Comments | saadiira: I return with a bit of a rant on an article that annoyed me. Greatly.

saadiira

I return with a bit of a rant on an article that annoyed me. Greatly.

Feb 04, 2011 09:40

The Article, in which the Vatican issues instructions on the conversion of Neo-Pagans, and most specifically Wiccans, going on about the 'dangers' inherent in the beliefs, and claiming it's all just misguided little girls, basically, using the writings of one 'ex Wiccan' Elizabeth Dodd to formulate this plan of attack upon another belief system ( Read more... )

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claidheamhmor February 5 2011, 17:24:31 UTC

The Vatican is wrong in this, as in so many other things.

jajy1979 February 6 2011, 01:58:19 UTC

Honestly, I have a hard time finding things that the Vatican('t) is right on. I presume they're talking out of their ass until proven otherwise.

As for converting people, I detest it. Evangelical behavior is common to several religions, notably Christianity and Islam, but it is counter to everything I believe in regarding the rights of people to believe, practice, and express their own faiths in a multi-cultural secular society.

saadiira February 6 2011, 03:02:06 UTC

Very much agreed. I find the entire idea of forcing one's beliefs down the throats of others abhorrent.

saadiira February 6 2011, 03:03:44 UTC

They trouble me, regularly and deeply. Then again, fundamentalist patriarchal systems do. They also tend to be the ones that wish to enforce their beliefs on others, and that really bugs me.