Sabrina, Harry Potter, and the Web help Paganism grow

reuters ^ | June 19,2003 | Pete Harrison

[Zavien Doombringer]

He pointed to the ancient Pagan motto: "An (if) it harm none, do what you will".

Interesting to note, these very words are in the Satanic bible, "do as thou wilt"

[Jimmyclyde]

Bump!!

[TalBlack]

Don't blame anything but our Godless culture for an uptick in paganisim. When I was a kid, back in 1967, there was a book wherein two boys find a scroll that calls back the pirate Blackbeard from the dead. It was my favorite book, but there was no chance I would take any of its black arts seriously because I was steeped, both by the culture (even then dying)and my Catholic religion in a God who would be angry. Nature hates a vacuum ; no God and SOMETHING must take His place. I would have thought Harry Potter was the absolute last word in entertainment back then. I also would have thought "Sabrina" was a BABE. Heck I was madly in love with Elizabeth Montgomery at the time! ("Bewitched")

[MI]

"Fresh back from a trip to Scotland to lift an old hex from the Loch Ness Monster, he warned teenagers against joining witch covens too young.

"There are some bloody weird people out there," he said."

No kidding!

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Paganism and the ancient art of witchcraft are on the rise, experts say, as the summer's most celebrated Pagan festival approaches.

Personally, I attribute this to sales of Hillary's book.

[joesnuffy]

It twas no accident that the latest Potter
was released on a witches holliday

[Zavien Doombringer]

Now that is funny!

[Jimmyclyde]

What holiday is that?

[dighton]

[Dead Corpse]

Interesting to note, these very words are in the Satanic bible, "do as thou wilt"

Even more interesting note, Anton Zander stole those words and dropped the "an it harm none" part to support his "humans are just animals" approach to religion. There is a massive difference between Hollywoods portrayal of Satanists and the reality. In reality, they are little more than secular humanists.

Pagans don't believe in the Christian "Satan". Period.

[dogbyte12]

Harry Potter and Sabrina... I saw them burning a puppy on top of a pentagram... and sob, sob... they conjured up a demon of lucifer. It was blue, with red flames, and it had horns on it's head. It was terrible.

[RonF]

"The Evangelical Alliance calls on government and TV regulatory bodies to monitor programmes which promote or glamorise Pagan issues," he told Reuters.

Not being familiar with British regulatory agencies, what business would it be of such agencies if British television promote or glamorize Pagan issues?

[af_vet_rr]

It twas no accident that the latest Potter was released on a witches holliday

Hillary's birthday?

[Dead Corpse]

Summer Solstice.

[Grut]

Think of Wicca as co-ed Masons; group membership and a little ceremony without a lot of substance. It's harmless enough that worrying about it is like worrying about spinach abuse.

[Snowy]

Note: Harry Potter celebrates Christmas.

[Zavien Doombringer]

I am not familiar with what Pagans believe, but from what I know, you are correct.

The late Anton Zandor LeVey, the author to the Satanic Bible,and founder of the Church of Satan, created this religion to slap the Catholic Church. He was totally against an organized religion that inhibited the natural man/woman. This church made a mockery of true satanists and pagans, as much as Christians and other religions.

LeVey admitted he did it for notoriety, money and sex.

[Jimmyclyde]

Note: Harry Potter celebrates Christmas.

So you admit that Harry celebarates a pagan holiday!:)

[Snuffington]

Don't blame anything but our Godless culture for an uptick in paganisim.

I believe G. K. Chesterton said something along the lines of: "Once men stop believing in God, they don't believe in nothing. They believe in anything."