From the weekly National Catholic Register comes an article from Father Dwight Longnecker entitled Are Witches Real? The good father enlightens us by writing that witches are indeed real and that commercialism of witches is only used to make people think that they are not real.
“In short, women are abandoning the church,” writes Kristin Aune, a sociologist at the University of Derby. “Because of its focus on female empowerment, young women are attracted by [the pagan religion] Wicca, popularized by the TV series ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer.’ Read full article here.
I’ll admit it, this statement provided me the Ha-Ha today. Personally, I would like to hope that it would take more than a pop culture t.v. show to garner a reasoning for dropping ones faith.
By using the acceptance of what the media likes to play out as “entertainment paganism” there are way to many people jumping the bandwagon in the blame game looking for reasons outside of ones’ church as a way not to take any spiritual responsibility for its adherents not going to services anymore. Maybe, such places of worship who are upset about losing the female members of their congregations should take a look at what they can do about their problem instead of using pop culture as a scapegoat.
Just a thought.
Ok, I came across Jason’s post here: Reality Television Hits New Low (If That’s Possible) and just about fell out of my chair giggling. I thought perhaps this was another “reality” joke… but no.
The Reverend George Hargreaves, whose idea it was for this show, seems to be of the opinion that people who are not Christian are at the cause of England’s moral decline. I find the reverend’s opinion humorous, only due to the fact that Christian’s out number those who chose not to be. If Christian’s are the majority and thereby hold more political office having more influence on how the country develops…then it would seem to me that the obvious cause for the moral decline would be…
Yep, not going to get into the rest of it. I do trust that you all understand what the point is.
However, if one should not understand what I am alluding to all you have to do is ask and I will explain it. Should you ask, be prepared for a historical lesson beyond the religious one.
Thank you and good evening.
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Shivian Montar Balaris is the creator of Oh My Gods! The Pagan based comic strip for the polytheistic masses, as well as a professional website and graphic designer.
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