITY TO EVERY FORM OF TYRANNY OVER THE MIND OF MAN" --Thomas Jefferson
Freedom of Religion.
“Earth-centered cadets”
Would never go to war the by nature hurts the earth.
Why would they join something that hurts the earth?
No one is ever wrong, just different. NOW SIT DOWN.
Reminds me of that “Rome burns” thingy coming to pass.
Freedom of religion means that minority groups who believe in stuff you think is whacko have a right to believe and practice it too...
Won’t be long, they will painting Wiccan symbols on jet fighters and bombers.
Welcome to Obama’s America
At least they’re not Muzzies. Thanks khnyny.
Did you shake your head when the Army recognized Wiccans several years ago? Did you shake your head when the Veteran Administration recognized Wiccan and their religious symbol on headstones some years ago. No my friend...I shake my head in disgust with your inability to recognize that not everyone bows to your religious preference.
I am witnessing the death of Western Civilization in real time, from a front row seat.
How long can we hold on to the remaining shards of our freedom? Not much longer, I think.
Don’t Wiccans worship in the nude??
Welcome to a military stocked with Clinton, Bush, and Obama selected generals.
We used to have Pattons, now we have Nuttins.
Heads up - earth centered people are taking over
[Mr] T
What’s wrong with it? Non-Wiccans aren’t being forced to attend, you know.
Maybe you’d be happier if America forced them to convert (at the point of a sword, of course)? Or maybe they shouldn’t be allowed to defend our nation?
I know, a caste system! Christians get to fight in America’s wars, but non-Christians will be prohibited from doing so. Maybe we could go so far as to prohibit them from being able to own weapons... and make ‘em wear a patch on their clothes to single them out, too!
If they want to look ridiculous then I say let them! Neo-paganism is the spiritual equivalent of playing Magic the Gathering.
In the late sixties there was a media blitz of occult subjects such as astrology, witchcraft, reincarnation etc. Before this time it was not common to see these things. The only thing I remember about witchcraft before this period was in the movie “Bell, Book and Candle” which came out about 1958.
I am 62 years old so I remember things going back to the fifties, sixties and seventies. The decade of the sixties was the decade that saw American culture flip. You really have to be old enough to remember those decades to see how much our culture changed and to see how rapidly it changed and how the media and Hollywood pushed all the aspects of the “youth culture” on America's young people.
The post-sixties world brought us all sorts of cults and unconventional beliefs. Today there are people who even think of themselves as vampires. There are vampire weddings. How nutty is that!
I know that everybody has a right to believe whatever they want, but does that mean that they have to be accommodated in an official way?
What do you think about the following excerpt from the article cited below?
Is Wicca a form of Satanism?
http://www.religioustolerance.org/wic_sata.htm
Wicca, as viewed by Neopagans:
Wicca is unrelated to Satanism. It is a group of religious traditions: some are highly structured, while most are eclectic. Many, perhaps most, Wiccans are solitary practitioners. They are, in many ways, directly opposite to Satanists:
Wiccans worship a Goddess and her consort, a God.
They do not recognize Satan or any other all-evil supernatural entity.
Their prime symbol is the exact opposite to the symbol used by Satanists. It is the upright pentagram — a 5-pointed star with two points downward and one up. Sometimes it is enclosed by a circle to form a pentacle.
Their groups are called covens, not grottos or temples.
Their rule of behavior is called the Wiccan Rede: “An it harm none, do what thou wilt.” i.e. do whatever you wish, as long as it harms no one, including yourself. Unlike Satanists, Wiccans are not allowed do dominate, manipulate, control, or harm others.
They believe that they worship neither the Christian God nor the Christian devil. They worship a Goddess and a God. Neither is at all similar to Satan. Wicca, and other forms of Neopaganism, are as different from Satanism as Hinduism is from Christianity.
So what nation do pagans serve? Certainly not mine.
God help us in the next air war....They’ll be flying at Mach 3 without an airframe around them...Just a stealth broom
I have only two questions to those in the Armed Forces. (1) Are they loyal to the USA? and (2) Will they fight? If both those answers are yes, I don’t care if they are Christian, atheist, Wiccan or blue-painted Druids. If they love the USA and will fight when ordered, I have no problems with them.