Pam Hartley

...well, you know the rest. <g>

So, I pop in on the unschooling-dotcom list (which I have received on digest
since forever but delete unread because I haven't had time) to read, and
what to my wondering eyes should appear but this, the latest (digest) post
in a dialog...

----------
> Sandra
> I dont feel you should make such comments about someones religion!
> Her beliefs are very powerful and not make believe.

>>It's funny--because nobody believes in the power of the devil (or even
>>BELIEVES in "the devil") like Christians. And to suspend a kid from school
>>for casting a spell must mean that they acknowledge the potential power of
>>that spell and therefore give credence and power to whatever believe system
>>is behind it.
>>
>>Too weird for me.
>>
>>If there is only one all-powerful God then all the heathen other-stuff is
>>nothing, make-believe, powerless.

Back on AOL, part of my homeschooling hobby <g> was to walk around shaking
my head at the misunderstandings, whether intentional or not.

Sandra didn't say that anyones beliefs were make-believe (although, if she
DID say that, I'd be the first to agree with her -- I mean, just LOOK at the
language -- belief = to make belief, ALL our beliefs, no matter what they
are, are make-believe).

Read carefully. If you (generic you, not the other poster) are Christian and
you believe in one all-powerful God, then Joe Witch next door believing in
the Goddess and casting spells should have no effect on you, since you don't
believe in his Deity.

Or, in layman's terms: If I cast a spell in the woods and there exists no
deity to hear me, does it make any sound to the Christian Church down the
road?

Cheers,

Pam (heathen Catholic)

Shelli Oliver

on 11/5/00 6:03 PM, Pam Hartley at pamhartley@... wrote:

> ...well, you know the rest. <g>
>
> So, I pop in on the unschooling-dotcom list (which I have received on digest
> since forever but delete unread because I haven't had time) to read, and
> what to my wondering eyes should appear but this, the latest (digest) post
> in a dialog...
>
> ----------
>> Sandra
>> I dont feel you should make such comments about someones religion!
>> Her beliefs are very powerful and not make believe.
>
>>> It's funny--because nobody believes in the power of the devil (or even
>>> BELIEVES in "the devil") like Christians. And to suspend a kid from school
>>> for casting a spell must mean that they acknowledge the potential power of
>>> that spell and therefore give credence and power to whatever believe system
>>> is behind it.
>>>
>>> Too weird for me.
>>>
>>> If there is only one all-powerful God then all the heathen other-stuff is
>>> nothing, make-believe, powerless.
>
> Back on AOL, part of my homeschooling hobby <g> was to walk around shaking
> my head at the misunderstandings, whether intentional or not.
>
> Sandra didn't say that anyones beliefs were make-believe (although, if she
> DID say that, I'd be the first to agree with her -- I mean, just LOOK at the
> language -- belief = to make belief, ALL our beliefs, no matter what they
> are, are make-believe).
>
> Read carefully. If you (generic you, not the other poster) are Christian and
> you believe in one all-powerful God, then Joe Witch next door believing in
> the Goddess and casting spells should have no effect on you, since you don't
> believe in his Deity.
>
> Or, in layman's terms: If I cast a spell in the woods and there exists no
> deity to hear me, does it make any sound to the Christian Church down the
> road?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Pam (heathen Catholic)
>
>
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Way to go Pam! Shelli

Nanci and Thomas Kuykendall

>Or, in layman's terms: If I cast a spell in the woods and there exists no
>deity to hear me, does it make any sound to the Christian Church down the
>road?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Pam (heathen Catholic)


LOL....thanks Pam. I agree that it was a misunderstanding. Sandra's comment did not offend me in the least.

Nanci K. (heathen pagan)

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