casra asked this question on 5/17/2000:

Well, I had a peek at the xianity side of things. One woman is freaking out because her 18 year old son is getting into Wicca and wants to know how to make him get out of it. One, Father Chuck I believe, is actually stating that wiccans will actually put "demon attached pins under his skin to follow him around. And they tell him that if he tries to remove them he'll die, and many kids believe it so much that they do die." Wonder if he means body piercing????

I can hardly believe it in this day and age! I get the feeling this is the same sort that said abot Dunguens and Dragons books, "If you burn them they scream!" And that the figurines wake up at night and walk around!

She's asking questions about wicca, shouldn't we at least give her the Whole Truth?

TripleGoddess gave this response on 5/17/2000:

In the third century BCE, the Buddhist emperor Ashoka carved in rock:

" One should not honor only one's own religion and condemn the religions of others, but one should honor others' religions.... So doing, one helps one's own religion to grow and renders service to the religions of others, too. In acting otherwise one digs the grave of one's own religion and also harm to other religions."

I know we are not Buddists, but the message is clear, let's practice some peace. Obviously this young man's mother did not want our opinion and asked the opinion of Father Chuck. We should respect her right to choose her expert as she sees fit. We, as Wiccans will suffer the misinformation of others for all eternity, but we need not spread the ignorance. Bright Blessings, Raven

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