Libraries cannot block minority religions

13%2520-%25201.png
 
btw, I just watched this Sunday's episode of The Simpson's and Dawkins was in it. He was in Flanders Personal Hell

absolutely hysterical! :lol:
 
metalman said:
Yeah! pOrn at the Library!
Click to expand...

No, more likely a flood of fluffy "love spells for teen witches bs, think the cheesiest chick lit crap, X1000 and you'll still not get close to how bad most of the stuff is.

As to the more serious stiff, chances are any nudity will involve the err... More experienced individuals.

metalman said:
In Wicca and Paganism, sacred sex is part of spiritual practice. Wicca is a fertility religion
Click to expand...

Wicca is a pagan path and whilst probably one of the best known, only makes up a small (and consistently shrinking) percentage of paganism as a whole. As far as Wicca goes, whilst nudity is a feature, sex, at least in the Gardeniun and Alexandrian traditions isn't present outside of pre existing sexual relationships and rarely/if ever done at a meeting, symbolic acts depicting rebirth are however common during Sabbats.

I can't speak for other paths, except to say that every pagan book I've ever read and every pagan I've ever spoke to has explicitly warned against such practices as being the province of conmen. YMMV, of course.

metalman said:
Still, she was uneasy with some of Friend’s Wiccan rituals, such as his suggestion that he and Melissa cut off locks of their pubic hair and put them in a jar which would be placed on the third coven member’s altar.
Click to expand...

Why was this guy attempting to initiate her into a Coven? The cutting of hair in ritual is only ever done in making of a binding oath - think of it like a blood oath, only less messy. It is not something you futz about with after a couple of sessions. It is a serious commitment.

Rule of thumb: If a Coven of pagans is willing to allow you to join as an initiate within a handful of meetings, chances are there is something deeply dodgy about what they're doing.

Reading the rest of the article it seems that rule is still the case.
 
the_leander said:
Why was this guy attempting to initiate her into a Coven? The cutting of hair in ritual is only ever done in making of a binding oath - think of it like a blood oath, only less messy. It is not something you futz about with after a couple of sessions. It is a serious commitment.

Rule of thumb: If a Coven of pagans is willing to allow you to join as an initiate within a handful of meetings, chances are there is something deeply dodgy about what they're doing.

Reading the rest of the article it seems that rule is still the case.
Click to expand...
This is a great indicator of why Libraries should not be blocking minority religions. In this case it could be someone is using the name of the religion but not the tenants.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top