[Jael]

Not their names. But one is a former professor at Auburn. The other one now lives in Cherokee N.C. Her father is a dentist in Homewood. Both are close friends of my sister, who practices North American Indian shamanism. Also, my step-cousin is a practicing Wiccan. She lives in Avondale.

[JenB]

I went looking for this quote from CS Lewis:

But surely the reason that we do not execute witches is that we do not believe there are such things. If we did. . .we would all agree that if anyone deserved the death penalty, then these filthy quislings did."

So which is it? Are witches real, and should we burn them - or are they either fictional or lying practitioners of a false religion? If the later, shouldn't we give them the same 'respect' we give, say, Buddhists?

Of all the false religions in the world, very few are straightforward about what they really do. At least with Satanists you know where you are.