CUEW Triad

Wisconsin Wackjob wannabe Wiccan, more
Title:Wisconsin Woman Faces Charges After Yelling Chants Around Bonfire
Link: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293369,00.html
Excerpt:Wicca is a nature-based religion based on respect for the earth, nature and the cycle of the seasons.

Christian Crusader crucifies crusty ecopagan movement.
TITLE:The Return of the Old Gods: A Challenge to Green Evangelicals
Link: http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/08/the_return_of_the_old_gods_a_c.html
Excerpt: What the anti-Christian Enlightenment thinkers did was sever human moral restraints from human passions, opening the door to the Beast of the primitive mind -- the fruits of Original Sin. Primitivism led to butchery in France, in Russia, in Germany. It caused the slaughter of millions by Hitler (who, along with Rudolf Hess and other Nazis was a member of the occultic Thule Society), by Stalin, by Pol Pot. This butchery was the blood sacrifice demanded by the nature gods that Western secularism had called forth.
Snarky Goodness: The fluffs will not comment on this article-it uses big words.

This weeks letter to the editor curfluffle comes from Alabama, which is know for it's liberality, race equality and freedom.
Title:Sound scholarship
Link:http://www.al.com/opinion/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1187946999131860.xml&coll=1
Snark: no matter how much you close your eyes and stomp your feet and put your fingers in your ears and go lalala, the existance of the bible is not contemporary evidence for Christ.

Pagan Pride Yatta:
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=54da6b8b-a4b4-4ad0-a2e9-eb96781f357c&k=48826
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007708270365

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Fascinating!
TITLE:Pakistan's founding mothers
LINK:http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=68135
EXCERPT:When asked, in 1942, by Geti Ara Bashir Ahmad, sister of Begum Shah Nawaz whether the "Foundations of our new State (would) be laid on conservatism or whether it would assume the shape of a progressive country", Jinnah categorically said, "Tell your young girls, I am a progressive Muslim leader. I, therefore, take my sister along with me to backward areas like Balochistan and NWFP and she also attends the sessions of the All India Muslim League and other public meetings. Pakistan will be a progressive country in the building of which women will be seen working shoulder to shoulder with men in every department of life."

Not News...
TITLE:It’s Not That Easy Being Green
LINK:http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/JWhite/11551080/
EXCERPT:Finally, we must not have our concern for the environment lead into a Wicca-like worship of the earth, where stewardship becomes transformed into subservience.
Snarky Goodness: We have a special medal for people who try to use a "modern definition" of Wicca and fail. He're your Idiot Medal....UM. BTW, Matthew Fox got the term Earth Stewardship from Scott Cunningham, MORON.

Older stories below the cut

After thinking Fark should have a Binghamton tag, like it's Florida one, I now wish I had the Florida one...

TITLE:High-tech gear helps ghost hunters
LINK:http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20070812/NEWS/708120403
EXCERPT: Tina Jordan, a medical company manager, has been interested in the paranormal since she was 13. She reads Tarot cards and is a believer in Wicca, a religion that celebrates nature.
Jordan said she has seen several ghosts. She describes herself as a "high sensitive," meaning she can sense the presence of the paranormal.

TITLE:Christians do defend themselves.
LINK:http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/view/letters/4149653.html
Description: Nonsense in a local letters to column.

TITLE: Same-sex spells (also known as Fiona Horne Nonsense.)
LINK:http://www.generationq.net/articles/Fiona-Horne-Same-Sex-Spells-00001.htm

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It's hard to believe, but October is approaching and that means Issue #2 of volume #1 of UEWiccan.

We're looking for letters to the editor, comments, articles, articles and articles.

PLEASE CONTRIBUTE!

We know some UEWwies (hint hint) have books (hint hint) that need reviewing or perhaps excerpting...hint.

Note: ANYTHING. We can use ANYTHING.

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TITLE:Hope for peace, love, understanding
LINK:http://www.theolympian.com/living/story/187293.html
Excerpt: I am constantly surprised at how many people visit the various pagan and Wiccan rituals and religious observances in Olympia expecting something from a Brothers Grimm tale. I guess I shouldn't be surprised when they leave disappointed and I never see them again.
Snarky goodness: Contains BIZARRE explanation of Wicca as a generic.

TITLE: The reckless arrogance of U.S. presidential politics
LINKhttp://xeniagazette.1upmonitor.com/main.asp?SectionID=17&SubSectionID=452&ArticleID=156174&TM=48325.35
EXCERPT:Is there a real difference between the foreign policy views of the two leaders in the Democratic presidential campaign and those of George W. Bush? Or is there is single American attitude toward the world, and fundamentally a bipartisan policy? Political blackmail plays a part in this, of course: Dissent from the common policy is open to attack as unpatriotic. But there is more to it than that.
WARNING: Political, not religion. I just thought it was interesting.

TITLE:Christianity is America's true faith
LINK:http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/commentary%5Cwb/127460
EXCERPT:As a Christian, I think it's time to rid ourselves of this notion of freedom of religion in America.
Now that I have your attention, let me take a moment to make my case. Freedom of religion has become the biggest hoax placed upon the Christian people and on our Christian nation.

TITLE:Let Somalis Reclaim the Lost Glory of their Religion and Culture
LINK:http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Opinion_20/Let_Somalis_Reclaim_the_Lost_Glory_of_their_Religion_and_Culture.shtml
EXCERPT:Although in the traditional Somali society life was not a paradise for women, yet they were never degraded as people. Fathers never let torrents of tears to indicate the state of sadness for having a new baby-girl. Instead most of Somali parents saw in the birth of a child-girl the sign of good things to come; hence baby-girls were favoured with auspicious names such as Hodon, Warsan, Ebla, Deqa, Aurala, Aulo, Haadsan, Quman, Dhahabo, Meran, etc.

Freaky Fundie of the day:
TITLE:The New Paganism and the Culture of Death: "False gods always demand innocent blood"
LINK:http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=6480
EXCERPT:Let no one imagine that the temptation to idolatry and paganism is a matter of the distant past when primitive peoples offered sacrifice to the sun or prayed to stone outcroppings and golden calves. Remember: false gods always demand innocent blood. The evidence that a culture is descending into paganism is always manifest in the body count. This was true in ancient Babylon and it is true in modern America. Who can deny that everywhere today the false gods of liberal secularism are exacting their toll of carnage?
Snark: Grrrrrreat. Now, on top of having bunnies, We Pagans now are responsible for Islam...

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So much news....

Non-News:
Title:Time for a Pagan Seminary
Link:http://www.progressiveu.org/135823-it-is-time-for-a-pagan-seminary
Snarky Goodness:...because, you know, if you google and find one, it doesn't make it real...

Title:Kenya: Something of Value Ignored in Our Midst
Link:http://allafrica.com/stories/200708060486.html
Excerpt:This is what has led Europe to the profoundly mistaken idea that African religion was decidedly polytheistic and to the claim that "monotheism" was a Jewish invention. On the contrary, it was the Nilote Akhenaten - known in Exodus as "Moses" - who gave his Aten (Aton, Adon, Adonis, Adonai) monotheon to his Israelite slaves.
Kat-Flavored Goodness: Where can you see lions? Only in Kenya

Title:'Wicker Man' "re-imagining" on the way
Link:http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a69916/wicker-man-re-imagining-on-the-way.html
http://www.moviehole.net/news/20070805_cowboys_for_christ_lensing_in.html
Excerpt:The director of the original Wicker Man is to write and produce a "re-imagining" of the movie.
Robin Hardy is said to be using the same theme, but set elsewhere and working under the title Cowboys For Christ.
Snarky Goodness: The Wicker man has an evil twin? More like a mini-me. Mmmmmm.Christopher Lee goodness.

More not news, but not in a Farky way....
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/9722/ BEST TEE SHIRT EVER. (Thanks Don)

Not News: Letter to the editor Drama:
Link:http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/view/letters/4146437.html
Excerpty-goodness: Paganism is diametrically opposed to Christianity. It was a paganistic society that persecuted the first Christians. Christianity is about love, truth, morality and justice.
Comment: Who cares?
Earlier LTE:
http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/view/letters/4136738.html

Title: How to be a druid.
Link: http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/howtonews?articleid=3083353
Excerpt:OK... the first thing I should make clear from the off is that modern druids ARE NOT in the habit of covering themselves in face paint and wearing headwear hastily assembled from twigs and leaves.
Smiley-Goodness: I love the tie...it's like me, only a guy.

Not News:
Ethical Eclectic out....
http://covensteadpress.com/Modern_Monographs.html
http://www.macmorgan.org/Eclectic.html
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0615149006/
Anyone in CFFN, etc. who needs it for an assignment and can't afford it can contact me to make arrangements.

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